When I Left My Home in Kyiv, 'Stardew Valley' Was a Lifeline

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When I Left My Home in Kyiv, 'Stardew Valley' Was a Lifeline
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But in a Ukraine at war, it was also a source of gamer guilt.

the middle of March. I am sitting in the basement of a country house near Kyiv. Not my house. I haven't been home for three weeks now, maybe more. The calendar has ceased to be of great importance here.

Now my day looks different. All these days—the routine of the average Ukrainian who is not engaged in combat, volunteering or territorial defense—looks similar. Those of us who managed to move a little farther from the epicenters of the shelling became dangerously addicted to our phones. In my former life, I loved video games. I've always liked their ability to reinvent my life routine. In, Jane McGonigal wrote that games are distinguished from life by, among other things, the natural motivation to do something well. A well-designed game gives you the feeling that your efforts are not in vain. I don't have to force myself to play the game, unlike, say, writing this text. The desire to play is present by itself., games can inspire in their own unique way.

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