Honestly, I can't believe that you were so concerned about my psychological well-being that you wrote more words in your replies than I did in my actual post. I appreciate it, but dude...relax. Of course I was embellishing to some extent to get my point across. Of course I'm not looking for an actual purpose to my own existence in the universe through a video game. I'm a pretty healthy individual. I teach college English classes and find a great sense of reward in my work now and again, when I encounter a student who truly invests in bettering themselves. I'm also writing a novel, and have received extremely positive responses to my work from successful individuals in the creative writing field. I'm simply very interested in humanity as a species, and spend a lot of time thinking about our place and our species' purpose in the universe, and therefore was drawn to a game like Destiny, which I thought would trigger further contemplation regarding this "human question", and was disappointed when it did not. As another poster said, it's the same feelings like-minded people seek when watching a film like "Interstellar", and I think it's a pretty pervasive one across mankind. Am I looking for purpose in my own life, on a micro level? No. I have a loving woman by my side, a steady paycheck, I create art, and have the honor of teaching young minds how to think critically and communicate. The purpose I seek is a purpose for our species, for humanity itself. And seeing how brutally Congress has slashed NASA's budget, seeking that feeling of purpose is best done through media, at least for this moment in history. Don't worry about me, man. I'm gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay. We're all gonna be okay.