Bear with me on this one. When you're reading a good book, you can really feel it. You get into the story, immerse yourself in the world, get attached to the characters. This book has become real to you. Video games are the same way for me, personally. Because I read so much, I'm able to immerse myself into the story line of a video game so much easier. I allow myself to fully dive into the world that I'm playing in and get invested in what's happening to these characters. Reading a scary book and playing a scary game both give me this feeling of happiness that I love feeling. I love being scared, whether it's through words or visuals. 

In recent memory, Gerald's Game by Stephen King gave me the creeps for quite a while after reading it. I really felt like I was trapped in the room with the main character, seeing what she was seeing. Currently, I'm playing the remastered original Resident Evil game and boy oh boy am I constantly scared! Every noise sounds like a zombie to me and I'm pretty sure I just created like, five new Crimson Heads, so I'm pretty scared to progress. But it's because I get so into the story and what's happening with Jill (yes, I picked the girl) that I get that scared. Reading has allowed me to appreciate the stories woven into video games so much more and I'm able to enjoy them on a completely different level than if I was just playing the game just because.