Life would be better if we let the Prince roll us up.

Katamari Damacy reminds us of how boring life is. If only we, the collective human species, had a smidgen of the laughter, joy, and childlike optimism emanating from this video game world, then maybe our world would be in a better place.

Tragically, Katamari Damacy envisions our world as something to be cherished and collected. The Prince lovingly rolls his ball, collecting everything in its path. Small critters, soft toys, gardening equipment, road signage, people, and buildings. These are some of the things that are rolled up like a tightly packed cigarette. You will roll your ball until you cannot collect any more, creating an all encompassing ball of everything ever, all thanks to the Prince.

Sadly, this is not felt in reality. Life is mostly boring, often cruel, and sometimes joyless, with very little katamaries or Princes rolling around. While our lives are utterly boring, no matter how hard we excite ourselves, Katamari Damacy tells us that there is an alternative way of living. If we manifest the Prince to life and let the lovely little man roll us up, and everything we have ever known, existence would serve a greater purpose. We would be allowed to dream of better things. To surrender to the katamari would grant us the ultimate answer to the meaning of life, infinite bliss.

To be a single, atomised part of a beautiful star in the night sky would be an absolute privilege.

Katamari Damacy is Katamari Damacy.