My partner and I used to have epic board game nights where we'd stay up until 2am trash-talking over Scrabble and now when we try to play anything it feels forced and awkward, like we're performing fun instead of having it. We both keep suggesting we should play games more but then we just scroll our phones instead.
More people experience this than they realize.
The playful intimacy that games once created has been replaced by the performance of trying to recreate it.
“Where Are You with Games — board games and card games?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.