Thanks so much for this! I grew up playing video games with my siblings, and for me they have always been a place I go to reinvigorate my imagination, to glean new and playful ways of seeing and living that I can take back into the real world with me. Ans as an artist, I find myself time and time again returning to the soundtracks, stories, and scenery that makes my heart swell. But I also go back to them just to laugh! Talking with NPCs, finding wit in dialogue, messing with physics, and choosing the most outrageous character customizations is just pure delight for me. God made that, he made play.
This was great! It might never be video games for me, but I love the points you made, Julia, about doing pleasant things just for pleasure and what that actually adds to our lives. This was a good reminder, too, for me not to scoff at what anyone does "just for fun."
Thanks, Julia. Agreed. Hard to imagine how playing eg Detroit: Become Human could ever be considered a waste of time. Aesthetic and narrative brilliance abounds in computer games eg Horizon, The Last of Us, The Ghost of Tsushima, even GTA5.
Thanks so much for this! I grew up playing video games with my siblings, and for me they have always been a place I go to reinvigorate my imagination, to glean new and playful ways of seeing and living that I can take back into the real world with me. Ans as an artist, I find myself time and time again returning to the soundtracks, stories, and scenery that makes my heart swell. But I also go back to them just to laugh! Talking with NPCs, finding wit in dialogue, messing with physics, and choosing the most outrageous character customizations is just pure delight for me. God made that, he made play.
This was great! It might never be video games for me, but I love the points you made, Julia, about doing pleasant things just for pleasure and what that actually adds to our lives. This was a good reminder, too, for me not to scoff at what anyone does "just for fun."
Thanks, Julia. Agreed. Hard to imagine how playing eg Detroit: Become Human could ever be considered a waste of time. Aesthetic and narrative brilliance abounds in computer games eg Horizon, The Last of Us, The Ghost of Tsushima, even GTA5.