This weekend was boring and a little bit sad.
Until about five hours ago, the weather was awful. It poured yesterday, and it seems that fall has officially inched its way in and finally finished off this warm and eventful summer. I could feel it coming for weeks: that chill, the faint smell of dying leaves. Tomorrow summer will have officially ended with the autumnal equinox, and school starts on Wednesday. I will remember this summer with very fond memories, and I will miss it dearly. Things will never be the way they were again.
Over the weekend also, Alex has been moving out. It’s been almost two years that Alex and I have been continuously living together and it will feel weird, but I think change will be a good thing. At least I hope it will be. And if not, I suppose there’s always next summer.
This weekend I beat Braid. I read in a review before I bought it that the ending is heartbreaking. When I beat it, I was disappointed, but I think it was borne from confusion. After I figured out what was going on, the whole thing was such a downer. It was a very sad twist on an old story, though it was weaved with a much more recent story. I think I’ve been in a funk ever since. Don’t get me wrong, though—it’s one of the greatest video games in the history of the art. It sets the bar.
It has such a fantastic soundtrack that I went searching for it and thusly bought it on iTunes. Then I checked my favorite torrent site, The Pirate Bay, and there it was. I guess the lesson there is to always strive for illegality before you do something on the level.
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I heard a review of Braid on NPR and it sounds worth while!
I don’t know how most games are finished but my assumption is that you become the conqueror and it’s mostly a happy ending. It’s interesting how you were left in a “funk” vs. “getting a pot of gold.”