Space Invaders being a good example. As an active playworker over that period, I asked many children why they liked computer games so much. It was apparent from their answers that they saw much more on the screen than I did. In addition, they saw the development of these games much more comprehensively than adult commentators. Humans have expanded this theme to include pretending to be a super-adult, as in power fantasies.
Video games cater to power fantasies very effectively.
What puzzles me is why so many adults get hooked on banal computer games like Windows solitaire. Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. Productopia has the answers. All rights reserved.