我的祖父

MY GRANDFATHER
My grandfather wanted to know whether I felt proud of what I do. It seemed a reasonable question: there he was, aging and soon to pass away, though at the time I didn’t know that; a man who had spent his life as a fire chief, raising six children. One of them followed in his footsteps, became a fire chief himself,and now sells bathtub linings. There’s a special education teacher, an architect, a carpenter. Good, solid, wholesome professions for good, solid, wholesome people. And there I was—making games rather than contributing to society。
我的祖父想知道我是否为我所做的感到骄傲。这似乎是一个合理的问题:他就在那里，上了年纪，很快就要去世了，尽管当时我还不知道;他一生都是消防队长，养育了六个孩子。其中一个人也步了他的后尘，自己当上了消防队长，现在卖浴盆内衬。有一个特殊教育老师，一个建筑师，一个木匠。好的，扎实的，健康的职业给好的，扎实的，健康的人。我只是在制作游戏而不是为社会做出贡献。

I told him that I felt I did contribute. Games aren’t just a diversion; they’re something valuable and important. And my evidence was right in front of me—my kids, playing tic-tac-toe* on the floor。
我告诉他，我觉得我确实有所贡献。游戏不只是一种消遣;它们是有价值和重要的东西。而我的证据就在我面前——我的孩子们，在地板上玩井字游戏

Watching my kids play and learn through playing had been a revelation for me. Even though my profession was making games, I often felt lost in the complexities of making large modern entertainment products rather than understanding why games are fun and what fun is.
看着我的孩子们在玩耍中学习，对我来说是一种启示。尽管我的职业是制作游戏，但我经常会迷失在制作大型现代娱乐产品的复杂性中，而不是去理解为什么游戏有趣以及什么是有趣。

My kids were leading me, without my quite knowing it, towards a theory of fun. And so I told my grandfather, “Yes, this is something worthwhile. I connect people, and I teach people.” But as I said it, I didn’t really have any evidence to offer.
我的孩子们在不知不觉中引导我走向一种有趣的理论。于是我告诉祖父，“是的，这是值得的。我联系人们，我教人们。”但就像我说的，我真的没有任何证据可以提供。

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