06-21-2012, 07:35 AM
Hate to necro such an old thread, but. Playing a game is about being able to make the best choice when presented.
you cant play it trying to avoid all violence if violence is dictated by the game environment, but you can and in my view, are supposed to play it as a kind of psych analysis of yourself. How would you act were you that person, and believe you are them. And in a way you become their higher self for a moment (That which animates and gives them purpose) once the game is over "they" will continue in their world based on the choices you have made for "them"
So, you as the higher self of say, Mario ,might be called by mario before the adventure begins by words like
"oh great mushroom king, help me save the princess today!"
And what you see is that window into the "mario" world where "mario" asks for your help, you dont get to see them changing the diapers of little mario and little toadstool. It is kind of a way to create good karma.
Let us observe what you ACTUALLY do.
You sit
You have calm music
You breath calmly
You stare at a portal of light
You are surrounded by food
You are surrounded by heat
You are surrounded by water (that is, you have available to yourself the 3 basic necessities for life)
You are safe
You find a game with a story and a char that you like
You help that character complete their task that they themselves can not do
The character has no knowledge of you and no way to contact you directly short of realising his nature as a character (assasins creed 2 being a good example of "breaking the fourth wall"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall Thoughts on Fourth wall + Fourth density and higher self + game avatar?
you cant play it trying to avoid all violence if violence is dictated by the game environment, but you can and in my view, are supposed to play it as a kind of psych analysis of yourself. How would you act were you that person, and believe you are them. And in a way you become their higher self for a moment (That which animates and gives them purpose) once the game is over "they" will continue in their world based on the choices you have made for "them"
So, you as the higher self of say, Mario ,might be called by mario before the adventure begins by words like
"oh great mushroom king, help me save the princess today!"
And what you see is that window into the "mario" world where "mario" asks for your help, you dont get to see them changing the diapers of little mario and little toadstool. It is kind of a way to create good karma.
Let us observe what you ACTUALLY do.
You sit
You have calm music
You breath calmly
You stare at a portal of light
You are surrounded by food
You are surrounded by heat
You are surrounded by water (that is, you have available to yourself the 3 basic necessities for life)
You are safe
You find a game with a story and a char that you like
You help that character complete their task that they themselves can not do
The character has no knowledge of you and no way to contact you directly short of realising his nature as a character (assasins creed 2 being a good example of "breaking the fourth wall"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall Thoughts on Fourth wall + Fourth density and higher self + game avatar?