November 16, 2017

I am technically one of those friends who doesn’t live video games. I would say that I do like video games, and I enjoy them. Im not embarrassed to play the game, I just prefer to pass my time doing other tings, or watching my friends play. I find them interesting and important, yet I find my other hobbies to be more interesting and important to me than other platforms. I think by inkling of interest in video games would be beneficial for me in the future, especially as a writer. I am not savvy at coding, in fact I only basically know JavaScript, and how to design my own website, yet I know that my positions a writer of a game is crucial to the development of a game.  I also know that the stories I write can allow for me to grow an audience, to allow others to relate and others to feel as though they are being represented.

I think in order for me to take interest in this form of geek culture, I would want to see how I am being represented. I feel as though I have not found myself here, I haven’t seen a game that I truly appreciate yet. I want to be able to play a game that I want to play, but I guess it means that I would also have to be the person making that game, because if I want something done right, I need to do myself. I believe that I could add to the diversity as a young, female, Latina, and I’m sure that I would feel left out in this industry because I know that I am not yet represented.

In all truth, I think spent was a difficult game to play. I found myself choking up and feeling as though I did not want to continue playing. This game hits very close to home and I felt as though everything my father did for me is has not gone unseen. I recognize what it is to live paycheck by paycheck in real life and seeing these stats and facts can be helpful for those who do not understand what poverty really means.