I wrote a column a few weeks ago following the death of Hannah’s grandfather. It’s possibly a little odd that in response to his tragic death I wrote a column about computer games, but those thoughts were the honest reaction this his death provoked in me immediately and I wanted to write and share them.
The column has just gone live and serves as an invitation for gamers to share stories about why they got into computer games and what is the root of their passion for games.
“Now, I don’t believe that our loves and losses are preset in life. I think we make our own choices even though we rarely understand the choice we are making and can never fully predict the effect. So it seems to me that hardcore gamers are people who once made a choice to play a single game that hooked them. They aren’t programmed from birth to be geeks, they just happened to stumble across something once that they latched onto for the rest of their life, dooming themselves to a lifetime of constantly trying to recapture the horror, humour or fascination they unearthed so long ago. The fact that one experience could potentially shape someone’s entire personality is something which fascinates me.“
You can read the full column at bit-tech right now and I’d appreciate any feedback or comments that people might leave.
Out, Joe
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