A 3x6 inch object is all one needs to obtain years and years of memories. Phones are filled with more things about us than we could remember on our own. A place for photos, videos, games, our phone is not only a memory device, it is a tool that keeps us in check. One relies on their phone more than anything else, but what if one had to pick something to save from a device that holds millions. 

What would I save: a family photo next to my Christmas tree? A video of me smiling as a kid? A school project I spent a year working on? This is what I imagine most people would save, and it makes sense. These are memories that I would want to remember for the rest of my life. , but there will always be more Christmas photos, there are other videos of me as a kid, and there will always be more ways I can see my old school projects.  So when I have the option to save one thing on my phone it would be logical to choose something that is only accessible only on that one phone.

One thing that is only accessible on my phone is a game. A timeless game. And it might sound nerdy or pointless. Of all the things on my phone I choose to save a game? But there is more to it than just that. This game has always been around. It is a game that I enjoy just as much now as I did 10 years ago when I first started playing it. I am not just saving the game itself though, I am saving what is mine inside of the game. Years of effort put into my “base” with no way to retrieve it if it is ever lost. Years of work and time down the drain. It's just a game though. But it's not the fact that it is a game, it is the idea of losing something that I have been working on almost my whole life. And although it is just in some fictional game, it has been an aspect of my real life and it is irreplaceable. 

The easiest way to explain it to someone who doesn't understand would be a school project. But a project that one started working on in 4th grade and is still working on it. It is like a project that one has spent years working on and has still not finished. Now imagine, if one lost this project and had to restart it all the way from the beginning. Imagine the amount of effort and time that he/she just lost. Would it be weird to want to save that?