Playing the Game of Life: Comparing Life to Video Games
Playing the Game of Life: Comparing Life to Video Games
November 2022 Financial Imaginer Matt
In life, we all want to win. We all want to achieve our goals and be successful. But what does it take to win the game of life? In this blog post, we will explore the concept of how to play the game of life like a video game!
Just like in video games, in life, you can become whoever you want to be, look however you want, and upgrade yourself as you see fit. The beauty of playing video games is that you can play as many lives as you want, and enter into as many different worlds as you please. In real life, you just got 1 Up!
“Video game players are artists who create their own reality within the game.”― Shigeru Miyamoto
Who says you can’t do so in your own life?
Take a break, watch and listen to this awesome track! Have fun and let’s gooo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK4Di2o-D54
Start thinking of life as a game – you’ll become fearless and start leveling up!
Join me [financially] imagineering your own life!
Are you Ready Player One?
“My friend Kira always said that life is like an extremely difficult, horribly unbalanced videogame. When you’re born, you’re given a randomly generated character, with a randomly determined name, race, face, and social class. Your body is your avatar, and you spawn in a random geographic location, at a random moment in human history, surrounded by a random group of people, and then you have to try to survive for as long as you can. Sometimes the game might seem easy. Even fun. Other times it might be so difficult you want to give up and quit.
But unfortunately, in this game you only get one life. When your body grows too hungry or thirsty or ill or injured or old, your health meter runs out and then it’s Game Over. Some people play the game for a hundred years without ever figuring out that it’s a game, or that there is a way to win it.
To win the videogame of life, you just have to try to make the experience of being forced to play it as pleasant as possible, for yourself, and for all of the other players you encounter in your travels. Kira says that if everyone played the game to win, it’d be a lot more fun for everyone.”
― Anorak’s Almanac, Chapter 77, Verses 11-20, Ready Player One
Let's play the game of life like a video game!
The Game of Life – Level 1: The Trial Run
To win the game of life, you must level up. Just like in any video game, to progress to the next level, you must complete certain tasks and challenges and grow stronger with experience.
Level 1: Let's go!
Let’s a gooo!
You must first learn and experience as much as possible. Growing up and school is a great place to start – it’s like the tutorial level of the game of life. Here, you familiarize yourself with the game, get to know the main character (yes, that would be your good self), and learn how to jump, run, survive, collect coin and hopefully how to learn!
“I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.” ― Shigeru Miyamoto
Learn how to navigate different environments, other characters, your surroundings, and what your superpowers are.
Embrace this trial run, learn fast, and grow!
Play the game of life like a video game.
Are you ready for the next level?
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