the first video game system i ever had was the regular nintendo
i never beat a game on that thing.. everytime i picked up the controller it was just an exercise in futility the games were super hard back then and not only that but they were created in a way to where many times you couldn't figure out how to progress without getting help from an outside source because the way you'd progress wasn't obvious at all... and as you know, there was no internet back then over time i've been made privvy to all the reasons why games were so difficult back then one reason was because nintendo used to want kids to call their paid hotlines for tips on how to beat games another reason was because they could sell their magazines easier by adding in tips to hard games and another reason was because game creators didn't want children to be able to rent a game, beat it in a few days and then take it back to the rental store.. instead they wanted kids to feel like they had to buy the game at full price to be able to see all it had to offer so... looking back its kinda crazy to me to see that i was really being duped and toyed with throughout my entire childhood here i was thinking i was playing against the game when in reality i was playing against someone else's greed here i was thinking i was an unskilled player when the reality was that the games were all rigged against me from the very beginning here i was being frustrated during times that should've been fun, relaxing, and enjoyable all because some person somewhere wanted to extract more money out of my family's household unfortunately, upon consideration of these facts.. i've realized that the aforementioned setup is perfectly analogous to the plight of adult life -we go into debt for education -prices of everything we desire are constantly in a state of inflation while wages remain stagnant -we want housing but end up paying more in interest than we pay the actual cost of the home -we want a female companion but women have been socially engineered into difficult feminists -the list goes on i'm sure many people wonder why success eludes them i'm sure many people find themselves "inexplicably" alone i'm sure many people remain plagued by feelings of inadequacy because of their perceived "failures in life" but are they failures or is the game actually rigged in someone else's favor.. an enemy we typically do not consider until they've already extracted each and every thing their evil heart has desired from us who profits from my frustration? who fills their wallet with our tears? who is comforted by mass discomfort? these thoughts, as well as how to escape the invisible walls that surround us are certainly worth deep consideration
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