Don’t Watch Me Play

I don’t like it when people watch me play games. I guess that means I’ll never be a Let’s Player. It’s a longstanding thing – I get embarrased, I get awkward, I become acutely aware of not just what I’m getting wrong in the game, but of its game-ness. The all-encompassing fantasy in my head, that immersion, shatters in an instant, because that other person is there. Even if they’re silent, I know they’re watching, and that means I censor my grunts of annoyance, my smirks of triumph, my vulgarities of frustration.
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