First off, gosh darn that Life is Strange game. While it has its share of faults — enough that I can't say it's a better game than TellTale's The Walking Dead — I can't believe it was a such an emotional rollercoaster to me. Even though the game starts off like a teen movie — with a vicious rich bitch, the dorky romantic interest, and the theme of reconnecting with an old friend and getting into trouble — the later episodes got dark and sad. The twist ending of Episode 3: Chaos Theory almost dropped my jaw, and the "choice" a certain character asks you to do was pretty dramatic. To be fair, that choice doesn't really amount to anything, but it was still a pretty heavy thing to consider. The second half of of Episode 4: Dark Room was also pretty depressing, and the start of Episode 5: Polarized was delightfully wicked.
The last section of the game — Max's nightmare — was pretty sick too. I can't spoil what happens or why it's disturbing, but it was a wicked mindfuck that was pulled off pretty well. While I hated the stealth segments — there should never be a stealth segment in a game like this — everything else was a nice spiral into descent. Although I loved the ending of the game, it sure as hell could've used a bit more work: while the final choice was easy to make, no matter which one you choose, you feel like it's a copout. Still, there's a depressing implication in both endings that makes either feel slightly ambigious, and yet still satisfying. Overall, I enjoyed Life is Strange.
Been diving more into porn this week, but not for reasons you may think... well, there's also that too, but anyway... There's this hentai manga that I want to re-read, but I can't remember what it's called, so I spent a lot of time trying to find it. I don't even remember if it was good or not; I just remember slight bits of it, and I'm trying to find it again so I can re-read it and see if it's as good as I supposedly think it was. Unfortunately, I read it months ago, so it's hard to dig through everything without being able to narrow it down; I don't even know if it's still posted on the website! On the bright side, I found a couple of hentai mangas that were fun and interesting to read, but I'm still... determined?... to find the one I'm looking for.
Anyway, although I do have more to say, I wanna cut off early. Real life was stressful this week, and there was times where I was probably going to be kicked out of the house. I don't really want to talk about it much — explaining the entire situation would also take a lot more than a couple of paragraphs — but at least things seem stable at the moment. But damn, was I freaking out a lot. Still am, actually, considering there's still a lot going on, but I just wanna take a moment to breathe for a bit. My poor pet project is also getting neglected. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever finish the stupid thing. >^<
- Dreamweaver