HARVEST MOON: A FARMER'S LIFE

Hi all, after my previous ranting about being totemo bored, at last in desperation I turned to this PSII Game: Harvest Moon. And soon I am not bored anymore.

What's the secret of this game? Well cos its a game about life. Really! U are a farmer with a farm. U start off with no money. Everyday u wake up to go to the mountains to pick up fruits and sell. U go to the lake to fish. After a while u accumulate enough to buy cows, chickens and grow your own crops. Soon u get a dog and horse. Then upgrade ur house and finally settle down with a family of your own. In the meantime, u try to get into good books with the townsfolks. The Harvest Moon franchise is hugely successful exactly becos of this formula. Its a game of life.

Everyday u have to get up to do all the same tasks. U control the farmer and carry out the routine and repetitive tasks of milking the cow, feeding the chicken, watering the crops. In fact it is so like life, its addictive. Everyday the sun will rise and set. Everyday the tasks are the same, unless u want to risk your resources dying.

While I was playing the game, I came to realize most of us are playing 'farmers' everyday. Life is a game of resources and routine, I guess. Everyday there are numerous tasks that demand our time and effort. There is little choice regarding the routine. Though u might not like the routine but it brings with it the resources that u require. From accumulation of the resources, needs/wants and dreams can be fulfiled. There is hardly enough time in a day to do all that u plan to do, stop and meet the people or laze around and do nothing. But one day when u have enough resources squirreled away, then U can decide how to plan your daily routine. The tasks that warrants your attention, the people u want to interact with. Well that's life. All of us have just started out as the farmers with nothing. God-speed to all!