Autism is where I think that this get difficult, and where I think a lot of the responses might miss.

Gaming is really seems to be a ‘specisl interest’, especially if it’s one game in particular. And taking that away without any replacement isn’t good, since it’s what your brain needs to self regulate. It’s not so much an addiction as nicotine or alcohol can be, but more like food, or hydration. You need a method of regulation.

If you’re worried about the effects of gaming specifically, then the only thing is to find another special interest that grips you in the way that games/that game does. It sounds like you have an idea already on what that might be. All I can say is that you should try and throw yourself into it head first!

I would like to think I would be some kind of PMC trying to survive in a quarantined zone after mass evacuation. The Russian government has cordoned off the area as a result of some kind of conspiracy by a secretive ‘Umbrella Corp’ style mega corp and has stranded the Russian and Western PMCs that were caught in the area when it closed.

But in reality I would be a Scav and almost immediately killed by some lvl70 Kappa chad.

Not sure I understand, beyond trying to promote your YT?

Using crunch as an example of their progressiveness isn’t really a good data point, Rockstar haven’t released a title since RDR.

Talk is cheap when you know you’re not going to be releasing a new title for ankther decade, but when it comes to the punch, that’s when the proof will be in the pudding.

I’m not sure that’s an entirely accurate equivalence as most attack vectors for a person’s normal personal life is via the internet, whether phishing or just straight hacking.

In a business setting, social engineering and other physical pen threats are real then it’s a good analogy. But at home, not so much. If someone you don’t want in your house has found your passwords hidden under your keyboard then you’ve probably got more to worry about.