Artistic Expressions
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Generated code that brings us pleasure
Accompanied by domains lasting forever:
Magic Circles that transport us elsewhere
Emerged newly from pieces of hardware.
Traversing worlds as we command
Exploring plot as it was planned.
Changing the medium for better or for worse
Hatred opens the Gate which gamers traverse.
New play in a world that’s virtual
Offering an alternative to the physical,
Losing yourself, too focused, too immersed
Overflowing sensations, addicted at worst.
Gaming your worries away
You press start to play.
by Marwan Bassam
A World In My World
Back in the day when i was a young child
The Nintendo 64 instantly had me wired
A plastic device with a game in the shape of a block
Super Mario 64 had me jumping on shells and eating mushrooms a lot
The simplicity was key, never did I think I’d need more
Until game developers decided to create a new door
Fast forward to 2021
The way video-gaming has now become
can be looked at as a lifestyle rather than just for fun
A new world to dive into
A different way to interact with people
Now considered an E-Sport
A way to make money that is in fact legal
It blows my mind to see careers be made out of a fake reality
But the passion for a universe that is stuck in your screen could be our originality
From so basic to now so in depth
Even Pokemon has become more than just a bunch of texts
Open-world games with cities to explore
and High skill games for players to compete
Story-lines waiting for you to absorb
and tournaments to win a treat
The addiction is real
The grind has changed
Instead of playing on my own
I have my friends online to engage
It has become a reality in my reality, a world in my world
and to my surprise, there is still more to unfold.