07-06-2004, 03:15 PM
Got less than two hours of sleep last night, and did have troubling dreams when I did sleep. Had a nightmare where I was basically living a cheap Sci-Fi Channel made-for-TV-movie concerning some underground monsters terrorizing a â hospital.
I should have watched something after my jaunt into the Cradle. Something brighter and more cheerful to soothe my nerves. I have the Special Edition of Aliens on DVD. Should have watched that...
...Why? Aliens, or any horror movie for that mater, does not scare me. I'm just a spectator. Sitting and watching. Nothing I can do can alter the fate of those poor stupid saps who disarmed themselves prior to entry into a Xenomorph lair. It's not my fault.
Playing a PC game, on the other hand, changes all that. I am investing time and effort into seeing to the survival of my virtual self. Getting myself killed, real or otherwise, sucks big time because it's you that's getting wasted. The things you do (or fail to do) in a situation determines the end result. You fail to interact on that level, then you're not actually playing a game, are you? Just pointing and clicking at images on a screen.
I should have watched something after my jaunt into the Cradle. Something brighter and more cheerful to soothe my nerves. I have the Special Edition of Aliens on DVD. Should have watched that...
...Why? Aliens, or any horror movie for that mater, does not scare me. I'm just a spectator. Sitting and watching. Nothing I can do can alter the fate of those poor stupid saps who disarmed themselves prior to entry into a Xenomorph lair. It's not my fault.
Playing a PC game, on the other hand, changes all that. I am investing time and effort into seeing to the survival of my virtual self. Getting myself killed, real or otherwise, sucks big time because it's you that's getting wasted. The things you do (or fail to do) in a situation determines the end result. You fail to interact on that level, then you're not actually playing a game, are you? Just pointing and clicking at images on a screen.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.