Although my imagination has been heavily influenced by computer games, particularly some old amstrad 6128 platforms, and then some amiga adventures, i havent tried to include a game in any narration. There are parts of game themes, used as symbolisms, for example the climbing of walls, or falling through gaps (everyone who has played a platform knows the thrill of keeping control of the movement, and escaping such falls) but no real computer game.
I refrained from including one in a plot since the game would ruin the symbolism by being a primary object, from which the symbolic meanings can flow, whereas i prefer to write allegorically, that is have the symbolism be the primary object itself.
For example if i want to say that i feel restricted, the story space is some very small room, and then i move from there. This is a basic example of an allegorical development, since inevitably anything which goes on in the small room will be a deeper symbolism than the original, central one.
However i am not in touch with modern (ww1-today) literature. This is not uncommon for writers though. It seems that most writers were not very keen with their own time, although not all. For example i totally detest including a car in any story, and would rather include a coach-wagon. Some authors, of the sci-fi genre, ofcourse go to the future, and everything in the stories is very computerised, but then their theme is also artificial intelligence.
I am more interested in describing my own subconscious, and moving inside it, by semi-automatically writing, as i am imagining the story. I ussually have a central idea for it, a group of symbols, which are thrown inside the story and i observe their dynamics. In reality it is quite easy to move further away, or near, to a symbol, once it is placed in the space of the story; all one has to do is observe his emotions about it.
Ussually i choose a certain emotion i am feeling and focus on it. I pick up some image for it, and then present my state in relation to it as it is, that is i may be far away from making more observations, but i know that it is lurking in the depths, and it is influencing me. There is a religious saying that goes "act like you have faith, and you shall gain faith", and it is much the same with inspiriation, act as if you already have it, and you are bound to dig inside the mental corridors where inspiration stays focilised, waiting to burst into light when the pick-axe of thought touches it
I refrained from including one in a plot since the game would ruin the symbolism by being a primary object, from which the symbolic meanings can flow, whereas i prefer to write allegorically, that is have the symbolism be the primary object itself.
For example if i want to say that i feel restricted, the story space is some very small room, and then i move from there. This is a basic example of an allegorical development, since inevitably anything which goes on in the small room will be a deeper symbolism than the original, central one.
However i am not in touch with modern (ww1-today) literature. This is not uncommon for writers though. It seems that most writers were not very keen with their own time, although not all. For example i totally detest including a car in any story, and would rather include a coach-wagon. Some authors, of the sci-fi genre, ofcourse go to the future, and everything in the stories is very computerised, but then their theme is also artificial intelligence.
I am more interested in describing my own subconscious, and moving inside it, by semi-automatically writing, as i am imagining the story. I ussually have a central idea for it, a group of symbols, which are thrown inside the story and i observe their dynamics. In reality it is quite easy to move further away, or near, to a symbol, once it is placed in the space of the story; all one has to do is observe his emotions about it.
Ussually i choose a certain emotion i am feeling and focus on it. I pick up some image for it, and then present my state in relation to it as it is, that is i may be far away from making more observations, but i know that it is lurking in the depths, and it is influencing me. There is a religious saying that goes "act like you have faith, and you shall gain faith", and it is much the same with inspiriation, act as if you already have it, and you are bound to dig inside the mental corridors where inspiration stays focilised, waiting to burst into light when the pick-axe of thought touches it
