{"id":12441,"date":"2023-11-30T11:37:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/30\/lawn-and-order-the-evergreen-appeal-of-grass-cutting-in-video-games\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:37:21","slug":"lawn-and-order-the-evergreen-appeal-of-grass-cutting-in-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/30\/lawn-and-order-the-evergreen-appeal-of-grass-cutting-in-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn and order: the evergreen appeal of grass-cutting in video games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chopping virtual grass is a video game trope as old as it is satisfying \u2013 but where did it come from, and why does it keep growing?<\/p>\n<p>Jessica used to come for tea on Tuesdays, and all she wanted to do was cut grass. Every week, we\u2019d click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/may\/17\/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-at-20-this-under-appreciated-zelda-game-is-also-one-of-the-best\">The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker<\/a>\u2019s miniature disc into my GameCube and she\u2019d ready her sword. Because she was a couple of years younger than me, she couldn\u2019t encounter a ChuChu or a Bokoblin without dying, so instead she\u2019d spend hours slicing at virtual greenery.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, I found it a little annoying. In hindsight, I understand that Jessica was simply following in the footsteps of our ancestors. Grass-cutting has been a mainstay of video games for decades. From 1983\u2019s lawnmower sim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kwaSgPVhyB8&amp;ab_channel=DerSchmu\">Hover Bovver<\/a> to Minecraft in 2009, numerous games have invited us to take a blade to the blades, and we can\u2019t seem to stop ourselves from doing it. Why is the mechanic so prevalent?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/nov\/30\/lawn-and-order-the-evergreen-appeal-of-grass-cutting-in-video-games\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f7ef61717be8f6af1e26e85cfcf41dcf55da06a7\/26_0_1926_1156\/master\/1926.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1ca16ef3939f41b7b6ab35b4a3cc07b6\" title=\"Lawn and order: the evergreen appeal of grass-cutting in video games\" \/>Chopping virtual grass is a video game trope as old as it is satisfying \u2013 but where did it come from, and why does it keep growing?<br \/>\nJessica used to come for tea on Tuesdays, and all she wanted to do was cut grass. Every week, we\u2019d click The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker\u2019s miniature disc into my GameCube and she\u2019d ready her sword. Because she was a couple of years younger than me, she couldn\u2019t encounter a ChuChu or a Bokoblin without dying, so instead she\u2019d spend hours slicing at virtual greenery.<br \/>\nAt the time, I found it a little annoying. In hindsight, I understand that Jessica was simply following in the footsteps of our ancestors. Grass-cutting has been a mainstay of video games for decades. From 1983\u2019s lawnmower sim Hover Bovver to Minecraft in 2009, numerous games have invited us to take a blade to the blades, and we can\u2019t seem to stop ourselves from doing it. Why is the mechanic so prevalent? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chopping virtual grass is a video game trope as old as it is satisfying \u2013 but where did it come from, and why does it keep growing? Jessica used to come for tea on Tuesdays, and all she wanted to do was cut grass. Every week, we\u2019d click The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/30\/lawn-and-order-the-evergreen-appeal-of-grass-cutting-in-video-games\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lawn and order: the evergreen appeal of grass-cutting in video games<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}