{"product_id":"emotional-laziness-in-video-games-rain-vize-9798266117006","title":"Emotional Laziness in Video Games \u0026 Beyond: Freeing Yourself and Others from Unnecessary Misery in Video Games and Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou have been told \"it's just a game\" one too many times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have watched someone get publicly humiliated for getting frustrated in a match. You have seen cruelty go unchallenged because challenging it would mean admitting that what happens in a game actually affects people. You have felt something real inside a session and been handed dismissal instead of acknowledgment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd every time you brought it up, the conversation stopped at: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Yeah, people are just toxic.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt never went further than that.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book goes further.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional Laziness in Video Games \u0026amp; Beyond is an honest examination of what happens to real people inside virtual worlds. The rage that has nothing to do with the game, the self-worth tied to a rank, the empathy that gaming culture has systematically discouraged, and the emotional patterns nobody questions because everyone is too busy dismissing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it doesn't stop at the examination. It gives you the tools to engage with gaming and life with more awareness and less unnecessary suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind every username is a real person feeling something.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is for the ones who already knew that and for the ones who are just beginning to.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rain Vize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798266117006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.65d","brand":"Rain Vize","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743133053183,"sku":"9798266117006","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2419aed-a350-4bbd-9e13-b441bb631957.jpg?v=1782449975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emotional-laziness-in-video-games-rain-vize-9798266117006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}