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Why We Need Games

Games are often considered unimportant.

But we don’t like that attitude. After all, the majority of our clients are game developers, and we’re passionate about great games.

And we truly believe that games are important. Here’s why.

Competition Becomes Socializing

There are two kinds of competition: the kind that creates enemies, and the kind that creates friends.

Games have a way of driving us to beat each other, to excel over the opponent, yet somehow, by the end of it, we feel closer to that person we’ve been battling.

Anyone who is a member of the Starcraft community will tell you just how generous and sportsmanlike a random stranger can become when you bond over a good competitive match.

Gaming Teaches Us What Sports Couldn’t

Sports are great, and they can teach kids a lot about winning and losing gracefully.

But for some kids, athletics just don’t cut it. And even if sports have a place in your heart, gaming teaches us about a lot more than winning and losing.

The hallmark of a great game is the need for practice. That sort of mental exercise, paired with the sportsman lessons of competitive fun, delivers a unique learning experience that we can only get from games.

Games Are Truly Art

If you think about the components of a game, they all sound important on their own:

  • Art
  • Music
  • Strategic thinking
  • Story telling (sometimes)

All of these things are valued when looked at independently. But when we put them all together and call it a game, suddenly people have a less noble impression of them.

Not to say that there aren’t some awful, pointless games out there.

But most game creators want to make something important, powerful, and unique. Games are experiences that stick with us for years. They make friendships. They make us happy.

And that’s pretty important.