I just got a new computer game for my b’day and it got me thinking (which is not always a good idea, but what the hell.)…
========================================= Reasons I wish life was more like a computer game:
1)a cheat code would give me all the money I could ever need,
2)I could make disasters when & where I wanted them,
3)a reset button for when I don’t like the way things are going,
4)a delete key for those people who REALLY need to be deleted.
========================================= Reasons I’m glad life is not like a computer game:
1)Some else having a delete key,
2)World War 3,4, & 5 are started just because the cat jumps on the keyboard,
3)Microsoft,
4)Systems crashes,
anymore?
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Consciousness is that annoying time between naps.
Ah, but like every patch, you never know what further glitches it will cause.
Another reason I wish life was more like a computer game…You could enhance the graphical options and display settings. Woohoo! 1600 x 1200 x 32 bit color! Alright!
My number one reason why it should be more like a computer game: if you talk to me too many times, I will start saying funny things in weird voice. #2: People will let you just take stuff from their home, if you promise to use it to kill monsters.
If the world were more like Ultima online…
…nothing changes–you still pay ridiculous amounts of money for beachfront property, and baker * is * a viable way to live. God that game is creepy; people pay real money for fake Ultima money…weird…
Silver: Unless the life game was like was The Sims, but where’d the point be in that?
Anyway, my votes for “I wish life was like a video game”:
Food, money, cool stuff just lying around to pick up.
Fast, indestructible cars.
You can jump really high.
You could buy a book that would teach you how, among other things, to get the girl.
-drive through animals, rocks, and concrete pillars unscathed
-drive a convertible that pop-wheelies when you pump the gas pedal
-drive a convertible, bash into a Humvee, and not only live, but also have your hair still looking good
-drive underwater without the benefit of scuba gear
-drive on Mars
-run over triceratops
-drive on an airport runway and smash into the luggage cart thingies
You only pay 25 cents? Wow, where are you lucky enough to live? Where I grew up games were nearing $1 a go even six years ago.
Another good reason life isn’t like a computer game:
You don’t have to start your life over again just because there was a two-minute power cut.
But if life was like a computer game, it would have to be like a roguelike (see www.skoardy.demon.co.uk/rlnews for information). No one chases you after you steal from a shop. You never have to pay tax, no matter how much money you have. You can take hallucinatory drugs with no danger of brain damage or lengthy jail sentences. And if you don’t like someone, you just kill them.