After reading this article i could not help but to feel so bad for this poor man. It almost seemed as if his life was over until he discovered the video game The Sims. I don't know how anyone could get so depressed that they would have to turn to a video game for some relief. If he felt that he life was that bad then he should have changed it. I absolutely hate games like The Sims because who would want to create their life in a video game especially if your life sucks. I really don't understand the point of it, but millions of people love this game. I think that he discovered a lot about himself by playing a pointless video game and that is sad.
I think that he tried to create another identity for himself, maybe he wanted to see himself have a better life in a video game but it turned out wrong. I guess he found out that his character was just like him in real life, sad and depressed. I couldn't understand how long it took him to figure that out. if we are going to create someone like us in a virtual world then they have to be like us in some way. It did seem to me like he was in a midlife crisis and he was just trying to see if he could get out of it. After all I just felt bad for the poor man, the fact that he was so into this game shocked me. I don't know a lot of people who would play their lives out on a video game so it was a bit funny.
The popularity of the Sims is a curious thing. For many of us, the idea of recreating our lives on the screen isn't terribly exciting. For many people who like video games, the point is, I think, to escape real-life.
ReplyDeleteKlosterman is obsessed with himself, though, so his means of "playing" the Sims didn't really surprise me.