For years we have lived a Double Life
By JDUB_XL 9 Comments
I have been thinking about Sony Europe's Double Life advert a lot recently. I think it is one of the most brilliant commercials of all time. It's weird as hell and the images border on flat out disturbing but if you think about it, the message is completely accurate. We all live double lives. We all become fictional characters on a day to day basis.
We "live a life of exhilaration". We have "commanded armies". We have "conquered worlds". We have "maimed and killed adversaries" and "not merely in self defense" We won't deny we have been "engaged in violence, even indulged in it". We have "savored every moment".
"For though I have lived a double life, at least I can say, I lived"
I think that one sentence speaks more to us as gamers than all the other video game advertisements combined.
Thoughts?