Getting Into The Game
At the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2001, millions of people were celebrating the new year: partying, drinking, kissing, and standing in a rain of confetti. But not me. I was playing Earthbound for the very first time. My first memory of 2002 was searching for Picky through the hills of Onett. I can say my New Year's Eve was well spent.
While Starmen.net encourages gamers to return to their Earthbound spirit, or to "get back in the game," I have only recently discovered the spirit of Earthbound. Why I never picked up the game when I saw it on the top shelf of Blockbuster's new releases all those years ago, I'll never know. But I have finally found the game...or has it found me? Something lies inside of Earthbound that I have a hard time explaining, but it has something to do with growing up.
The entire idea behind Earthbound, in which mere kids save the world from a certain other-worldly fate, still strikes me with a sense of nostalgia. This isn't to say that my friends and I fought space aliens when we were 13, but the whole 'fellowship of children banding together' is something we can all relate to. I got that feeling of being a kid again when playing Earthbound, and I didn't want it to end. Earthbound is now an escape for me, and as an 18 year old college student, an escape from my complicated life of responsibility is welcome. I don't care what anyone says, adulthood is an option. Earthbound taught me that.
I'm not getting back in the game...I'm getting into it.
At the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2001, millions of people were celebrating the new year: partying, drinking, kissing, and standing in a rain of confetti. But not me. I was playing Earthbound for the very first time. My first memory of 2002 was searching for Picky through the hills of Onett. I can say my New Year's Eve was well spent.
While Starmen.net encourages gamers to return to their Earthbound spirit, or to "get back in the game," I have only recently discovered the spirit of Earthbound. Why I never picked up the game when I saw it on the top shelf of Blockbuster's new releases all those years ago, I'll never know. But I have finally found the game...or has it found me? Something lies inside of Earthbound that I have a hard time explaining, but it has something to do with growing up.
The entire idea behind Earthbound, in which mere kids save the world from a certain other-worldly fate, still strikes me with a sense of nostalgia. This isn't to say that my friends and I fought space aliens when we were 13, but the whole 'fellowship of children banding together' is something we can all relate to. I got that feeling of being a kid again when playing Earthbound, and I didn't want it to end. Earthbound is now an escape for me, and as an 18 year old college student, an escape from my complicated life of responsibility is welcome. I don't care what anyone says, adulthood is an option. Earthbound taught me that.
I'm not getting back in the game...I'm getting into it.
