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>They wandered virtual worlds. That's fairly insightful right there. I'm juust old enough that my childhood contained some of the last years of "the woods" and
by noonespecial 10y ago
>They wandered virtual worlds.
That's fairly insightful right there. I'm juust old enough that my childhood contained some of the last years of "the woods" and juust young enough that when I started WOW, I recognized the feeling. Logging on in those early days had the same essential flavor as grabbing the bike and heading out.
- curtfoo 10y agoSeconded. A very insightful comment. Your comment rings true as well. I spent quite a bit of time in "the woods" as a boy but also plenty of time in front of computer screens. You're right - the feeling is the same whether it's outdoors, a virtual world, or even the inner world of my thoughts when I would read a book with a fully realized world.
- Joof 10y agoRemember when the internet allowed you to have multiple identities on message boards and so on? It was a really unique time.
- echion 10y agoI love virtual worlds and don't fetishize nature, but there seems something essentially different between a world created by physics and a world created by humans. It would be a shame to miss out on either.