As we enter 2023 and look back on the past year, there is a recurring theme. 2022 was the year we finally emerged from the dark depths of the pandemic, people say, to reunite with old friends, party until dawn, and hop through green, green pastures. Sweatpants and doomscrolling became a thing of the past. Back to the real world! To some However, for us, experiencing every second of the day through our computer screens is not just a passing inconvenience: it is a way of life. Some of us have never laid eyes on a Balenciaga body IRL – only in a video game,…