Playing Games

 It is by a common knowledge that all work without play makes Jack a dull boy. Well it has been a while since I have written an article, a couple of months maybe. It was an odd stature seeing my other writer colleagues having succeeded in the academic field; thus, they harness more credibility; and I did not have any credentials. Nonetheless, as per Mark Manson's footprint in his famed book the Subtle Art, I went back to college. So, it has been a long six months since I wrote a literary piece. And since it has been a long six-month semester, there has been no room for much play. I enrolled to a coding program, where apparently and most surprisingly, I am learning  new languages, this time in binary, object, and source codes. It is quite a spectacle that even in technology, there is in deed literature, and I hold this as my own claim. So, I have been a little dull for the first half of the year, it is time for a rigidly literary adventure. 

When we were small, be it the 90's, 80's or even after the new millennium. We would look up to adults and with our faces straight to the sky. We would not see the top of the vehicles our parents owned. Leave alone sit in an arm chair with our feet touching the ground, it was during these days that we played games for hours and if one got boring, then there was another in queue. In my time, we used to play with marbles where we would dig a small hole at the center of the ground and crack marbles with our fingers all aiming for the hole. On Saturdays, especially, after school of course, we used to play with such and ride bikes all after noon long. These days are still memorable to date. there was an aura of peace and control when we played games and won. Today, there are more indoor games kids play, which are not bad to say the least. It would seem as if they are on the other side of the rope, but evolution is taking place, and to add, we are the age of the Internet of Things, which I would mention make electronic sports worth the try. 

When I was a kid, I used to mimic almost everything I saw on screen.  There were shows on KTN that we were really into. There was Charmed, Conan, and even the famed Robocop. Out of the three shows, there was a game designed to fit the screenplay, the screenplay which was a must-watch  by everyone the previous night . With Conan, I remember shaping a piece of wood into the shape of the character's iconic sword piece, and using it to fight my other six friends.  With Robocop, we pretended to be robots and even talked like them, what a fun it was. The screenplay from Charmed made us play as if there were a portion we drank (water), which gave us special powers. Fumy enough we believed in these beliefs and darkness would find us in our houses tired, hungry, and sleepy. I cannot forget these days.

Games as the scholar who came up with Jack's quote on being dull, primarily because of work, has made me think of Mark Manson and the life he lived before writing his book, 'The Subtle Art.' This is actually the life I could be in right now, and I am looking  to the after events of my 1st Edition of my debut book 'The African Powerhouse.' Could be the same, and maybe  I could become. or even we could become bright folks. End!