"Privateer taught me that I love games that are spaces for living out whatever fictional life I create for myself much more than I love games that are guiding me through an authored story and a series of carefully designed challenges."
I can see the author's point; I've played Privateer as well as later games like Starfield and No Man's Sky, the similarities are obvious.
Loved games like these. Unfortunately I don't have time to revisit them as I'm now playing the GAME of LIFE—
... which, actually, has many similarities. Arguably, Privateer is one big metaphor for my life in Bitcoin (just replace space pirates with shitcoiners).