Computer games and life

As with life, gaming takes us through a thought-process every time we immerse ourselves in it. I find that this is useful for us in many ways, for us to improve ourselves every time we do something. As always, every single step towards the final goal is in itself a small victory before the final one. Just as a team captures an important location on a battlefield, it adds to points accumulated for deciding the winner. To me a great achievement is not just one achievement, rather a cumulative amount of small successes combined together.

This thought-process mentioned above is simple. We examine the situation at hand, calculate the risks and plan for the best way to do it. We try to predict what the enemy might do and come up with back-up plans for our actions. When the time comes for us to do it, our only choice is to just grit our teeth and hope for the best. Although we do not always succeed, we should always appreciate what we have achieved so far. Despite this, we should never become complacent and should always reflect and review our actions, for if we failed, we have to try again, and if we didn’t, there is still room for improvement, like the way one always strives to better his existing highscore.