Late night thoughts on computer games

We have been playing a lot of computer games lately, Herself & I. this is thanks to Morty , who has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of them. We dont go for the sophisticated fast action type games. Thats far to complex & demands better reflex times that a couple of old farts like us can manage. We are quite happy with point & click games. You know the ones. There is a common theme binding a series of scenes together. You get given a list of objects hidden in each scene with the odd brain teaser thrown in for good measure.

I have decided that life is a lot like these games, or they are like life, depending on how you view things & also depending on your grip of reality. You start out with a picture that looks fairly straight forward & along the way you get given a few clues. Well some of us get given more than others I guess, but still... It isn't really until you fully immerse yourself that you find that there is much, much more to the picture than meets the eye. Mostly if you look hard enough & long enough you can find what you thought was hidden. Sometimes, it is hidden & quite well too. Other times it is that blatantly obvious that you just dont see it. When it does finally present itself, the usual reaction is, "How the bloody hell did I miss that ?" Every once in a while, you have to ask for help. Sometimes, as the help is happening, the answer becomes obvious & you wonder at the wisdom of using the help. Always, at the end of each scene & at the end of the game, there is the satisfaction of getting there. Some games are harder than others, some appear simple, but are fiendishly difficult. Some look hard, but once you start, become easy. Most of them start out easy to get you thinking, "I can do this!" & get progressively harder & harder. A lot like life really.