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The GameCube Ad proclaims: LIFE'S A GAME.
The XBOX Ad states: LIFE IS SHORT - PLAY MORE.
The PS2 Ad utters: THE THIRD PLACE.
The slogans of the three console-producing companies are all pointing in the direction of fantasy and escapism, dreams and fun.... in other words: PLAY.
Human beings love play.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, fun is something that is universally good.
It is life-affirming and life-enhancing.
Whether it's intense fun, light-hearted fun or mischievous fun, the result is always the same: enjoyment and pleasure - the stuff good memories are made of.
I once heard a psychologist describe sex as "adult play"..... but I'd better not go into that.
Videogames give us the opportunity to visually explore the weird and the wonderful, the surreal and the sinister, the real[ish] and the riotous.
-Creeping along risky hallways in the dead of night.
-Playing guessing-games with a drunken greybeard on a precarious ledge.
-Spying through forbidden keyholes.
-Wandering through an emerald forest of dancing leaves.
-Beheading gruesome ghouls with a 12ft glinting blade.
-Trippin' the light fantastic in computerized innerspace.
-Skulking in shadows unseen.
-Striding upon the sandy deck of a deep blue ocean.
-Flooring a pacifist monk with a flying roundhouse kick.
I've done all these things within the confines of videogame magic.
Hell I'd like to do some of these things in real life too, but if I did I'd probably be behind bars by now frantically trying to avoid becoming some big tattooed bloke's sweetheart.
Some may label gaming as "childish" and "immature", as "a waste of time" and "a waste of money", but PLAY [in whatever form it manifests] is very important - it's a vital release.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, when you go outside on the morning after a night of falling snow, what's the first thing you really want to do? >>>Return to Title<<<
Nomad
The XBOX Ad states: LIFE IS SHORT - PLAY MORE.
The PS2 Ad utters: THE THIRD PLACE.
The slogans of the three console-producing companies are all pointing in the direction of fantasy and escapism, dreams and fun.... in other words: PLAY.
Human beings love play.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, fun is something that is universally good.
It is life-affirming and life-enhancing.
Whether it's intense fun, light-hearted fun or mischievous fun, the result is always the same: enjoyment and pleasure - the stuff good memories are made of.
I once heard a psychologist describe sex as "adult play"..... but I'd better not go into that.
Videogames give us the opportunity to visually explore the weird and the wonderful, the surreal and the sinister, the real[ish] and the riotous.
-Creeping along risky hallways in the dead of night.
-Playing guessing-games with a drunken greybeard on a precarious ledge.
-Spying through forbidden keyholes.
-Wandering through an emerald forest of dancing leaves.
-Beheading gruesome ghouls with a 12ft glinting blade.
-Trippin' the light fantastic in computerized innerspace.
-Skulking in shadows unseen.
-Striding upon the sandy deck of a deep blue ocean.
-Flooring a pacifist monk with a flying roundhouse kick.
I've done all these things within the confines of videogame magic.
Hell I'd like to do some of these things in real life too, but if I did I'd probably be behind bars by now frantically trying to avoid becoming some big tattooed bloke's sweetheart.
Some may label gaming as "childish" and "immature", as "a waste of time" and "a waste of money", but PLAY [in whatever form it manifests] is very important - it's a vital release.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, when you go outside on the morning after a night of falling snow, what's the first thing you really want to do? >>>Return to Title<<<
Nomad
V.v.v.v.V wrote:
> Nice post Nomad.
> Like you say, games allow us to step into extraordinary roles.
> Yeah it's all fantasy, whether it's a realistic sim or a land of make
> believe, but it's the "instanst interactive nature of games"
> that makes gaming much more interesting and fun than say films and
> books.
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This is why videogames are the best. We can "play" with them; we are constantly within them influencing the outcome. With books and films all we can do is just sit back and be passive - just watching & reading.
> Nice post Nomad.
> Like you say, games allow us to step into extraordinary roles.
> Yeah it's all fantasy, whether it's a realistic sim or a land of make
> believe, but it's the "instanst interactive nature of games"
> that makes gaming much more interesting and fun than say films and
> books.
*
This is why videogames are the best. We can "play" with them; we are constantly within them influencing the outcome. With books and films all we can do is just sit back and be passive - just watching & reading.
Whitestripes wrote:
> I shall print that out and give it to my parents.
