I’m working on a little personal project and I need some works of fiction to connect to a phenomenon I’ve noticed in myself where I find a video game and then get obsessed with improving it through mods and turning into into my “perfect” vision of what it should be, to the point where sometimes I end up ruining my enjoyment of the game. I am looking for stories that involve a character becoming obsessed with a specific goal (a la moby dick or the old man and the sea), the chasing of perfectionism, the act of trying to play God or the process of becoming obsessed with one’s own creation/work. Preferably stories where these pursuits bite them in the ass somehow, and preferably literary fiction “but any recommendations are welcome.
by mossy_stump_humper