I honestly think that no video game makes life worth living. Granted, a person can make a living playing a video game. But that still doesn't affect one's life worth. Some gamers play to distract themselves from what goes on in real life. But that is just a distraction. Video games are engineered to offer that kind of distraction, just like sports or other hobbies. It is meant to be fun and get your life's worries to float away, if only for a short time.
You don't often hear someone say, "If I don't play Final Fantasy # every day I will just DIE!" And if someone does say that, then they may have crossed into the obsession or addiction territory. But, I would rather know someone that uses video games to get away from life's troubles than someone who uses drugs to do the same thing.
I don't know what your friend was going through in his life to say what he did, but I doubt a copy of Kingdom Hearts resuscitated him, or gave him the Heimlich maneuver. It may have kept him from doing something dangerous or illegal though. He may say it saved his life, but most likely it distracted him from doing whatever it was that he was planning on doing. And then that thought was replaced by thoughts of the game.
But no game can actually make one's life worth living or save a person's life...yet. Maybe one day.
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