But now he has lost his brother. Yet, to his utter surprise, crashing through a large, glass awning, Douglas is saved by a stuntman's air cushion set up on the ground by the masters of the game. When he emerges from the deflated cushion and comes to his senses, he sees everyone he knows in his life cheering him on and holding up champagne glasses to toast his birthday, led by his brother whose shirt is stained with fake blood. Now space is opened up for him to choose another, let us say, better life fantasy. Instead of fatefully repeating his family tragedy passed on to him by his father and probably by his father before him, the Game helped Douglas bust out of this dismal repetition and to start life anew.
G is a game that pushes one to reevaluate everything most fundamental about oneself.
As Hannah Arendt says, we must learn to think without banisters. This summarizes my educational philosophy. My assumption is that we all base our life, to one degree or another, on a mishmash of philosophical views implicitly expressed in our daily life. Maybe it is a favorite word or figure of speech that we use all the time to the annoyance of our friends. Maybe a characteristic body gesture or favorite tune.