Digital Drugs: High as a kite and super psyched!

Mad Hamish

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Yup. This is how I see games. They are digital drugs every inch as capable of influencing consciousness as acid or weed or coke or heroin. And I have been using them quite well and quite often since I clicked.

I do not know if any other person feels like this. But a good example for me is how I use FPS titles to externalize anger so I don't have to sit with such a brutally useless feeling. I have a lot going on in my life and used to tend to flip quite easily. It was discovering a copy of Wolfenstein: The New Order that shifted a tide for me. I was not even interested in gaming, but that game... Wow. It allowed me to tap into all this aggression and give it a non-destructive expression.

Next thing I know, I am not arguing on line all the time, I am sleeping better, after I finished the campaign the first time I got an actual 8 hours of shut-eye. Better than any weed can do for me.

There are other really cool things I discovered recently. I can go on and on.

I am interested to hear others' views on this. Particularly the Role Play crowd, I have not managed to get into any of those titles (yup even Witcher) so I am interested in why people like it so much. A lot of titles there to get into and perhaps I have been approaching it all wrong. I tried my best with Fallout 4 but it got traded right back in yesterday. 20 wasted hours.

Just got my first Melee style fighter, Devil May Cry for xbox one... Finding a totally different effect from a good FPS, more fun and laughs less serious it is great and very relaxing. Going to be a great one to fit into my schedule.

A surprising one that is tripping me the hell out is Brothers : A Tale Of Two Sons. You have to control two characters in co-op using one controller, it does funny stuff to my brains, feels like the first time I tried juggling and got it right. Very cool sensation of left brain linking up with right brain. This game, even though rough around the edges, FEELS like a psychedelic drug. Not looks. But the way my brain FEELS.

Very cool stuff. I have lost interest in all other drugs aside from a little vodka. I hardly smoke any longer. I dont even feel like growing. I feel like making good games instead. Far superior drug.
 
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