The following text was intended to be the script for a full-length dictated video, but at my typical rate of speech, it would’ve ended up being over 40 minutes of video or so. Judging by how my typical sub-10 minute end of year videos don’t get viewed, I figured that the work wouldn’t be worth the effort for a video that only I would’ve cared about. The video form of this is heavily abridged and posted on my YouTube, but if you want to get the full thing, here’s the original script for that video. Writing this was more therapeutic for me than anything else, so if it seems self-indulgent, it’s because it was self-indulgent.
Accompanying video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KakG8jKO3us
Content Warnings for discussions of depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation
I intended to write this list out in a way that conveyed what each of these video games meant to me during the period of time that I played them, moreso than any critical response I had to them. This is why I will typically preface my analysis with the time period during which I was playing the game. Continue reading →
