So, darling hubby has had this theory for years that gaming turns us all into virtual mass murderers on a horrific scale. We log into the game of our choice and set about questing, battling, destroying the enemy and/or the other side. And what do we have to show for it at the end of the day?
Now, this isn’t going to turn into some anti-gaming, politically correct piece, or a rant against the current state of games we all play. Rather, it is more about the decisions we make as parents and families when we aren’t gaming. Do we offset the hours spent slaughtering the enemy in pursuit of videogame justice with acts of kindness and beauty in the real world?
It is easy to lose yourself in the world created by video games, there is always something just over the next rise that needs to be done just before logging off. I’m as guilty as the next person when it comes to regulating game time sometimes. However, I’ve decided to take a moment or two each day from here on out to make the world around me a more positive and beautiful place.
Will one gamer doing a a positive, personal thing for those around her change the world? Nope, it won’t change the world at large but it will change my immediate world which is enough. If every gamer stopped and took a couple of moments out of the day to improve their immediate world, imagine how much positive change would be wrought in the world at large.
Positive changes don’t have to be large, showy acts. Make dinner or do the dishes, pick the kids up from school, pick up flowers for someone you love, or stop in the elderly neighbor down the street and see what you can do to make their life more enjoyable.
So, what am I going to do to make my immediate world better? Well, I’m starting with returning to my first and second, albeit frustrating, loves writing and stitching. I’ve stopped writing every day and that needs to change. It seems trivial and small but I’m a better person to live with when I write daily. Stitching is also integral to the health and happiness of our home. Stitching forces me to relax no matter how stressed life around me might be and keeps my fingers limber preventing the possible onset of arthritis.
So, small steps but they will make a difference in my immediate world. Does it make me any less of a mass murderer in video games? Not in the slightest, but it will offset the pile of digital bodies I leave in my wake.
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