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8/10/2018 9:34:49 PM
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I kid you not, we gamers are in fact oppressed
So recently my mom has been deciding to have video game free days and force my brother and I to hang outside with her.
This is oppression.
Now you may think it's just innocent family fun, but no. You haven't heard the full story. See, my mom doesn't understand video games and doesn't value them at all. She gets frustrated when my brother and I are in the middle of something in a game that's always online, so it's not like we can pause it to be at her beck and call. It's rude to leave other people working hard towards something and pretty much handing them a loss, I think the majority of you can understand this.
So let's look at the checklist so far: my mom doesn't understand or see the importance or value me or my brother sees, because it inconveniences her sometimes she gets frustrated.
Her beliefs about our gaming is very parallel to other kinds of oppression. For example, how the Europeans settlers treated and tried to eradicate Native American culture. They didn't understand or see any value in it, so they tried to get rid of it.
I am sick of being oppressed and time is running out, I'm only half done my second character for the Solstice of Heroes and I'm not even halfway done the Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass. Sometimes I've woke up in the middle of the night to make progress in my games because I'm not allowed to during the day, but that affects how tired I am during the day.
What should I do?????
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You are correct, however as long as you are a child living under your parents' roof, it's their rules. Your course of action should be to change your parents' views. Show them why video games are not only a valid medium of art, but also an excellent one. And I don't mean explain why the gameplay feels good. Do it properly - show them some breathtaking art, some awe inspiring water physics, a thought provoking narrative point. Find YouTube videos of people discussing the deep, rich lore of the Souls games, or the level of detail in an Elder Scrolls open world. Show them some cutscenes on YouTube. Also, try and do these things yourself. Wait for a moment when they are discussing their favourite philosophical narrative points from movies and books, and throw some Metal Gear at them, for example. Wait for them to talk about the most beautiful shots from a movie, and throw some Assasin's Creed their way. When they talk about the fantastic way a segment of a book has been written to implicitly suggest one thing or another, read them a lore entry from Dark Souls. You can convince people to change their minds, but you have to put the work in.
