I have a car. I'm in a strange place. I know my car inside and out. My car also knows me. I know it misbehaves. We're doing our best. I'm really engaged by several aspects of Pacific Drive. The soundtrack is diagetic and wonderful, the anomalies are a good mix of useful and hindering, scary and silly, the characters convey so much depth without ever appearing. Heading out, gathering materials, using the right tools for the right job, fixing and customizing my car, slowly upgrading and rearranging and tinkering with it. It's a character in its own right. 

I knew what I was getting into, I had my expectations, and I feel like I was right. I mean this in a good way. I can understand people's frustrations, but at the same time, I do wonder why people thought it wouldn't be another bethesda game. 

Space Game Best Game

For the same reason Djo will always be a part of my life. Until the day I die. Some things will always be linked. And they will always be happy memories. 

I remember this as perhaps my first main exposure to open worlds. Was it as open as I remember? I don't want to find out. 

Formative. Taught me the joy of worldbuilding, the joy of co op games with my brother, and the frustration of exploting PVP game mechanics. 

This fucker is the reason I know how to type

One Inside Out style Core Memory exists here, of spam-starting the cutscenes with my cousin. I'll never ever be able to hear Theoden's evil laugh without thinking of John. Also Gandalf with infinite missiles is OP, and the Palantir and Pelinor Fields levels should stay as fond memories. 

God. The hours I would spend simply riding through the fields of Hyrule. 

I grew up with these kids. They taught me so much, I couldn't get enough. 

Ok so there's a blue guy and a yellow guy. If I type or say Aah - Ooh! then Joe will for sure know exactly what I mean. What was this game? 

On Game Empire 3, there was a game called Rascal. I remember snippets. you play as a white cat, running around a massive house. 2d platformer. I HAVE Game Empire 3, but no way to play it. I have a lead at the Centre for Computing history here in Cambridge. 

There have been times in my life that I've messed around in mroe competitive shooters. call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, or Black Ops, mainly. But Apex is filling that space right now. Run around. Be a slippery annoying little weasel. Find loot for other, far better players to take from my corpse. But maybe I'll take a few of them out first, and I'll absolutely make them chase me for a while first. One day, Apex will sunset, and something else will fill this mindless adrenaline fueled quick in-then-out low stakes space in my life.