Next time someone’s ripping on you for playing video games, either because they think you’re too old or they consider it a waste of time, just tell them it’s offsite job training.
And you thought you played games to have fun — Steven Poole has a lengthy essay trying to prove you wrong. We’re working — working for the (video game) man, man. I must confess that even if we’re on a literal or figurative rat race when it comes to ‘working’ in games (I am, after all, a passionate fan of the Harvest Moon series, which is unabashedly obvious about the necessity of work), I still find much of it fun. Still, despite the wet blanket overtones, Poole’s essay is thoughtful and makes some interesting point. Is it really just about following orders?:
