This is a strange post I've thought about putting on VGHC, but I really don't think it belongs there even though it is somewhat in relation to gaming. Everyone seeks a focus. Something you want to accomplish to feel good about yourself and your accomplishments. Something that simply makes you sit back and say, you know what? This...this right here is what I shall be known for. It could be a job, it could be a good deed, it could be both. It could be a combination of things.
Capcom's new IP (Remember Me) will feature a girl named Nilin who has no idea who she is. Her memories were wiped, so she has to make a name for herself even more so than a normal person. She's completely lost. As you play the game, one has to assume since she is a "memory hunter" that she will fight along and eventually both realize who she is and make a difference in the setting of Neo-Paris when she comes face to face with the one (Memorise, Nilin's former employer) who wiped her memories clean in the first place. This is her focus, although at first she won't know it and be quite lost. None of us start life knowing what we are going to do. We may dream about it, but there is no guaranteeing that you get to be exactly who you want to be. Not without pushing hard for what you believe in. Working towards a focus.
- Some are remembered for their kindness
- Some are remembered for honesty
- Some are remembered for that shoulder to cry on
- Some are remembered for making you laugh
- Some are remembered for having an impact on another's life
- Some are remembered for sports achievements
- Some are remembered for gaming skills
- Some are remembered for computer skills
- Some are remembered for simply being around where it counts
- Some are remembered for being helpful even when you know you won't ever be helped in return
Or does it? With my latest job, I work 45-50 hour weeks. I've come to realize this recently. While it hasn't held me back too much in certain aspects, it has held me back. Thing is, I couldn't feel better about where I am right now. I just don't always know where that will put me with my friends or my gaming. I've come to terms though that both are becoming that much better. I'm starting to see who my true friends are and some to my surprise I didn't know were there. I'm finding out what family members truly support the things I do. I'm finding online friends that really have great personalities or are great to talk to. With gaming, I'm judging games that much more now. I thought in between jobs, man when I get a new one, I'm gonna buy like every game. Now I ponder if it's really worth the money or just a rent.
Lots of thinking with both things, all leading back to that focus. Where do you stand in life? Where do your adventures take you? I feel like the biggest adventures so far outside of my accomplishments lately are all in my head. Or in a memory...
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| This will be in the "Remember Me" game somewhere. Yep, me in a game. Go figure. |
