and watch them interact, we may disagree with how the simulation models their behav-
ior. But in that disagreement, we think about what we really would expect them to do,
with that reflection shedding new light on the relationships we maintain in our real
lives. This, it seems, is the potential of computer games — not to allow us to escape
from real life or to even replace it, but to open up new areas of thought, to be able to see
the world through a different set of eyes and come back to our own lives equipped with
that priceless information.
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