Alone together – All he cares about, I guess

In this serie of photographs, we see my perspective. During his gaming period I couldn’t understand why he did it non-stop and why he was so focused on playing the game.

It didn’t make sense why my brother would dedicate all his spare time ‘watching’ at a screen. Why wouldn’t he go out instead, and have fun like I did at that age? But he had his own ideas of having fun, and hours became days and days became weeks. It became a daily routine.

Waking up at noon, getting dressed and placed himself behind his personal computer. The more he played, the less he cared about his surroundings. The game was part of his life. His emotions towards others and me became numb and he detached himself from my reality. He didn’t care, I guess…. Which led to deep frustrations…