I did this today. It’s hard to summarize what happened so I’ll just list some memories.
I…
Joined a strike and fell through the map
Skimmed pages from books by authors of note. All had some reference to dogs
Flew a plane to the North Pole
Reenacted that fight in MGSIV but we were both dogs.
Thought more about how many power sources revolve* around turbines.
Listened to a cover of “You’ve Got a Friend.”
I loved it.
*spin spin spin spin
Now that I’ve found something I really loved, I’m going back ten years further. Of course I made another list because I have problems.
After the chaos of Oikospiel, I was in the mood for something tightly designed. I went for Kero Blaster. It’s so dang charming! I kept playing through the day and had a swell old time. It had me thinking of Gimmick, which is a very good thing. I was not expecting there to be parallels with the labor theme from Oikospiel, but there they were. I loved being a frog. I really loved being a frog with an aviator’s jacket.
I’m debating whether to play through the hard mode they released for it’s one year anniversary. I suppose I’ll keep the icon on the desktop so I can hop in whenever I’m hankering for it.
my list for 2005-2014 is something like
A.L.T. (the Doom wad)
We Love Katamari
Resident Evil 4
Ib
Braid
Yume Nikki (i’m counting it as like 2007 because it was updated until then and most people didn’t play it until after it came out in 2004)
La La Land 1-5
Become A Great Artist In Just 10 Seconds
like 1 of 10 different increpare games
and some others pry i dunno but yeah those are what come to mind initially
Omg I forgot Opera Omnia!
oh yeah, you can throw Outrun 2006 in there on my list too cuz i don’t have any other racing games on there
I started playing Pathologic, thanks @skatebee. Yeah, this is definitely a hot one. The writing is on this level that almost never happens. Few years back, I had gotten maybe ten or fifteen hours into the remake/sequel, but now I really want to see this to a real conclusion. I’m making a point to stream it to my friends’ discord whenever I play, just as a way to motivate myself to keep going. It is so, so beautiful with its austere color palette and dusty streets.
I need to try this.
It’s uh… inscrutable
Only thing I’d accept from Women Wise
We loaded it up at Clear Lake and played a while, were you not there for any of that?
I must have missed that one! I’ll tell you what I didn’t miss, Roly-Poly 1 and 2.
I have played many of the games on my itinerary for the year. It was rewarding in itself, but I see how it also has its limits. I think what’s missing from the process is some form of composing and sharing my thoughts. You may be thinking, “wait, but you did that.” Well, I don’t know if my casual thoughts are satisfying me enough. I want to write something with more structure. One of my favorite exercises in playing and writing about games was the PS2 thread. It was fun to approach posts as creative writing prompts.
Another place I get to is kind of like “am I playing these games to make some kind of list?” “Am I making this list as a means to discover and play new and interesting games?” I want the second one to be true. I want any list I make to serve as a source of discovery for others and an invitation for recommendations to me.
So here’s my new system! I’m going to post polls for games that I’m considering playing. I will play the game with the most votes for at least 2 hours. I will post a writing piece about games I’ve been playing every 15th and end of the month.
So without further ado, here are my first two polls:
offff, that first poll was hard as hell… can we have Panzer Dragoon Sakura 
Any game that doesn’t win will wind up back in a poll at some point. Don’t worry about that!
1996 – WARP
I awake. My name is Laura. I don’t remember this room. I walk around and feel its edges, open its boxes, cabinets, and containers. This is Laura’s room, my room. I turn on the computer and it tells me many things. I try to talk to another human, but some technical issue or human error makes nearly everyone inaccessible. I can talk to Ronny. Ronny tells me exactly what I should do. I step out of my room into the hallway.
When I walk through the halls, I tend to forget things. I forget what turns I need to take to get to a room. I forget which room I want to go to. I forget why I am in the hallway in the first place. This happens when I look at computers, too. Computers are like rooms. Sometimes I open my computer, shut it, and open it again within the span of 10 minutes. Surely, there is something I can do on this computer that is important.
A fear follows me in the halls. It makes my chest tighten and my heart beat faster. The fear is like a ghost. It is the memory of something terrible that has happened before. Something terrible is always happening somewhere. I do not want it to happen to me. When I feel my heartbeat, I move away. This must be the wrong hallway. The right hallway would not feel like this.
I like to record my thoughts sometimes. It helps me to pull out of a mental spiral. If I have already written my anxieties down, then I do not need to think about them again. I have a chance to think about something else. This coping mechanism has its limitations though. Sooner or later, I will have to confront the problem. Rather, the problem will confront me.
I make it to Parker’s room and see that he is dead. He wrote down Kimberly’s phone number. I call Kimberly but I cannot hear her. I try on someone else’s phone, but that doesn’t work. I call Ronny again and he tells me what to do. My heart beats faster when I follow Ronny’s directions, but I must be doing the right thing. He would not tell me to do the wrong thing. I make it to Marcus’ room and see that he is dead.
Marcus left a gun. Now I can shoot my fears. I have to be very careful. I must wait until it feels unbearable or the gun won’t work at all. I might not get a second chance. There is more I can say, but this is enough for now. Time for writing is up. There are more pressing matters at hand.
Fantastic.
Thank you for reading.
this is the type of post that I log in for
sword and fairy is a fabulous game, looking forward to your post on it
