| -> | | | | relentless explorer, an achiever, a socialite, or |
| Throughout time man has invented, innovated, | | | | perhaps even a great guild leader? |
| and dreamt big to lead us to our present day | | | | It is easy to look at a game and judge it at face |
| world. Is the wheel the greatest invention, or the | | | | value, as just a fun toy to play with, while looking |
| cell phone, or perhaps modern medicine? No. | | | | at the wheel as the greatest architectural |
| Video Games are man's greatest invention...easily. | | | | advancement in the modern world. I simply ask |
| Why can something so trivial be as of importance | | | | what's more important: To understand |
| and even greater than the wheel or even the | | | | architecture and the intricacies of the wheel and |
| smallpox vaccine? The answer is a simple one but | | | | shapes or to be able to question the very thing |
| you must open your mind; video games are | | | | discovered and simulate your own virtual empire |
| responsible for creating more imaginative minds | | | | with all different shapes and sizes. |
| than any wheel or cell phone have ever created. | | | | Imagine if our ancestors had the ability to play |
| Modern technologies have allowed dreamers to | | | | Eve Online two-thousand years ago. They would |
| create their own 3d worlds, universes if you will, | | | | be so excited about space travel and the virtual |
| that are beginning to rival the size of our own | | | | space they played in, they would probably have |
| Planet. If God is thought to have the biggest | | | | dreamt up a better space shuttle than we |
| imagination of all, clearly he gave us the ability to | | | | currently use. Only a handful of people dream |
| think big, but we lacked the tools until recently. | | | | about actually entering space, and this is why |
| Early man showed signs of artistic thought and | | | | Nasa isn't advancing as fast as it could. What if |
| thinking outside the box with pictures telling great | | | | every child in America was exposed to mock |
| stories on the sides of ancient cave walls; would | | | | simulations of space travel, space exploration, in a |
| we have known about their artistic side if the | | | | 3d environment that would rival real life? The |
| cave or material they wrote with didn't exist? Of | | | | outcome would be a society hell-bent on traveling |
| course not, just like we wouldn't know Mozart | | | | outside our solar system. Those children would |
| was a great piano player, or Michael Jordan was | | | | grow into adults, adult explorers, leading the way |
| the greatest basketball player ever if the piano or | | | | to exploration all because of a spark, a seed, of |
| basketball were not created. It is the inventions | | | | imagination implanted in their psyche since they |
| that allow people the most freedom to express | | | | discovered their virtual space. |
| themselves; who they are, what they think, and | | | | Is it any wonder why our society craves violence |
| what they dream about. Never in the history of | | | | and misery as we are exposed to it constantly as |
| man has a tool allowed one to express | | | | children? We seek out in our adult life what we |
| themselves so emphatically other than Video | | | | know to be true as children. Thankfully video |
| games. | | | | games are here to save our minds from "reality" |
| In a world where we are limited to 100 years or | | | | and allow us once again to think of possibilities and |
| less, video games allow people to explore vast | | | | a world where boundaries become laughable and |
| universes, join hunting parties, make friendships, | | | | society becomes free willed. |
| establish enemies, engage in combat, lose battles, | | | | So log onto World Of Warcraft, City of Heroes, |
| gain great victories, and still live to fight another | | | | Ultima Online, Shadowbane, DAoC, Tabula Rasa, |
| day. It is the greatest teacher of all that | | | | or perhaps Eve Online, without feeling guilty for |
| encourages trial and error, and thinking outside the | | | | expressing your inner self. The wheel's time to |
| box. Has a wheel ever inspired a kid to dream of | | | | shine has come and passed... |
| another universe, or find out if he/she is a | | | | |