But, actually, what this project taught me was actually not anything academically relevant or all that interesting. "It's about time," my alter ego says to me. That's right.
This revelation that has been here all along right in my face the whole time hit me really hard during the process. I was clicking around, mining coal in the Mining Guild behind Falador West Bank, and I realized "This is a shit game."
OMG really? Yes. Really.
The graphics are 10 degrees below mediocre at best, and the content is repetitive, requiring hours and hours of attention AWAY from whatever life you once had. It's a vortex...it sucks little 10-13 year olds in, and the romantic ones who thrive off of anything nostalgic (like myself) get stuck with it until they're late into their 20s...or even worse, never.
The game was made for teenage nerds, and while yes, I may be obsessed with boyish things and I may love the internet and computers more than the average person, I am a really smart girl, sometimes surprisingly hot, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree at a first tier college. Yet, I am mining coal ores with 10 year olds, and arguing with them about music tastes. I think I have stooped too low.
Yes, there are those who are married, who have children, who are fucking 80 who play Runescape. What do I have to say about them, you ask? They're too nostalgic for their own good. Okay, so I'm barely pushing 21, and I'm already spazzing out about getting wrinkles and cancer, so I'm sort of on the extreme side of the spectrum, but really? You're a mom, and you're fighting dragons in a web-browser based Java game?
I was once living that sort of life, but it's never too late! You throw your life at this English based company clicking and clicking to get a higher number on their high scores website, throw dollars in just so you can get more bank space and some shitty mini-games.... Well, your character at level 132 ain't going to matter when you're applying for a job. "Was a level 99 mage with abilities to tele-other to Camelot" isn't very attractive on a resume.
On that sort of note, Happy Gaming!
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