I confess. I'm a bit of a computer game addict. No, actualy...
My Name is Christine and I'm addicted to computer games.
I use them to relax after difficult meetings or just hard days. I use them to forget my troubles when I'm troubled, to justify my agressions, and to indulge in the false sense that if I am clever enough I can control my world.
I play computer games when I should be going to the gym, cleaning the iguana cage, working in my yard, or even conversing with my family. ouch!
I hurry to my defense. If I watch a dozen hours of TV in a year, it's unusual. Shopping as a pastime has no appeal to me. My son and I trade games back and forth and talk about them.
I'm a hard core case. I'm such a hard core case that I'm going to shamelessly justify my addiction by reflecting on the theology of a variety of computer games which I enjoy. So there.
3 comments:
It's funny how much we have in common, Christine. This is a topic that never came up at the ministers' retreat.
I used to be embarrassed by my habit, but I have recently begun claiming it as a genuine act of self care. And now that members of my congregation are finding out it makes for wonderful conversations. Though I sometimes wonder what will happen if a non-gamer overhears.
"So then I called over my necromancer to finish him off..."
Maybe we should banish the bridge players in favor of something more creative! What do you play?
Last year I gave a talk at my UU church precisely on the subject of the theology of videogames.
Herewith the link:
http://elcalizazul.squarespace.com/the-religion-of-video-games/
I noticed, however, that the industry has evolved enough in the past year so that even now it seems outdated. (Second Life has a whole set of theological/philosophical assumptions that I did not even begin to consider until last year.) Nevertheless, I offer it here as a point of departure for conversation.
Cheers!
Enrique
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