Why Do People Play Video Games, Is It The Violence, Story, Or Sense Of Accomplishment?

I play games for a sense of accomplishment. I play mah jong,scrabble,chuzzle,word search,jewel quest and a host of others. I do not play multi player games. I play against the computer.

Life is pretty much like a game as well.  You have rules, you have to interact with other people and the environment, and you are constantly trying to improve your score and add to your accomplishments.  The good thing about video games is that this world/life is kept safely inside your computer/tv monitor, otherwise it would be a pretty scary world...

Something to do an escape from reality