For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them… unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Beautiful. I personally don't know anyone who would argue with John Milton here. Books are invaluable to the individual, to the society, and to the population as a whole. What the written word has informed, influenced, and inspired is incalculable. I think the same can be said of games. I know I'm not the first to think this. I'm not even the first to connect games to John Milton's sentiment on books. I think it's important that everyone see games in the same revolutionary light as they now see books. The power of games to innovate, improve, and transform lives, like books, is incalculable. In the end, I think it's inevitable that games will reach a higher status, but it can't hurt to try to expedite the process with a blog post.
Cheers,
Danny
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