I feel like inspiration and coping mechanism need to be part of the list. =) Really entertainment and gaming boils down to triggering and emotional response, how much we rely on that emotional response or whats causing it certainly hits that range, but the emotional response is generally the common core of it all.
Actually funny enough I did "Immersion in video game space" for my essay assignment in year 2 of my course, literature review as well, it which was pretty much a warm up for the dissertation In the coming 3 year. I really liked looking in to that field from marvin minsky research/idea of presence in another space, how you…