Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Until Dawn

The point of me explaining how I felt in the earlier post (that wasn't supposed to be it's own post) was so that you could understand how much I enjoyed this game.

When I was younger, my imagination was wild. Really wild, constant, and vivid. I played outside frequently. I was anything from a wife to a jedi to an explorer. My daydreaming would even creep into my school hours. Maybe as a result, my night dreams were crazy, colorful, and outlandish. As I got older though, dreaming meant something else. Instead of putting myself into every movie I'd seen recently (like an imagination-run fanfic), I'd put myself in the shoes of an astronaut or a detective. Things I wanted to be when I grew up. At school, instead of drifting away into whatever world my brain had recently absorbed, I'd obsessively make lists about what steps to take to reach my career goals and even break those lists down into more lists. 

As I got even older, I stopped remembering my dreams at all. I only had nightmares. There was always blood, someone or something (often multiple somethings) trying desperately to kill me. Anything from a powerful being to assasins, to all sorts of unique monsters. These nightmares were still incredibly vivid (too vivid), but very gorey and even enough to scare me awake. 

It's rare now that I insert myself into fictitious worlds at all. And, in that case, it only happens at night to help me sleep. The last world I remember "daydreaming" about was Game of Thrones (I would imagine being a second officer to Prince Doran of Dorne and, right now IRL we think he's been killed, so imaginary me - who of course has natural but hidden elemental bending "powers" - and Areo Hotah - the big black guy with the awesome poleax skills - set off alone to destroy the prince's murderers and save Tristane, the heir, in the heart of chaos that is King's landing). 

HOWEVER, I'm now controllably obsessed with Until Dawn. It is the perfect game for me because it joins my favorite genre of game (horror) with probably my favorite aspect of recent games (choices that make a difference). Add in amazing graphics, good voice acting, plot twists, fresh takes on villains, and enough GOOD jumpscares and you have the perfect game. 

I even think of it during the day, and I can't remember the last time I did that! Don't worry, I've already daydreamed the best, goriest way my character would die and the outfit she'd wear. 

When I think of playing this game again, I'm excited for something. Which is SO weird and embarrassing (because it's just a game), but I'm up for feeling alive and having genuine fun. 

2 comments:

  1. Daydreaming gets a bad rap--I think it's one of the best things you can do to be creative and develop your mind.

    Check out this article. It's about the positive power of daydreams: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201402/dreams-glory

    Anyway, that's why I think this new development is awesome.

    Also, I have at least three books about daydreams you can borrow, if you're interested.

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  2. I've actually read the Psychology Today article! It has some really amazing photos. :) And thank you for your support and for the offer. I'd be interested in checking your books out!

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