Video and Computer Games
To distract myself and Atlanta – especially Atlanta – from any further discussion about Laufey and its ilk, I persuade her to teach me about games that Midgardian youths might play in their spare time at home.
I shy away from gentle and/or thoughtful games, played on her “computer” or a physical board, and choose a “car racing videogame” instead.
It is so satisfying, to pelt other racers with projectiles, however ludicrous the projectiles are.
It is even more satisfying, when Atlanta introduces a one-on-one combat videogame to me.
I actually smile at her when she next introduces me to a computer game about troop strategy and combat between nations. – I can pretend that one of the nations is Asgard and another one is Jötunheim.
And of course, the one designated as Jötunheim is demolished.
Right now, I cannot care less that Atlanta looks disturbed at my glee.
I play the game again, and again, and again, and again.
I stop only for meals and privvy breaks, also when the night is old and my hostess is about to retire to her bed.
But when she is asleep, I return to the “computer” and play the game again.
And Jötunheim falls again.