WoW Musings
The melancholy of the holidays is leaving me and I am spending a few days playing computer games. It is for enjoyment now, but there was a fairly long period in my life when computer games were pretty much the defining element of my days. I can quite clearly remember having the thought that I could just live in the games, having grand adventures yet being completely safe in at my computer desk, free from any risk in the world. I spent a lot of years like that, but it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.
I suppose it could have been, if I had been able to just jack into the games and forget everything. There are people who can do that, I’ve known more than a few. A part of me envies that, because in my case no matter how much I wanted to get lost in the games and let life outside pass me by unnoticed, I could not. There was always a pull, always something inside of me whispering to me, telling me that I could do more, that I was meant for more. A drive that just would not allow me to stagnate endlessly.
I must say though, that despite the terrible beating MMORPGs have taken in the media, there are many out there who are leading active social lives and making friends who would never have been able to do so otherwise. Wherever there are other people there are opportunities for the learning, growth, sharing, and giving that create all that is truly worthwhile in life. There are people who have brought joy and happiness and life to one another simply by using their computers to meet up in these fantasy worlds. It isn’t fair to discount that. So I speak for me alone when I talk about the need for something more.
This is a bit of a rambling post I think, though most time what I write seems far more cohesive when I’ve given it some time to cool and come back to it. Bottom line is that I am feeling good today, and am not going to tie this particular post into a perfect essay-like package. This is where I’m at! I should have used that as a blog title!
Until next time…
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