Games = Inferior Version of Life
Games are awesome.
Throwing yourself in that zone of complete focus.
Analyzing every little detail of your conduct.
You start as a kid - playing with nothing but your hands and legs.
You're growing up - start using sticks and stones, fictional boundaries and rules.
You're a teenager - enter the virtual world of entertainment.
Role playing games let you live the life you always wanted.
First person shooters let you prove your superior reflexes.
Strategy games let you show off your of mind.
But what is a game?
There's a start and an end.
There's a clearly defined goal.
There's a way to achieve that goal, as well as a way to fail.
Sounds familiar...
Games are a simplified model of life.
The graphics aren't as good, the map not as big, the options not as varied.
But we’re given a goal. We’re shown how to win.
Don’t let people tell you how to win.
Win.
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I play games all the time anyway x)
Nice post. For me, games were a big part of my childhood, but when I hit around 20 I started playing them less and less as life got in the way. When I see games today, a lot seem so massive and complicated that I think I'd find it hard to get back into. although from what I can see, there is a quite big retro game market out there also? I do actually still read about the newest games as I really enjoy seeing the advances and ideas that game designers come up with, but haven't played any for years. Is that strange?!
Not at all.
I also prefer thinking and talking about games more than playing them as I age.
I guess we become exposed to more of them so we can isolate the differences for thought. How they came to be. What they might mean, etc.
What if our lives become better than any game could be?
Our life is better by definition because the game is a subset.