Artcade for Christmas
No gift beats a video game. #christmas #videogame
More by lucky accident than clever scheduling, Artcade landed on December 24. What better moment to wish you happy holidays? Today: a micro Christmas episode, take care :)
Even in video games, you can’t escape presents. Up above you can see the protagonist of BioShock (which I covered in an episode: BioShock, Brave New World, and a Dash of Radiohead) looking satisfied with the present his parents got him. Ah, Mom and Dad gifts. Forget Santa.
This massive consumerism holiday reminds me every single time that material goods aren’t the road to lasting happiness, but they’re definitely the easiest road to brief, momentary, wonderful happiness. What are you getting yourself this year? Because we all know the gifts we buy ourselves lose the surprise factor, but gain precision. A video game? Or something else entirely? Let me know. Now I’m off to stuff myself with panettone, Italy’s Christmas cake. Until the next episode, ciao!
Love the simplicity of this. The observation about self-bought gifts losing surprise but gaining precision is so true it hurts. Every year I tell myself I'll wait for actual surprises, and every year I end up just buying exactly what I want anyway. Happy holidays, and enjoy thatpanettone!