Why do I play all these games? Because it’s important that they’re played.
Because every game is a story, a world, a moment in time crafted by someone who cared enough to create it.
Because each one teaches me something new—about design, about culture, about myself.
Because in a sea of pixels, there’s magic waiting to be found.
And because, honestly? Sometimes I just want to escape, explore, and lose myself in different worlds.
So yeah. I own thousands of games, and I’ll keep playing them.
I mean, I wrote a whole lot of text explaining why I collect so many games.
I haven’t even told you how much money I’ve spent. And of the money I’ve spent, it’s not exactly a lot. I know people who’ve spent more money on hardware than I’ve spent on games.
And yet, there’s lots of conversation here. You’ve already written paragraphs. Go figure.
If you want to see posts where I talk about specific games, just go through my history.
If you want to share your story, do so. Actually, you already did.
Oh, there’s sense. Maybe not sense in your prescribed manner, but there’s sense.
I really don’t mind the many different reactions.
Yep, no one’s stopping me – which is why I talk about specific games.
Just because you’re seeing this post here now doesn’t mean I don’t talk about specific games elsewhere. In fact, if you go through my posting history, you can see all the many times I talk about my experiences with games. Feel free to comment on them.
The reason why you’re commenting here now, and not on my post about Curse: Eye of Isis is because this specific post created an emotional reaction in you.
Or hell, you can look on my Akkoma account. I posted this about Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death last night:
https://atomicpoet.org/notice/AvkWBhY1PJvUqiElYu