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Hey you do that.
Games feed the imagination, and it's the ability to imagine and have vision that sets we hairless animals apart.
To quote Blake: "The imagination is the soul of man".
> I shall print that out and give it to my parents.
*
Hey you do that.
Games feed the imagination, and it's the ability to imagine and have vision that sets we hairless animals apart.
To quote Blake: "The imagination is the soul of man".
I shall print that out and give it to my parents.
Nice post Nomad.
Like you say, games allow us to step into extraordinary roles.
Yeah it's all fantasy, whether it's a realistic sim or a land of make believe, but it's the "instanst interactive nature of games" that makes gaming much more interesting and fun than say films and books.
Like you say, games allow us to step into extraordinary roles.
Yeah it's all fantasy, whether it's a realistic sim or a land of make believe, but it's the "instanst interactive nature of games" that makes gaming much more interesting and fun than say films and books.
The GameCube Ad proclaims: LIFE'S A GAME.
The XBOX Ad states: LIFE IS SHORT - PLAY MORE.
The PS2 Ad utters: THE THIRD PLACE.
The slogans of the three console-producing companies are all pointing in the direction of fantasy and escapism, dreams and fun.... in other words: PLAY.
Human beings love play.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, fun is something that is universally good.
It is life-affirming and life-enhancing.
Whether it's intense fun, light-hearted fun or mischievous fun, the result is always the same: enjoyment and pleasure - the stuff good memories are made of.
I once heard a psychologist describe sex as "adult play"..... but I'd better not go into that.
Videogames give us the opportunity to visually explore the weird and the wonderful, the surreal and the sinister, the real[ish] and the riotous.
-Creeping along risky hallways in the dead of night.
-Playing guessing-games with a drunken greybeard on a precarious ledge.
-Spying through forbidden keyholes.
-Wandering through an emerald forest of dancing leaves.
-Beheading gruesome ghouls with a 12ft glinting blade.
-Trippin' the light fantastic in computerized innerspace.
-Skulking in shadows unseen.
-Striding upon the sandy deck of a deep blue ocean.
-Flooring a pacifist monk with a flying roundhouse kick.
I've done all these things within the confines of videogame magic.
Hell I'd like to do some of these things in real life too, but if I did I'd probably be behind bars by now frantically trying to avoid becoming some big tattooed bloke's sweetheart.
Some may label gaming as "childish" and "immature", as "a waste of time" and "a waste of money", but PLAY [in whatever form it manifests] is very important - it's a vital release.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, when you go outside on the morning after a night of falling snow, what's the first thing you really want to do? >>>Return to Title<<<
Nomad
The XBOX Ad states: LIFE IS SHORT - PLAY MORE.
The PS2 Ad utters: THE THIRD PLACE.
The slogans of the three console-producing companies are all pointing in the direction of fantasy and escapism, dreams and fun.... in other words: PLAY.
Human beings love play.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, fun is something that is universally good.
It is life-affirming and life-enhancing.
Whether it's intense fun, light-hearted fun or mischievous fun, the result is always the same: enjoyment and pleasure - the stuff good memories are made of.
I once heard a psychologist describe sex as "adult play"..... but I'd better not go into that.
Videogames give us the opportunity to visually explore the weird and the wonderful, the surreal and the sinister, the real[ish] and the riotous.
-Creeping along risky hallways in the dead of night.
-Playing guessing-games with a drunken greybeard on a precarious ledge.
-Spying through forbidden keyholes.
-Wandering through an emerald forest of dancing leaves.
-Beheading gruesome ghouls with a 12ft glinting blade.
-Trippin' the light fantastic in computerized innerspace.
-Skulking in shadows unseen.
-Striding upon the sandy deck of a deep blue ocean.
-Flooring a pacifist monk with a flying roundhouse kick.
I've done all these things within the confines of videogame magic.
Hell I'd like to do some of these things in real life too, but if I did I'd probably be behind bars by now frantically trying to avoid becoming some big tattooed bloke's sweetheart.
Some may label gaming as "childish" and "immature", as "a waste of time" and "a waste of money", but PLAY [in whatever form it manifests] is very important - it's a vital release.
No matter how old you are, no matter where you come from, when you go outside on the morning after a night of falling snow, what's the first thing you really want to do? >>>Return to Title<<<
Nomad