After a semester of classes, not much has changed in how I view or play video games. Unlike others, I’ve always considered videogames an art and literature. I have been playing them since I was 6 starting with Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart, so video games have been in my life since the beginning.
The class gave me an opportunity to play some games that I never had a chance to play, and other games the I never heard of. I’m usually a fan of competitive sports games, and most of which I’ve played weren’t really perceived as story heavy. What Remains of Edith Finch, Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, The Walking Dead, and Chrono Trigger; none of these games were what I’m used to, but I genuinely enjoyed all of them, nonetheless. I always knew there were some games out there with deep and heavy story lines, but I didn’t know just how many there truly were. I’ll definitely continue to think about video games through a literature lens just like I always have. I always thought anything that can be looked at as art can be looked at as literature. More so, there was a whole different aspect of video games that I hadn’t really experienced prior to the class.
Overall, I really enjoyed the class. I got to experience story games that I probably wouldn’t have played. And the class proved me right by showing that video games can be considered literature. I’m going to continue to keep researching and exploring different types of games. As for now, I don’t know what game I’ll play next, but I’m sure it will still be a great game. All I can do at this point is keep playing as many games as I possibly can. Hopefully the future student that take this class can learn the same thing I did.