Why do I play games?

A call-in from Anthony Runeslinger sends me on a retrospective rambling. People/Things Mentioned: The Casting Shadows Podcast (https://castingshadowsblog.com/2025/11/09/i-have-seen-the-king-and-he-has-six-strings) Nerds RPG Variety Cast - Six-String Samurai (https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/jason376/episodes/S2-Six-String-Samurai-the-RPG-with-Runeslinger-Bonus-52-e3a2p0r) Keep Off the Borderlands (https://freethrall.substack.com/podcast) Anchorite APA (https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home) Feedback: Speakpipe (90 seconds): ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/MirkeTheMeek⁠ Email: mirke [dot] the [dot] meek [at] gmail [dot] com⁠ My Itch.io Page: ⁠https://mirkethemeek.itch.io/⁠