Dearest Video Games,
I never liked “open letters.” I’ve always seen them as unoriginal, and I promised myself I would never write one, yet here I am. I feel as though I have to write this open letter, because I have some things I need to get off my chest.
I once called myself a great gamer, although it is a title I no longer wear. I can still remember staying up until sunrise with you on the weekends and looking to you for fun or solace in an always stressful world. All I wanted to do when I got home from school every day was sit down with you and spend time together. We were inseparable, and I liked it that way. I never thought our beautiful friendship would meet its untimely end.
Now I have realized that I have wronged you. As my education progressed, I put school and work first leaving you alone to fend for yourself. I forgot about you and I left you behind, and now, I ask you for forgiveness for my blatant and careless abandonment. I want to mend the ties I so carelessly tore apart, and I want to return to what we once were: gamer and game.
I understand this must be hard for you. We haven’t spoken in so long and here I am, showing up out of the blue and asking you to take me back after years of neglect. You must be angry, you must feel betrayed, but I promise you I have learned from my mistakes and want to start over with a clean slate.
When I look forward, our future together looks bright. I want to spend time with you again, and work to strengthen our relationship back to something like what we once had. I hope to stay up with you until 4 AM again, feeling that competitive fire as we play against people online and feel the pride again as, together, we beat game after game.
I must confess, however, that the times have indeed changed. I know we can never be exactly the way we once were. I still have my studies and potential career to look forward to, but instead of blindly and selfishly looking straight ahead, I plan to take this path with you in mind. If you will, I ask you to stand by my side on this journey. It’s time for endless nights of competitive online play, casually playing games with friends, and once again, embracing the video game world. No more watching online play-through when I’m bored with the excuse that I “don’t have the time to play it myself.”
I hope you’ll consider my offer to rekindle our relationship soon. I miss you and I want to make video games a part of my life once more. The time has come to return to playing games, and although it might not be my whole life anymore, there’s nothing wrong with having a little fun every now and again.
Love,
Kaylee
