A real achievement
As a father of two children who are now starting to find their own way in the world, I wanted to say thanks for publishing all these letters from other parents struggling to balance an abundance of games with a lack of time. It’s a tale very familiar to me, but I want to say that it does get better over time. Maybe not in terms of recapturing those hours spent in a dark room absorbed in a single game, but certainly a reconnection with gaming across people and generations.
Even if I’ve not been able to bask in open worlds for more than a few hours a week, gaming has become interwoven into my own family relationships. Sometimes it’s the hilarity of Heave Ho or Gang Beasts, sometimes it’s an “educational” retrogaming Wii U session, or occasionally it’s working through Battle Pass pages and attending special end-of-season events together. Gaming has become a
