Every gamer has those games that just make them smile. The ones they remember playing way back when; the feeling of first beating the game, or finally managing that near impossible feat on your way to beating the game. Can those feelings be relived?  

I spend a lot of time role playing online in Second Life.  I’ve spent time in various sims playing a variety of characters.  I have had the pleasure, and the displeasure of meeting and getting to know all sorts of people .  Each person has his/her own reason for being there.  Some just come into the game for fun.  Some use it as a way to escape the sheer pressure of their everyday life.  Some even come into the game looking for a way to get what they are really missing in their real life.  That actually brought up a question for me; is it possible to get that feeling of satisfaction from online? Is it truly possible to find what you’re missing from some random stranger playing an avatar in a game where people can be anyone they want to be?