80s video game: here is a fantasy that you are an astronaut blasting asteroids
90s: no you’re a badass marine blasting demons
2000s: time to blast some aliens
2010s: chop up these zombies
2020s: here is a fantasy that you have a cosy house, friends, relationships and food
90s: the world is full of fascists destroying the environment and you are a tiny hedgehog who just got his first taste of direct action
2000s: the same but now with rock & roll and your new goth friend who has a gun
Bonus points for that weirdass result in Animal Crossing New Horizons where you have a cosy house, friends relationships and food and for some reason a pupper who blasts demons with a badass marine.
Indeed. Unfortunately, I can't even afford the Coyote's fee to smuggle me into Mexico... and some things might have happened last time I was in Canada so I can't go back there.
My power fantasy is a crisis stable day job.
I don't say that as a joke that's literally what it is. I play power wash simulator because then I can pretend what it is like to get a monthly pay.
2022: you’re a cat wandering around a post apocalyptic wasteland and you can climb high, knock over paint cans, scratch furniture, and zoom out of a room
I'm having a similar escapist issue with my fave ttrpg, Shadowrun. It's a bit close to home, socially speaking. If I'm stuck in this dystopic hellscape I want a metal arm and dragons flying overhead.