@ryan final thought to wrap up https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/1399/1/Poremba_Critical_2007.pdf #cindyPoremba paper on #brinkGames :
the distinction of a subset of or commentary on 'reality' could be flipped to say that the game reality is equally or more valid of form of reality, and that rather our daily social order is commenting on/reacting to the smaller scale but more impactful occurrences of these games and other 'subversive' realities