For this whole year so far, I’ve been lucky enough to work from home. It’s ideal for me as an introvert, because when in the office, I’m pretty anxious and quiet. I mean as a 25 year-old teenager, what am I meant to talk about with my mid-30’s-and-older cohort?
Luckily, the only benefit to being stuck sat at the boys corner of the marketing office is that I could talk about video games, and someone will answer. Clearly the only acceptable Monday morning ice breaker to ask my manager is “Have you been playing any games?”. I was still finishing university at the time, so instead of playing games myself, I’d ask each week what part of Last of Us 2 my manager was up to.
Now that I’m working from home and finished with university, there are no more travel times, or late night assignments taking up my time. I’m free to be creative, to rest and to see my family.
This past week has been full of video games. I’ve picked up where I left off on The Last of Us 2, and with the second season coming out soon, it seems like perfect timing.
The game just has a something-something to it. It feels like a movie, you get so immersed, you know exactly what the characters are feeling as they go through their incredibly traumatic character arcs.
Each play through of LOU2 I’ve played, I hate Abby with a passion and I speak about it loudly. But also I know deep down, in the back of my mind, I understand her pain and how much her rage mirrors Ellie’s. The game is incredible in how it forces you not only to know about the why of the bad guys, but to literally be them feeling as if they are the good guys.
Enjoyably, my brother asked to come over to surprise me with a game! Un-enjoyably, it was Resident Evil 7 specifically for ME to play on my VR headset :,) I pointed out that I could hardly last in the bright cartoony visuals of Arizona Sunshine, and would not last long in the game.
But I did my best to play as long as my heart could manage, and I moved quickly enough thanks to my tactical-genius move; closing my eyes most of the way shut, and asking my brother if I’m missing anything as I quickly walk. I’m impressed with my bravery honestly.
Hats off to people who play these VR horror games somehow, in the full immersion of the surround sound ear phones and the 360 view of a horror cabin, you are able to hold back the natural human urge to NOT enter dangerous dark rooms, and walk around knowing that there is a maniacal possessed murder walking around in the same maze-like darkness? Y’all crazy.
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