Great points! As I get older and think about video games, I liken them more and more to books. The experiences we get out of the stories can have so much power and potential; we have the opportunity to immerse ourselves into another character's role and situation and consider how we as the player can relate (and if not, consider why we can't relate). Love seeing all these clips of the old RPGs - I still think fondly about the platforming puzzles of Valkyrie Profile. I always enjoyed that they gave me time to experiment and play around with that ice skill while not stressing much about time or enemies for the most part. Solving the puzzles felt so rewarding!
Yes! The enemies don't respawn endlessly in VP, so if you want to explore a room, you can just clear them all out and take your time. It's so nice! No random battles interrupting your train of thought while you try to figure out the solution to a puzzle.
As an Adult: Factorio or games like that, helped me develop the ability to be as efficient as possible or try to optimize things. Other games like Portal got me to think outside of the box since I usually think inside the box (now getting into Entropy Centre to break the inside the box thinking again). Cod or shooters and Beat Saber definitely help me with reaction time and I mainly play controller, so that's another thing to get used to (my dad and uncle tried to play a game using a controller and it was funny to see them try using 2 thumbsticks at the same time😅). As a child: I remember playing Spider-Man 1 on PS1 and how challenging it was, but fun to keep pushing through the game. Then much later Minecraft hooked me and getting into the creative side and thanks to my dad playing games too, he loved NFS Most Wanted and that's where I learned to do races. He also played Hitman Silent Assassin, but we weren't aloud to play if he is not there, so when he did play I watched and listened to his strategy in the missions (got me to like games with different ways to play). So, I will say that games got me to develop skills and I am now away from competitive games since I was starting to not make it fun.
Satisfactory got me thinking in a methodical, organized way very quickly. I have yet to take the plunge with Factorio, but it's always piqued my interest!
I absolutely LOVE this reframe. Excellent points made throughout. I particularly adored: "We're built on failure. Failure is the essential nutrient for growth." and of course, "SO GET IN THERE AND FAIL!" 😂 I definitely think that there's a stigma associated with "wasting your time" playing video games, but as you've concluded here, there is genuine value in how games teach us and influence who we become. Particularly salient for me in my work with folks in therapy - I would love to paraphrase some of your verbiage and / or perspectives from this if the situation arises, if that's okay with you. Thank you as always for the great content, homie! 🙏 Keep it up! 💜
This deserves more views. I never understood why my elders treated video games like a waste of time, but not movies, books or literally any other form of media. And to add to #1: one of the best lessons I've ever learned from being a Steam user -- _something being on sale is not a good enough reason to buy it._ You have to ask yourself, do I actually want this? Am I actually going to use it? Or is the incredibly low price tag just making me feel FOMO?
The FOMO is tough! Being intentional with purchases can be a challenge for me when I see a really low price, so I get lots of opportunities to practice 😂
Great points! As I get older and think about video games, I liken them more and more to books. The experiences we get out of the stories can have so much power and potential; we have the opportunity to immerse ourselves into another character's role and situation and consider how we as the player can relate (and if not, consider why we can't relate). Love seeing all these clips of the old RPGs - I still think fondly about the platforming puzzles of Valkyrie Profile. I always enjoyed that they gave me time to experiment and play around with that ice skill while not stressing much about time or enemies for the most part. Solving the puzzles felt so rewarding!
Yes! The enemies don't respawn endlessly in VP, so if you want to explore a room, you can just clear them all out and take your time. It's so nice! No random battles interrupting your train of thought while you try to figure out the solution to a puzzle.
As an Adult:
Factorio or games like that, helped me develop the ability to be as efficient as possible or try to optimize things. Other games like Portal got me to think outside of the box since I usually think inside the box (now getting into Entropy Centre to break the inside the box thinking again). Cod or shooters and Beat Saber definitely help me with reaction time and I mainly play controller, so that's another thing to get used to (my dad and uncle tried to play a game using a controller and it was funny to see them try using 2 thumbsticks at the same time😅).
As a child:
I remember playing Spider-Man 1 on PS1 and how challenging it was, but fun to keep pushing through the game. Then much later Minecraft hooked me and getting into the creative side and thanks to my dad playing games too, he loved NFS Most Wanted and that's where I learned to do races. He also played Hitman Silent Assassin, but we weren't aloud to play if he is not there, so when he did play I watched and listened to his strategy in the missions (got me to like games with different ways to play).
So, I will say that games got me to develop skills and I am now away from competitive games since I was starting to not make it fun.
Satisfactory got me thinking in a methodical, organized way very quickly. I have yet to take the plunge with Factorio, but it's always piqued my interest!
I absolutely LOVE this reframe. Excellent points made throughout. I particularly adored: "We're built on failure. Failure is the essential nutrient for growth." and of course, "SO GET IN THERE AND FAIL!" 😂 I definitely think that there's a stigma associated with "wasting your time" playing video games, but as you've concluded here, there is genuine value in how games teach us and influence who we become. Particularly salient for me in my work with folks in therapy - I would love to paraphrase some of your verbiage and / or perspectives from this if the situation arises, if that's okay with you. Thank you as always for the great content, homie! 🙏 Keep it up! 💜
I’m so glad it resonated with you! This topic means a lot to me.
By all means, should an opportunity ever arise, take anything you find helpful!
This deserves more views.
I never understood why my elders treated video games like a waste of time, but not movies, books or literally any other form of media.
And to add to #1: one of the best lessons I've ever learned from being a Steam user -- _something being on sale is not a good enough reason to buy it._ You have to ask yourself, do I actually want this? Am I actually going to use it? Or is the incredibly low price tag just making me feel FOMO?
The FOMO is tough! Being intentional with purchases can be a challenge for me when I see a really low price, so I get lots of opportunities to practice 😂
your channel is a hidden gem. keep going
That’s so kind 😭 I’m slowly making progress, one video at a time!
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