We play Rocket League to make sport for our friends, and laugh at them in our turn. Where serendipity of luck and circumstance collides with thralls of cause and effect. In these two moments you find that they are the same, existing in the same space. Neither unique nor evident. In that moment you realize that you and many others like you are sharing these moments. We humans, defined by our extremes are social animals.This is why Rocket League works and why so many games like Rocket League work. It captures this extrema which we need to survive and presents them in a safe environment. This is why sport works more generally.

In that prison of cause and effect, we can define our creativity and ask the real questions about what is possible. In the serendipity of luck and circumstance we open ourselves up to the more subtler notions not present in our current reasoning. If you’re playing Rocket League at a high level you don’t want to score goals all the time. I could score a goal but often, when all's said and done I prefer to dribble. This is the beauty of that game.

I haven’t had time to update this blog in a while but I thought I might put down in words the little bit of gaming that I have had this year. You should play Rocket League.