On fighting and dying in computer games. You’re actually dying all the time and being revived. This also applies to non-player characters, who are stuck in an endless loop of death and rebirth. In Hinduism and Buddhism, there is a term for this: samsara. It literally describes ‘constant wandering’ and the ceaseless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth – we are more familiar with the concept of karma – which is essentially the driving force that keeps you trapped in this cycle.