Oooh, such a multi-faceted reflection of video games. What I love about a good video game: feels like life but with the lightness of knowing that you can always start over again when things go south
So good, CansaFis. So good. Like getting inside the hive mind as it plays. A phenomenology of gaming. Well done, a perfect game for your offbeat Whitmanesque genius.
I am endless avatars. // Winning is not the purpose, playing is. // The game is never over.*
Choices limit me. I am everyone. I am anyone. I am no one. I am my own distraction, my own forgotten flight. I chose my character from just a simple starting menu. I could have been me or me. Might I become a level 99 mage, bard or cleric instead?
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What a ride. Cascading paragraphs full of lists, alliteration, playfulness, insights slyly slipped in. The nods, intentional or no doesn't matter, to Finite and Infinite Games. Delightful to see on the screen strewn with old game clips, delightful to hear in your voice, punctuated with game music. *Rich context for these lines which, isolated, might make good t-shirts. Merch.
...really appreciate your thoughtful comments bud...this was a really fun one to write and think about...so wild to think of all the ways we might be ourselves or eachother...also i am overdue to start making merch ;0...appreciate you!...
Nice! I can’t help but notice you have such a way with the rhythm of your words. 🎵
“I’ve beaten every Megaman, but never found The Secret of Mana. Life feels like seeing limits but not being limited by them.” ~ Great use of epanalepsis
...damn Leo...great use of use doog...never heard of that word before and I LOVE IT...appreciate you and can't wait to hear about your video game travails soon :)...
Oooh, such a multi-faceted reflection of video games. What I love about a good video game: feels like life but with the lightness of knowing that you can always start over again when things go south
...great call Chao...it is like taste testing life(s)...
So good, CansaFis. So good. Like getting inside the hive mind as it plays. A phenomenology of gaming. Well done, a perfect game for your offbeat Whitmanesque genius.
…you rule and thank you…imagine getting to play yourself…i don’t want to be an npc in my own game lol…
so much.
I am endless avatars. // Winning is not the purpose, playing is. // The game is never over.*
Choices limit me. I am everyone. I am anyone. I am no one. I am my own distraction, my own forgotten flight. I chose my character from just a simple starting menu. I could have been me or me. Might I become a level 99 mage, bard or cleric instead?
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What a ride. Cascading paragraphs full of lists, alliteration, playfulness, insights slyly slipped in. The nods, intentional or no doesn't matter, to Finite and Infinite Games. Delightful to see on the screen strewn with old game clips, delightful to hear in your voice, punctuated with game music. *Rich context for these lines which, isolated, might make good t-shirts. Merch.
...really appreciate your thoughtful comments bud...this was a really fun one to write and think about...so wild to think of all the ways we might be ourselves or eachother...also i am overdue to start making merch ;0...appreciate you!...
Nice! I can’t help but notice you have such a way with the rhythm of your words. 🎵
“I’ve beaten every Megaman, but never found The Secret of Mana. Life feels like seeing limits but not being limited by them.” ~ Great use of epanalepsis
...damn Leo...great use of use doog...never heard of that word before and I LOVE IT...appreciate you and can't wait to hear about your video game travails soon :)...
So fabulous, and I especially enjoyed the sneakily placed peggle as I'd forgotten how cool that game is 😍
...love love love peggle....