Why don't gamers talk about this? 

i think it was videogames, that taught me how to read a map, use a compas, know north east west south, to go on quests or missions, how to shoot, and how to drive, better than most, how to survive, or build stuff, but not put to the test yet of course, how to solve problems, and think in a 3d spacial kind of way, solve clues and find hints and just all kinds of stuff. I didnt use video games for my own benefit in the best way possible, but i want to. what is stopping me? i would have to do parts work to figure that out, i also think video games helped me connect with my masculine side, like, yes i can do this theres no stopping me now that kind of energy yk? the confidence and i am the shit type vibe. which of course is helpful.

well, Ive always said, that video games are the most complex and ultimate forms of art. You have the technicalities, like coding and graphics and structure, and then you have music, and then you even acting sometimes, if not just voice acting, and then you have the concept art, and digital art, animation, writing and screen play, directing, engineering sometimes, and these campaigns are desinged to be hours long. talking 8+ hours, thats not even how much youre putting into, talking me, at least 60 hours on HFW thats how much I loved that game. Tell me a movie, or book, that gave you that much? its the process of bringing literally hundreds of people even thousands just to work on one single piece or work, that reaches all the art forms sometimes. But I would say thats because, its the process of creating an entirely different universe than ours, one in which directly enables you, to "be in charge of your own destiny" or even, to be who you want to be. which I think is also why video games are connected to the very innocent and childlike parts of ourselves, because we often play our first games in child hood with the promise of experiencing a different reality. and if not that then to be a different version of ourselves. its either one of two. even if the video games are violent because its all ego vs identity, are you a hero or a villain, or a survivor, detective, human, not human. A soldier, a warrior, an athlete, etc. even a scary game, can i transcend my fear or is it too scary? The question of are video games only something we do to escape, thats different subject. but anyways you could argue in one way it lets us escape our reality for a while. But that coming from a point of view where, we play video games to escape our reality, and the one we believe is the best is the one that touches our sense of self the best, our sense of self in action. Why? i dont know. that rooted in our childhood trauma which everyones was different. but anyways, are you Like, cowboy, warrior, gangster, robot...etc. Or usually, is the first game we ever played, because it was our first time escaping our reality and feeling "whole" again. Or is it simply because it is fun and designed to be fun? I think the determining the best video game, might be like determining a good work of art. Just like a movie or a song, but even then, there are songs, and singers, and actors, where you just know, these pieces of art WILL take off, like the sims is popular, but, its a casual game, its not something we play to, go through all of our, like WOWWWW moments yk? To play something that is AMAZING, it has to be moving, or touching, it has to speak to you, from a wholesome point of view right? it also has to have your respect. which for some reason i beleive gamers care more about that then other demographics. like the respect fairnes aspect. But to take it even further to build off of what you were saying, I think, the best videogame, should be the videogame that was the best executed, from, vision, to passion, to design, to detail, to mechanics that actually let the player test their capabilities. That grand slam kind of thing, because video games if anything, are made to be completely grand. just think of ready player one. That guy, was a genius, the all knowing guy, and getting to know who he was, as a person, was the majority of the film, to crack his code. but even then you could argue, the highest practical value of games, is simulators, to learn a skill, without the risk. flying planes or sailing boats, farming, racing etc. I do feel like though, traditional gamers, fall more on the artistic "nerdy" sensitive spectrum. Theres just something about games that makes us feel so loved? and like i said before, again like childlike. I think we feel safe playing videogames until youre online on battle royale on black ops, then shit get serious. THEN its about proving yourself to the top