nateberna

I think it's a mixture of growing up, having less time and money to commit to a new console, and my interests shifting elsewhere, but I just don't see myself getting this console without something that truly gets me excited. If I get any free time for games, I've already got a mess of stuff left unplayed, and the time usually goes to something like Spelunky or FTL or Dark Souls. As a lifelong Nintendo fan and supporter, this gives me mixed feelings.

That's a great point. I don't want to drive the discussion towards video games, but I think that's a quality good first person shooters share. Rather than a constant bombardment of battles, you have decent stretches of quiet, lonely areas. Off the top of my head, HL2 is a great example of this sort of pacing, and a big part of the reason I didn't enjoy Killzone 2.

I enjoyed it. There is a strong feeling of the passage of time, and the subtle but important shifts in mood that that brings. It's almost imperceptible as you read, because the pace is relatively slow. I found the rhythm of the writing lovely and it ebbed and flowed in a very natural way. I read the book after I left my last job and started working from home, so the book matched well to my life as I felt I could relate to the isolation that the characters felt. For that reason, the book has a special place in my mind.