"Find a structured system when life is chaotic Growing up with unpredictable, drug-addicted parents, David Cox found that video games provided something his home life never could: fixed, knowable rules. He explains the appeal as 'deep concentration — nothing else exists,' combined with the fact that 'I know the rules and then if I'm clever enough I can outsmart' the system, which was 'very satisfying in a world of a lot of variables.' When external circumstances are chaotic and uncontrollable, deliberately engaging with rule-bound systems — games, sports, crafts, code — can provide the psychological grounding that chaos denies. Source: David Cox, Armchair Expert, David Cox Episode"