Artist's Way events part 2

3. Finding old games. I love, love, finding lost games. There's a long history of video games that come before my time. I was born in the NES era but I grew up playing SNES and Genesis games. But as time went on, the game industry changed. There was the world of 3D games that came out with the Sega Dreamcast, the Nintendo 64 and the Playstation. Soon there were more games than I could handle. And it all came down to money. I didn't have the money or the time to pursue every game that came out. It was fine, there were a lot of games I didn't want to play. But I hear people talk about certain games like Chrono Trigger like it's one of the greatest games they've ever played. Me? I know about it but the game but I know nothing about the story or characters. I wish I had that experience growing up so I could have those good memories. I know people who were excited when Nintendo announced a remake for Super Mario RPG for the Switch. I never played that game, another game I missed out on. And I have good memories of going to my Grandma's house and playing the Donkey Kong Country trilogy. I still listen to the music while I drive. But with all these games that come out, there's a lot that fall through the cracks. The game industry is at a dangerous point where some games may be lost forever, or until I get to heaven. Nothing is ever truly lost forever. But with all these games, I feel the need to find them. Like searching for lost treasures that the world has lost. I have one of the Shadow Hearts games which is a sequel to a game that helped inspire my KIY stories. I want to find and preserve these games. I have this urge to collect strange and rare games. I rarely, if ever, play these games, but if I see something that people haven't talked about, it's like a hidden gem that only I know about. I have this game called Red Circle which is a forgotten game by Konami. Is it a good game? I don't know but I know that no one in my circle has talked about this game. This makes me wonder what games are on the other side of the pond. The eastern world has lots of lost games that were never translated into English. I remember reading about a game of forgotten Nintendo characters who were living on an island. Your job was to help them get back on their feet. Why didn't I get that game? Did you know? There's four Blair Witch video games. Three of them were isometric like the Silent Hill or Resident Evil games but they never made it to Steam. Now they exist as Abandoneware, another game forgotten by time. It's strange to me that video games aren't all in English which would make any company some more money. I'm become frustrated when I hear about games I can't afford or play due to funds. I hope to create a library online for these games and preserve them.

4. There's this thing that I do when I can't sleep where I let my mind wander off. It's fun to see faces change shape and the story bend to the flow of my thoughts. I can lie there for hours and think about nothing while strange ideas run through my head. It's comforting to let go and relax without any imput. I've never gotten a great idea for a story from doing this but the fun I have relaxes me enough that I can almost fall asleep.