I’ve always loved games. As a kid, my friends and I filled entire rooms with game worlds and instruction booklets made from graph paper. Later, after long shifts as a line cook, I taught myself to code to bring my games to life. Today, games are not just my passion but my career. But here’s the question I keep asking: can games do more than entertain? Can they help us live better lives? As I’ve grown older, I’ve thought deeply about how games fit into a purposeful life. With