[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by Bungleau For the record, I *have* played GTA. 3 or 4, I think... 'twas at my brother's, a couple of years ago. I did not play it through, so that will count against me, I'm sure. However, I did notice that after playing for a couple of hours, when we headed out to dinner, I drove *much* more aggressively than usual... kind of like I was driving in the game. One subjective incident, to be sure, but one that tells me that on some level, I was more into the game than I really realized.

Just like people get "amped up" after watching a movie, a concert, or a performance. You took resposibility for your amped up feelings and regulated your behavior like normal healthy people do all the time everywhere.