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Clair Obscur pt. 2

Clair Obscur begins with one of the most creative, whimsical, unique stories I've ever experienced, filled with heart and emotional depth. It feels like a brand new Odyssey, or a world from the mind of Brandson Sanderson. It has characters with storied lives and layered morals, fighting for a fleeting hope in a foredoomed world. But according to the game, none of that actually matters. It's bad, even. If you care about it, you're a fool. If you care about it, you should feel like shit. The only thing that's important is the least compelling part of the narrative, and everything else is worth less than dirt. Don't care about fiction. Don't care about art. It doesn't matter. You are a fool for caring.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I feel like shit. I want to die. I wish I'd never played this game.
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Hollow Knight

It took me years to come to grips with the fact that it's okay I don't like Hollow Knight, and that also doesn't make it a bad game. I wanted to like it so much. On paper, it's everything I should love. I love metroidvanias; I love platformers; I love indie games; I love the visuals and atmosphere; I love the music. It feels like the game should have been made just for me. The thing is, it wasn't. It was made for people who love all those things, and also Dark Souls . There is no in-between. It's for people who love all those things, and also grueling, punishing, unfair  challenges. I don't. And that's okay.  And that also does not make it bad. I never actually played Dark Souls, but I did play Bloodborne. Unlike Hollow Knight, I did actually learn to love that game by the end. I still hated significant portions of it, and find restarting it from scratch to be infuriating all over again. Bloodborne was only truly fun for me once I upgraded everything and...
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Here We Go

December 30, 2025 is the day I decided to start a new diary. I've been thinking about it for a while. I just need to get my thoughts out. Not on an established platform for people I know, but also not isolated in a document that only I have access to. This blog is public, but I'm not posting it anywhere. It's just kind of out there in the miasma of the internet. If I take the time to explain who I am and the reasons I am the way I am, we'd be here forever. Honestly this blog would never exist, because I'd hit burnout in the first chapter. So I won't. Not right now. Maybe never. And who would I be explaining it to anyway? Anyway, welcome. Hello, and I'm sorry. Inb4 I never post here again.
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