Virtual Adventure

Real life can sometimes be boring especially if you are just an office worker who is virtually chained and imprisoned in your office cubicle for 48 hours a week. Most of us are dreaming of more adventure than simply tapping at the keyboard or filling out endless volumes of forms. The routine tasks of everyday can be truly stressful and monotonous. Most of us are maybe physically seating at our desk but our mind is engaged in other place. Not all of us can afford to live a life like Indiana Jones and seek ancient relics and treasures in exotic places, defying danger. The most life threatening ordeal we might encounter within a day may just be flesh wounds from paper cuts.

Never despair. Adventure can still be experienced by ordinary paper pushers like you and me. Thanks to modern technology. We can act out our fantasies of combat without dodging actual bullets. We can go to distant places and futuristic settings right at the comfort of our office cubicle or our home. Depending on the computer connection speed, we may experience different worlds through our desktop computers. There are straightforward adventure games that can be played in our PCs such as Mortal Combat and Counter Strike. There are also role playing games that can be played online that will challenge you intellectually like Tantra.