Thursday, July 25, 2013

Ode to the Gamer Girl

A sly, tongue-in-cheek, reference to the practice of making a form of competitive catharsis of smashing the buttons on a controller at the same time and in opposition to another person. Let that sink in for just a moment.

Incredibly, skill has developed over the long periods of times and the memories form experience that she can wear like a pair of gloves.
Tingling tips of the fingers, dancing with excitement while the mind is utterly indulged with taking conquest from the lips of another as if it were the food their ego craves.

Some refer to video games as brainless, mindless, zombie making machines. She must see it in many ways and nothing so malicious. As a relief and an escape; as a bullet proof vest from the stress. It is the form of mental alcohol that takes a person and makes them drunk with adventure into the imagination land of a group of others. What they created and the potential for enjoyment they share.

The gamer girl, a growing portion of the community. Once so very rare there was nothing but immunity for one wearing the moniker but now, they are vetted and their losses are completely apathetic. They get boasted over and bragged upon as if she were one of the guys. It is a way to equality hidden in a past time as if it were a disguise.

Doing her part to move society forward, silently and alone in the dark.

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