escapism

Part of the smartphone/Facebook/Instragram addiction is cheap escapism, filling the same role as TV does to many.

My analysis is that it allows me to escape the real world and control my interactions; it's definitely escapism for me.

It also probably has a lot to do with how most people were abused as children - your brain will develop differently and you will always seek escapism.

For some, the escapism represented by games may be as close to vacation or therapy as economic reality allows.

It would be almost immoral to create something that provides no meaningful experience and is just extended escapism.

The Quora article there describes a kind of escapism; perhaps more immersive than video games already are, but tbh I don't think there will be that big of a difference in the end.

"I don't like being meant to do anything, I choose what I work on and falling back to "well maybe I wasn't meant to" is using magical thinking and silly escapism to avoid a simple truth: You.

Indians excel at inventing weapons of least destruction by packaging them into a harmless psychedelic wrapper of nonsense and escapism.

As a long time reader of both science fiction and fantasy, only about .1% is instructional or thought provoking, the rest is escapism or wish fulfillment, the modern version of the penny dreadful.

Subterranean cannons on the moon as a public transport device... Without escapism we lose the essence of human creativity, imagining a future that is different from the present.

Everything I read says free + IAP is the way to go for maximum return, but I really feel something crucial is lost when you make the player contemplate their credit card bill while supposedly experiencing escapism.