"..they are basically meaningless, worthless. My best guess at present is a combination of drugs and computer games." - Here is three very popular games.

Summoners War

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VRChat
(entire videos are well done and worth the watch)
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0:16-4:30; 33:42-36:16; 40:27-53:28; 1:08:19-1:19:30

Genshin Impact
Chinese developers Hoyoverse, formerly Mihoyo, created the best selling game of all time. Early on they had a controversy where they were forced to change the walking animations of a female child character. That same character had her own event called Midsummer Island Adventure where she is tricked into going to an island to fight her teddy bear to prove herself worthy. In reality the invitation was sent by her mother Alice, who had abandoned her to knights, who then asked her daughter and several adults to spend the summer on the island so they can play with her. As innocent as it sounds, a specific symbol can be found throughout the event which pairs with the name of the mother. There are many other sexualized very young-looking playable characters in the game. Also, the main child companion has a bunting clover on her chest and the game is confirmed to be chinese spyware.

PS: Your microphone audio has been clipping like crazy lately, please equalize your audio and use a limiter.