A movie is a memory that the artist wants the viewer to have. A painting is a thought that the artist wants the viewer to have. A book is an adventure that the artist wants the viewer to have. A video game is an experience that the artist wants the viewer to have.
I'm not fan of the modern world's social climate. It feels to me like it's so easy to connect with someone remotely that no one is interested in connecting personally anymore. Maybe they never did, I don't actually know. But I know that pubs, arcades, parks and parties used to be the places to be. Now everyone just connects through the internet.
This brings me to video games. Packaged experiences brought to us by individuals who wanted to share them. I'll look at this from a social aspect rather than an artistic viewpoint.
Socailly, I believe humans play videogames not because they are lazy or weak or cowardly, bu because they are the opposite. People who remain consistantly within todays world remain in a world of walls, signs, arrows, taxes, laws, motors and 'convenience stores'. Those of us who venture into virtual worlds are dealing with predators, wars, combat, decision making, problem solving, resource allocation and team work. Ironically the people behaving least like natural humans in a physical sense are behaving most like natural humans in a psychological sense.
The body is much easier to satisfy than the mind. Sexually, dietarily, ambitionally (making words up now)..... because the human body is far less unique than the human mind. Hence it will sit there and stare into a screen for days on end whilst the brain believes it's saving princesses from dragons and worlds from inevitable destruction.
Maybe if life wasn't so safe, so rigid and predictable, these minds would be more encouraged to take part in it.
"I've always been afraid of video games - not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that after mere seconds in front of any particularly bright and absorbing game, I would abandon all ambition, turn into a mouth-breathing zombie, and develop a wide, sofa-shaped rear end." ~ Susan Orlean
... I don't know who she is either.
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Historical FictionPhilosophy. Philosophy is the fourth leg of the tri-pod. Philosophy is not an essential part of anything, but an inevitable part of everything. Here I impart upon thou my philosophical speculations, in regards to all things of this world that I dare...
