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9 years ago
Rolling along working on egg adopts and trades! While doing so I have a play through of Transistor running in the background. If you haven't played the game and intend to, don't click that link [and probably stop reading]. If you have 3 hours to kill though, it's well worth your time to watch/listen!
The game is years old now, but at the time of its release the biggest complaint about it, is its length. And while I agree that the ending comes on rather abruptly...I don't feel that it negatively impacts the game. Transistor is not so much a game as it is a story that you get to play through. It is a short, bittersweet tale of two people who have their lives destroyed by others and have to struggle to try and piece themselves and their world back together. The story unfolds beautifully and the game kind of says what it needs to say and then ends. And while I would have -loved- to have hours more to romp about in Cloudbank, I'm afraid that if the game dragged out just for the sake of play time, that the message and the story would have gotten muddied.
Anyways, I know it might seem weird to throw on a game rather than music while working. However, I find the interaction between Red [the character you play as] and the transistor, to be strangely comforting. The Camarata [aka. The Bad Guys] stole Red's voice, so during the game it's mainly just the transistor talking. And I could listen to that voice read the goddamn phone book. <3 Also the music is dynamite!
Brief summary of why I love this game ~ 24:12 - 26:39 and 47:52 - 1:12:12 <3! oh and 1:43:00 - 1:43:32 [she can't talk, but she can type...] ;(_);
Also, on a more serious note, I thought I would update those who regularly follow my journals and let you all know that some of my biggest fears about staying in this house have started to manifest themselves. We had a bad storm last night with lots of heavy rainfall. And it didn't take long at all for that crack in the kitchen ceiling to start leaking [and by leaking I don't just mean dripping. At one point it was coming down in a steady stream like the ceiling was taking a piss... >(_)<]. I've been in touch with our landlord and he's going to get in contact with some roofers next week. The house will probably need a brand new roof. Unfortunately, he said he likely won't be able to get the ceiling in the kitchen fixed until the END of the month... *sigh*
Why does rent in VA have to be so high? I wanted so badly to be done with this fucking place...before the ceiling comes crashing down...
The game is years old now, but at the time of its release the biggest complaint about it, is its length. And while I agree that the ending comes on rather abruptly...I don't feel that it negatively impacts the game. Transistor is not so much a game as it is a story that you get to play through. It is a short, bittersweet tale of two people who have their lives destroyed by others and have to struggle to try and piece themselves and their world back together. The story unfolds beautifully and the game kind of says what it needs to say and then ends. And while I would have -loved- to have hours more to romp about in Cloudbank, I'm afraid that if the game dragged out just for the sake of play time, that the message and the story would have gotten muddied.
Anyways, I know it might seem weird to throw on a game rather than music while working. However, I find the interaction between Red [the character you play as] and the transistor, to be strangely comforting. The Camarata [aka. The Bad Guys] stole Red's voice, so during the game it's mainly just the transistor talking. And I could listen to that voice read the goddamn phone book. <3 Also the music is dynamite!
Brief summary of why I love this game ~ 24:12 - 26:39 and 47:52 - 1:12:12 <3! oh and 1:43:00 - 1:43:32 [she can't talk, but she can type...] ;(_);
Also, on a more serious note, I thought I would update those who regularly follow my journals and let you all know that some of my biggest fears about staying in this house have started to manifest themselves. We had a bad storm last night with lots of heavy rainfall. And it didn't take long at all for that crack in the kitchen ceiling to start leaking [and by leaking I don't just mean dripping. At one point it was coming down in a steady stream like the ceiling was taking a piss... >(_)<]. I've been in touch with our landlord and he's going to get in contact with some roofers next week. The house will probably need a brand new roof. Unfortunately, he said he likely won't be able to get the ceiling in the kitchen fixed until the END of the month... *sigh*
Why does rent in VA have to be so high? I wanted so badly to be done with this fucking place...before the ceiling comes crashing down...
Nailing down a tarp over the bad area(s) of the roof is a cheap temporary repair that would keep the rain out till the roof could be fixed properly. Would have saved you guys some grief and him quite a bit of $$$ in interior repairs >_<
Hopefully it holds out and the rain stays away till repairs can be made at least.
Anyone who stumbles across this later, I do hope that you'll take the time to watch or play Transistor.
It's really something special. <3