im addicted to watching fuwamoco (twin sister vtubers). Recently, I felt nostalgia watching their gameplay of bread and fred. It’s a game which requires 2 players to play because the characters are tied together via a rope and so the 2 need to coordinate their movements to advance the game. watching them play together reminded me of the fun times i had playing similar co-op games with my brother when we were younger. i remember the simpler times when we would have to share the computer and therefore play games together. now that we have our own devices, our interests have diverged significantly.
anyways, the initial thought i had was to go ask him if he wanted play this type of game together. but, i know my brother would say no. is my brother boring? i used to think so. but, we’ve talked a lot since Covid protocols forced us to live in the same home. i don’t always understand what he’s really thinking or trying to say, but i randomly ill remember one of his opinions and think “oh, that’s what he meant”. this is one of those moments.
i recalled his story on how he replaced playing video games with programming since high school. i remember he used to play a ton of games with his friends until right before it was time to think about post-secondary school applications. in reflection, he told me it was a sorta wake up call as he knew his grades would not get him into any of the interesting university programs. so, one day he decided not to login to play with his friends just to see if he could stop mindlessly playing these games and spend the time on developing more useful skills. he described to me that he always knew these games were taking up a lot of time, but it was that moment of actually stopping and trying his hand at programming that really solidified the person who he is today.
i know these inspirational stories are often posted by normies on social media to signal and preach their ideals instead of being authentic. from my perspective, i am really struggling to develop skills and perform and so, i’ve practically begged him to help me overcome this skill issue for a few years now and so i’ve heard this story among other related thoughts several times already and his personal journey and from what ive observed living with him is reality.