When I Grow Up: The Crushing Realization That You Have Achieved NOTHING
Have you ever awoken in the middle of the night to find yourself soaked in a cold sweat, your heart racing and your breath almost impossible to catch? If you did and it was because you ate 3 Hardees’ burgers the previous night, that doesn’t count. However, if you have ever found yourself in that position and you aren’t completely negligent of your health, ask yourself something. Ask yourself, “What put me in this place?”
What wakes you up in the middle of the night? What is causing that crushing feeling in your chest, as if some mischievous cherubs hover over you placing invisible rocks on to your sternum in a game of Who Will Place The Rock That Kills Him? Is it the mourning of a loved one? Is it regret over a lost love due to you royally fucking up like you always do? Just what is it that awakens you from your slumber and reminds you that there truly is no escape from the real world?
For me, it is the eternally crushing realization that even though I have had some moderate success in my life, I have in all actuality achieved nothing. (more…)
I finally managed to play through Silent Hill: Shattered Memories a while back. Being a huge SH fan over the years, this one really put me off initially. I’m not a fan of Wiimote waggling at all, and it seemed like this new SH was about to take it to all new pants-shitting levels of annoyance. And while I wasn’t entirely wrong with that initial assessment, I’m glad I finally took the time to play through it. Overall it’s probably one of the more unique games you’ll play regardless of all the frustration you may have with it. It’s such a strange game in overall concept that it will probably take a few days of going over it in your head after you’ve beaten it to really rein in the things you saw and did in a way that will make sense. And even then, there’s going to be a hazy cloud of uncertainty sitting around. This is a good thing, BTW. Just in case you were wondering. Well, except the waggling. 
