Stephen Colbert once quipped, “Your gut is the pope of your torso – it’s infallible.” It’s a part of his bit, his mockery of political pundits. For him, all decisions should come from the gut, not the brain. It should be the heart of reasoning thought – or unthought as it were.
I find Stephen Colbert pretty funny, but I also find that this bit has some connection to reality. That’s because there are some activities that should genuinely be undertaken with the gut in control and with the brain, if not disengaged, than at least in low gear.
And for me, one of those activities is gaming. You see, I’ve come to realize that I play games from the gut. Continue reading