Hello, Dr. Peterson. I came across your wonderful work via Gamergate and the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. I apologize if the opening of my post comes off too autobiographical and lengthy, so feel free to skip to my questions at the bottom-most of my post if you are pressed for time.
I consider video games to be my most favorite past time. I'm a little ashamed to admit that in my childhood and adolescence I used it as an escape from a rocky, turbulent childhood. But I would go so far as to say they literally saved my life and I learned valuable life lessons from them, granting me irreplaceable memories and friends.
I consider them to be one of the highest forms of art, because they reflect the human struggle to me in ways books, music and film can't, although recent games do misguidedly try their hardest to emulate them at the expense of Gameplay. Gameplay is the main component of video games that to me reflect the human struggle almost perfectly. The combination of rules, limitations, tools, interface and goals that the game bestows upon the player. With games, I've come to know that fun and victory requires repeated failure and learning from failure, struggle for the acquisition of skill and leverage, and the grace that ever-growing confidence brings.
These days, instead of as an escape, I use video games as an ice breaker between friends, bringing a small television and a console to social gatherings or making my own social gatherings at home with multiple displays and hardware, inspired by the arcade aesthetic of old.
ANYWAYS, QUESTIONS:
What do you think of video games and how they resonate with people?
Do you play or have you played video games? What was your experience? Which are your favorite?
Are you at all familiar with the 2014 Gamergate controversy?
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Hello, Dr. Peterson. I came across your wonderful work via Gamergate and the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. I apologize if the opening of my post comes off too autobiographical and lengthy, so feel free to skip to my questions at the bottom-most of my post if you are pressed for time.
I consider video games to be my most favorite past time. I'm a little ashamed to admit that in my childhood and adolescence I used it as an escape from a rocky, turbulent childhood. But I would go so far as to say they literally saved my life and I learned valuable life lessons from them, granting me irreplaceable memories and friends.
I consider them to be one of the highest forms of art, because they reflect the human struggle to me in ways books, music and film can't, although recent games do misguidedly try their hardest to emulate them at the expense of Gameplay. Gameplay is the main component of video games that to me reflect the human struggle almost perfectly. The combination of rules, limitations, tools, interface and goals that the game bestows upon the player. With games, I've come to know that fun and victory requires repeated failure and learning from failure, struggle for the acquisition of skill and leverage, and the grace that ever-growing confidence brings.
These days, instead of as an escape, I use video games as an ice breaker between friends, bringing a small television and a console to social gatherings or making my own social gatherings at home with multiple displays and hardware, inspired by the arcade aesthetic of old.
ANYWAYS, QUESTIONS:
What do you think of video games and how they resonate with people?
Do you play or have you played video games? What was your experience? Which are your favorite?
Are you at all familiar with the 2014 Gamergate controversy?
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