A digital pocket detention we interact with through synthetic life forms to vent our desires or frustrations by remaking the world into what we see as satisfactory
A communist plot to subvert the American [free-world] youth by diverting time and attention from productive activities in suport of the state.
ALTERNATELY
A covert op by the Forces of Freedom™ to embue the younger generations of the world with skills in project planning, resource managememt, diplomacy [SMP], risk assessment and risk management. [Also to sneak in a bunch of arithmetic practice. :D]
Teach you cat to be carried over your shoulder or across the back of your neck… Alternately train the cat to recognize the command "getting up" (or similar). Cotrarry to folk wisdom cats are [to a degree] trainable….