More About the Class I'm Taking!

          I just wanted to point out some cool stuff I've been learning in class this past week.
         So what are games exactly? It turns out some major characteristics of game play are that games are fun, they are uncertain, non-productive, governed by rules, and fictitious. So... how exactly does play relate to culture? Play is major! Play could influence culture and could be influenced by culture. In other words playing is important!
         Some of the cool things I did in class was learn about games from an art perspective. Our teacher asked us to play the game "Passage" which is truly a work of art. I don't want to spoil the game for people that haven't played it yet but if you do play it, the game has a deep meaning. The game itself only lasts 5 minutes but in those 5 minutes you (the player) go through life. You see your character age as you walk along a path with your loved one. Some cool things I want to point out though is that if you do play the game you could see that once upon starting the game the right side of your screen is blurry. That symbolizes how in reality people don't really know what's up ahead in their lives. Life is a blur, the past and future.