Alright It’s Saturday night, although I probably won’t have this posted by then. In fact it will be well into the morning on the other side of the country. . I must confess I’ve probably been playing way too many computer games lately. Or perhaps, two computer games too much. Probably because this is a depressing time of year under normal circumstances, and now I can’t even go to a comedy show.. But in any case, I’m probably just gonna write about games tonight if everyone’s cool with that. If not….
So I play games on my computer, because why would I bother with anything else? But I guess technically all electronic games are computer games right? I mean, if you play on a Playstation, that’s still a computer. Anyway, two of my favorite computer games are Grand Theft Auto and Civilization, both of which are fundamentally about stealing shit. One is about stealing cars, the other is about stealing land, resources, and sometimes people. I like Civilization but I always wished I could play as the barbarians. Just go around pillaging farms and shit. Which is perfectly reasonable action by the way. I mean if I was living freely off the land and some assholes started building cities and farms everywhere, I’d wanna burn that shit down too. Tell them “What do you mean this is your land? This shit’s been here forever.. How can it possibly be yours? Who the fuck are you?” And then, of course, I’d be killed. And their history books would be very unkind to me. But, I can’t play the barbarians in Civilizations. That’s why I like Grand Theft Auto. A lot of people don’t. But what can I say? I have a soft spot for the dirty underbelly of society. I used to want to play this game online, and now I can, which is kind of cool. Problem is there’s always assholes online. I’m trying to build a criminal empire and some dick wants to just blow me up for no reason. But I guess I shouldn’t expect much else from the typical GTA crowd. These are the type of people who brag about their gaming ability. I see posts in gaming groups talking about how nobody is a “real gamer”. I thought all I had to do was play games to be a real gamer, but apparently they have to be your whole life. Apparently to be a “real gamer” you’ve got to be a 300lb dude with cheeto dust in his beard, or some shit. I’ll let you keep that title.
But, I do think computer games can be beneficial if used properly. When I figure out how to use them properly I’ll let you know. BUT IN THEORY, they can be a good way to exercise the brain, and maybe provide inspiration for your work. At least that’s what I tell myself.
Anyway, it’s more entertaining than the shitty real world right now, now that everyone has to be afraid of each other. And of course the President is insisting that he’s still the President and has millions of idiots going along with him. So the 99.9% of us who survive the virus will just end up killing each other in the streets.. Might be like Grand Theft Auto in real life. In which case I don’t think the real gamers are gonna do so well. Bad news is, I’m probably not either, In any case, at that point do we still worry about COVID? Or do we just rip off our masks, take a deep breath and yell “Fuck It!”, before it fucks you?