Videogames no more

(2025.01.24)

Time and attention is precious, so the best relationships to have towards videogames are total avoidance or to only play games with friends for the purpose of socializing.

Otherwise, you are voluntarily spending time on unnecessary tasks and entertainment that does not give you anything else in life. These games keeps you in a stasis (or an indoctrination) in the guise of activity and achievement. It is silly to spend hundreds of hours playing a game alone.

However, tiny little games, like some that I have made myself, tend to not trap people but simply provide a moment of novelty.

Big videogames are art + manipulation.