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Shadow of the Colossus (2005)

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I'm not even sure what to say today. So much on my mind.

I'm still recovering from E3, as is most people, I suppose. Crazy announcements this year, most notably: Shenmue III (let me say that again: SHENMUE III), FFVII Remake, The Last Guardian, AND (at least for me) the quoting of Carl Sagan during the presentation of No Man's Sky. I mean, CARL SAGAN at E3?! Not even in my wildest dreams have I ever imagined this would happen, let alone all at once. It goes to show that dreams *do* come true, but only when you work hard enough to materialize them. It definitely would have been the perfect E3 had Nintendo had a stronger presence.

Nevertheless, if there is something E3 made me realize once again is that the happiness video games bring is fleeting. The joy of video games, as all joy brought about by material objects, passes. Ultimately, games are that: games, forms of entertainment, forms of art, even; fond memories and experiences, indeed, but insufficient by themselves to make our existence meaningful or complete, despite our fanatic claims to the contrary when an exciting new game is announced, haha. Sometimes I don't know why I think this way when I love video games so much, but I can't help it. It's part of who I am to think, ask, ponder, and see the big picture overall, and I wish more people were the same.

Anyway, I'm barely trying to get used to Shadow of the Colossus again, so don't expect any fancy, flawless gameplay, now or in future videos. I don't have the time to get into the game as much as I would want. If I do get around to finish Hard Mode and upload it, it will be a very humble playthrough. I am not a speedrunner, after all. I hate time limits in games, actually. Looking back, the first playthrough I uploaded was really good, but it took so much time & effort that I'm not sure I can pull off something like that again. I recall, for example, that my battle with Phalanx (13th colossus) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKJzTZ1Uw6Y took me well over 150 tries to get right (I counted them) which was insane. I'd like to take it easy now (if I can). I also want to collect and try out the items from Hard Time Attack mode and see how they differ from the ones obtained in Normal mode.

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