I sometimes think about life and why we are here. It often feels like a great big video game. A soul out there in the cosmos floating around, looking for something fun to do. Plugs in to the galactic Internet and loads up Earth. Then pow, launches from nothingness into a physical body. The game starts out by learning some basic skills, then moves on to earning a living to support a family and some fun activities, then retirement, and then game over. In the span of galactic time, it’s really just a few minutes of game play. Enough to satisfy a desire to experience something different. Maybe if it’s enough fun, you pop in a few more quarters and launch it again to play a different person in a different environment and with different people.
I’ve played similar games. My game of choice for a while was Final Fantasy. It was similar to this game of life, except I popped into the world as a TaruTaru equipped with a small club to smack around some of the local woodland creatures. The game was very involved and included a need to earn money to support activities. It was really fun, and I can see why the souls out there line up to play the game of Earth. We live in a fun place with lots of variety and opportunities.
My latest game is Modern Warfare 2 on the Playstation 3. In this game I get to play with fancy guns and explosives. It’s a fun way to unwind after a day at work. It’s a similar game that many of the galactic souls play here on Earth. Heading off to war zones to experience some action.
This game of Earth seems a bit more advanced than any games currently available, but I doubt it will be long before we are able to fully immerse ourselves in a game and add the elements of feeling, smelling, and tasting to the sight and sound already available. Until that time, the game of Earth remains superior, and I’m enjoying it very much.
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interesting thoughts. have you seen the movie 9s not the animated one ore the musical but the one about three different people with there stories intertwining. I think you might get a kick out of it.
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Eric Watermolen
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January 16th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I don’t think I’ve seen that one. I checked Netlfix and didn’t see it there either. I’d love to check it out if I can find it.
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Hi Eric – “Life as a Game.” I’m intrigued by that metaphor. But absolutely ignorant about the whole gaming world. When you’re in it, does it feel like real life?
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Eric Watermolen
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January 16th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Patty, it feels different from real life, more like an escape from this life to experience an alternate reality. Much the same as I imagine a soul before popping into earth. The soul has it’s reality, but wants to experience something different, so they incarnate on Earth. I’m here on Earth and want to experience something different so I pop into a video game. I wonder what the video game characters do when we’re not playing, maybe they all get together and play some pac-man.
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Hello Eric,
My friends and I always use the following metaphor, “Life is like a deck of cards…you have to play the hand you are dealt.” Your title really sums up what life feels like sometimes.
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Eric Watermolen
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January 16th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Patrenia, That’s a great metaphor, I’ve used it also. I also use it when talking about others that feel they’ve been “dealt a bad hand.” I feel that you have to take the hand you are dealt and make the most of it. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but the fun is in the playing of the game.
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