Just as isolation was not good for the first human, it remains harmful for us today.

Games allow us to see the bigger picture by abstracting out the elements at play, modeling their dynamics, and providing a ten thousand-foot view. They give us distance and emotional separation to see with new eyes things that are too close to us to perceive.

As a child, it wasn't uncommon for fights to break out over the controller, and sometimes, those fights would escalate into full-blown wrestling matches. As an adult, I realize I’ve been wrestling with God over the control of my life.