Playing Through
Part Two: What It Means To Play
Sept. 28, 2008
By stealth_toilet

Perhaps the pressure of being the internet’s foremost videogame blogger finally got to me. Or maybe it was a particularly strong brew of coffee that morning which beleaguered my senses. Indeed, it is also possible that the physical weight of my own hubris, combined with richly caffeinated concoctions, led my mind to connect dots that ought never be connected. Whatever the circumstances surrounding this epiphany, sitting in that dimly lit room oblivious to the demands and temptations of the real world, seeing Niko Bellic survey the picturesque skyline of Liberty City tore my virtual world asunder. I ceased to play Grand Theft Auto IV: The Game, and realized that instead I was playing Grand Theft Auto IV: The Toy. ‘Dear God,” I whispered, and the words dropped heavily into the fetid air, “I might as well be playing Boomblox!” The light faded, I tasted panic, and for a time, I drifted into darkness.

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