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*WARNING! UNEXPECTED PHILOSOPHICAL CONTENT AHEAD!*
I suppose a lot of fans of a lot of things have wondered this. It's really a deep question when you think about it. Many people would say that we are given the opportunity to live in the real world and we should make the most of it. And yet I disagree because maybe we are living in the Pokemon world when we play the games. A game or a book is just text on a page or a bunch of ones and zeroes that interact to create images, but a story is what we divine out of those things. A story is when our mind works off these meaningless things to turn them into a world. When you read a book your mind will become immersed in this world that it is creating, and therefore you observe this world and all that goes in it. Video games are different because they allow you to live in and manipulate this world.
*END UNEXPECTED PHILISOPHICAL CONTENT!*
But I think we all know that that's not what I'm asking about. What I'm asking is if this world did exist on the physical plane would you rather live in it? If it was me I would enjoy living there if I was born there, but if I had the conscious choice to do so it would be much more enjoyable. The world wouldn't seem as fantastic or exiting if you were raised with the idea of little mice that could summon lightning bolts at will. So what do you think?
I suppose a lot of fans of a lot of things have wondered this. It's really a deep question when you think about it. Many people would say that we are given the opportunity to live in the real world and we should make the most of it. And yet I disagree because maybe we are living in the Pokemon world when we play the games. A game or a book is just text on a page or a bunch of ones and zeroes that interact to create images, but a story is what we divine out of those things. A story is when our mind works off these meaningless things to turn them into a world. When you read a book your mind will become immersed in this world that it is creating, and therefore you observe this world and all that goes in it. Video games are different because they allow you to live in and manipulate this world.
*END UNEXPECTED PHILISOPHICAL CONTENT!*
But I think we all know that that's not what I'm asking about. What I'm asking is if this world did exist on the physical plane would you rather live in it? If it was me I would enjoy living there if I was born there, but if I had the conscious choice to do so it would be much more enjoyable. The world wouldn't seem as fantastic or exiting if you were raised with the idea of little mice that could summon lightning bolts at will. So what do you think?