Tag: Reflecting

  • why play video games?

    why play video games?

    A socratic dialogue on wasting time Last year I was playing Cyberpunk 2077, and realized like 80 or 90 hours in that it wasn’t fun, and I didn’t really like it. Why did it take me so long to realize that? Was I having fun earlier in the game? I noticed that I was just…

  • Am I Having A Good Day?

    Am I Having A Good Day?

    Lately, I feel like I’ve been consumed with a single question, one that works its way into the different cracks and fissures in my life. That is, am I having a good day? This question seems to confront me constantly, and while it’s almost certainly a thorny externality of my prolonged unemployment, I still can’t…