Is there a good ending for firewatch3/13/2024 ![]() ![]() It’s something just as powerful, though: a game with a story so powerful, I couldn't bear to step away from the controller until it was 3 a.m. I have Firewatch to thank for waking me up. It took me a long time to really listen to that voice. ![]() You would be happier doing something else. Those things kept me going for a while, but they didn't get rid of that guilt in the back of my mind: You should be doing something else. I indulged in empty calories instead: bad pop music, lengthy but lackluster role-playing games and way too much TV. The books on my shelf sat patiently in wait. It was one of 2016's smaller-scale tragedies, one that only I noticed and felt. This year I found myself in the driest spell of my life. A few hours of a game I sort of like will suffice, until I get hungry again for something more substantive not long after. During those droughts, I start to forget the addictive power of a great read, looking for pleasure in quick bursts. ![]() I fall into these literature-less funks sometimes. That's changed in recent months, for the worse. My love for reading was my best quality, I thought my taste was unparalleled, and the stories I chose to rip through were almost always affecting, gripping, unforgettable. I read dozens of books every year, racing through them with the speed and compulsion of an athlete. I'd clutch a hardcover and lie perfectly still, motionless for hours until I was hundreds of pages deep or, better yet, done with yet another great read. I read books like dogs eat up treats: quickly, happily, voraciously. ![]()
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