The beauty of the struggle

When we play games, we can pursue a goal, not for its own value, but for the value of the struggle. Thus, playing games involves a motivational inversion from normal life. We adopt an interest in winning temporarily, so we can experience the beauty of the struggle.

Games offer us a temporary experience of life under utterly clear values, in a world engineered to fit to our abilities and goals.

C Thi Nguyen