I love this!! There is so much art and narrative in games, but i think bc they’re a slightly higher barrier to entry (like, you have to play them) gaming culture is more insular and doesn’t get the same respect as movies/tv/books/music. But they have so much joy and mental athleticism to offer. And esp bc girls are not nearly as socialized to play video games, I was so happy to read this piece today :’) game on girl 👾
omfffg i grew up on the sims!!! and now it’s turned into watching people play games on the website twitch - i love twitch because im not good enough to play any fast paced games that i love to watch
I loved reading this, thank you T.J. for writing this piece. It took me a long time to reclaim my teenage self and "allow myself" to play video games again. And it took me even longer (still working on it) to be unbothered by others' opinions on a grown woman playing video games.
Game on. I sometimes think I should game more but these days I mostly mod Skyrim. I love how creative ans dedicated mod authors are and it's the closest I'll get to making a game. I haven't modded my other games yet. I'm the opposite. The real world is full of ugly, cruel, violent and exploitative. Guns don't really appeal. Give me magic, swords and mythical beasts and horrors. It's so cathartic, lol. Ancient millennial here but i was never into the SIMs. I did play a lot of street fighter and mortal combat. And Mario. So much Mario. And Myst. We'd play together over the phone before every was linked up with headsets. What a fun dander through memories today. Thanks.
I love this!! There is so much art and narrative in games, but i think bc they’re a slightly higher barrier to entry (like, you have to play them) gaming culture is more insular and doesn’t get the same respect as movies/tv/books/music. But they have so much joy and mental athleticism to offer. And esp bc girls are not nearly as socialized to play video games, I was so happy to read this piece today :’) game on girl 👾
omfffg i grew up on the sims!!! and now it’s turned into watching people play games on the website twitch - i love twitch because im not good enough to play any fast paced games that i love to watch
I loved reading this, thank you T.J. for writing this piece. It took me a long time to reclaim my teenage self and "allow myself" to play video games again. And it took me even longer (still working on it) to be unbothered by others' opinions on a grown woman playing video games.
Game on. I sometimes think I should game more but these days I mostly mod Skyrim. I love how creative ans dedicated mod authors are and it's the closest I'll get to making a game. I haven't modded my other games yet. I'm the opposite. The real world is full of ugly, cruel, violent and exploitative. Guns don't really appeal. Give me magic, swords and mythical beasts and horrors. It's so cathartic, lol. Ancient millennial here but i was never into the SIMs. I did play a lot of street fighter and mortal combat. And Mario. So much Mario. And Myst. We'd play together over the phone before every was linked up with headsets. What a fun dander through memories today. Thanks.