Computer Games

    Computers came into our lives so many years ago. I remember the BBC computers at school in the 80's and the cassette tapes that you had to load to get something to run. At school, that meant Frogger, a computer game that got you having to get the frog across a busy road and the river via logs or things floating and of course, as you progressed the road got busier, and the water ran faster and the chance of dropping the frog in the water got higher. 

As we know, computers still took time to come into our lives. When I moved to NZ in 1998, I brought a laptop with me to enable me to email my parents. I had moved 12.500 miles away from them, on my own! At the time Compuserve was the platform of choice but it was not the best.

However, compared to today than anything was clunky and slow, just have to remember dial up broadband to make most people have heart palpitations!

And so today computers are everywhere and in everything that we do. Just look at what you are currently doing, reading about someone else's life on a computer.

Gaming is something that is huge, not just as a recreational aspect but as a money-making growing company aspect. Gaming is astronomical in how it has grown and the impact it has on people. You want to grow something, farm something, shoot something, build something, drive something slow or fast, create something, run something or live someone's life then computer games will let you do this and there are many to choose from.

Apart from the basic games of Minesweeper and Solitaire, the classics that are still great to complete then I ended up with The Sims

The game that allows you to create a family and live their lives. I started playing back in the early 2000 and still play it 24 years later. Ok, not all the time but it is still my go to game of choice.

Until someone introduced me to Disney Dreamlight Valley

An animated game with Disney characters where you run around a land, meeting Disney characters and completing missions as you become friends with them. It has some farming, some creating, some building and can be addictive at times. Ok it is not going to sustain as long as Sims, because once you complete all the available missions then there will be limited gameplay to complete and unless updates become available, which has been happening, then there will be times of no play or anything to log on for. So, it will definitely become an occasional game rather than a daily habit.

However, it suddenly became my game of play this year. Something new to focus on when everything else has been crumbling around me, getting out of hand. I am enjoying the lighthearted no cares happy side of life that it creates, the little life lessons that Disney like to teach, having fun, loving family, taking care of and think of others.

So, whilst jigsaw puzzles have taken a slight back seat to technology at present, it won't be forever, just whilst my brain focusses elsewhere for a moment.