I love video games. I think they are pretty, dang rad. I go to them for escape, and I go to them for inspiration. I think that there is a lot that can be expressed in video games that other art forms cannot. On the simple basis that a video game has some level of interactivity, there are many different things that can be considered video games. Video games that are as simplistic as Journey can speak volumes to its audience. Games like Shenmue or Mass Effect can express ideals to its audience.
Many of us go through life and experience the ordinary. Not too many of us are confronted with the world changing decisions that video games present us with. Yet, I think that, by putting ourselves into these situations and fighting the good fight, we can learns something about ourselves and grow a bit.
Have you ever been in a situation where you just hurt so much, or have this kind of emotion that you just can't express? I think that everybody has at one point or another. Usually we can go to our favorite music, or movie and just kind of "fill the void" to cope with whatever it is that we're going through at the time. They can help us understand, or make us understand, and express something in a way that we couldn't think of, and suddenly it all clicks because of a lyric in a song or a speech in a movie. This is the magic of art. It can comfort us, or disrupt our reality. Bringing to light that which was hidden before.
So, why didn't I mention video games? Truth be told, I don't know. I've had moments where video games have brought things to light, and given me the strength to push forward in areas of my life. Although, video games are not quite as relateable as other artforms. For some reason, they are more obscure, and relegated to those that "have no life". So, clearly there would be no need of video games to teach us things. On the other hand, nobody seems to ask the "why" as to why we spend so much time in these realities. Perhaps it's because life has got us down. Perhaps it's because we want to get away from it all. Perhaps it's because we want to let out some aggression. Or, perhaps, it's simply because video games are fun, and we're just kinda bored.
These are the questions that I don't see being asked, or even considered, when it comes to people who play video games. I understand that ignorance is at thing, but people should still be considerate. I understand that this is something that cannot be done away with, and that there will always be people who don't quite understand video games. There will be people who don't quite understand any kind of thing that you love, but that is no excuse for their behavior. Nor is it any reason for you to give up.
I feel like I wrote about this last time I posted, but I care very deeply about this. I love my video games, and I don't think that I should be judged because I spend so much time around them. We all have our passions, and we all have our niches, and through these things, we can find comfort and inspirations. There are multitudes of things that we go to when we need to get away, or are in pain. For me, it's video games.
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