258: Every Game Is the End of the World

[CloudNineK]

This article really does a good job highlighting some of the biggest reasons young guys play games. We want power and control, we want to go on incredible adventures. I used to have dreams of being in some world like Hyrule and having a great affecting journey. A great read, it reminds me of the camraderie in games I have with my friends. Gaming is just like any other thing people do in life for fun. Gamers are not aliens or swamp creatures just because of their interests, they are normal people.

 

[Fortunefaded]

That sir, is brilliant. It spoke everything to me. In fact, I began to tear up towards the middle of it. A truly great article.

I don't get what all this marlarky abt the end of the world is. Also the article just seemed strange to me. Are we under attack for playing computer games?

Does the name "Jack Thompson" ring any bells? Seriously, where have you been?

I was at sea last year, might of missed some gaming controversy. I've just started using the escapist regulary, so i don't know the gaming news side of things. I most play games and not follow the industry at all.

 

[Guilen-]

That was a fantastic article. While for sure there are people that live both worlds, and while for sure what is said here applies to more people than the author seems to attribute to "we" (but you can't really blame him), it rings so true in such an amazing way. I especially relate to the sensation of cheating on the real world. While you can't abandon the people you know, how can you possibly swallow the world's mandate on how you're supposed to love, instead of embracing what you actually love? Ghandi said "be the change you want to see", and the fact that believing in this world of constantly unfolding creativity is considered gaudy by so much of the population is astonishing and gravely unfortunate. Anything we can do to shake off what chains us to the vision of inadequacy they can paint us with is a welcome gesture, so that we can be free in what is really just human love and creativity, and more and more and more. Great article! Thank you. Also, this makes me angry I didn't hunt down relic games after the guy who runs it found me in a bar in Vancouver and told me to come find him