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I get what you're saying, but don't really like the video game analogy. Video games are about following other people's rules, usually to achieve other people's

I get what you're saying, but don't really like the video game analogy. Video games are about following other people's rules, usually to achieve other people's goals (the exception is "sandbox" games). I don't think of it as a creative act, unless it's something extreme like speedrun glitches and demoscene-like arbitrary code execution.

copperx 8y ago
You've elucidated the reason why I cannot get into videogames, even though I tried multiple times this last two decades. I love the aesthetics of a well designed game. Pretty graphics are mesmerizing. But following arbitrarily designed rules and solving riddles created for the sole purpose of having an end goal for the game,—especially when one has a teenager-like disdain for authority—is more aggravating than having to follow rules in the real world.