CarrionCrow: I'd be willing to bet that quite a few people have passed on the whole thing, considering it to be wall-to-wall softcore fetish porn. Makes decent anime that much trickier to find, since all that crap needs to be weeded out.
That's a heavy burden, with a whole lot of awful things to be exposed to. Will keep fingers crossed for better dreams.
Bad enough to deal with it once, no need to get stuck having to do so again and again.
It happens. Something can be off-putting at a glance, and your first impression goes with that.
I was interested after seeing the video review for Oath in Felghana, but didn't want to settle for a rental.
Pleasantly surprising that they're all coming here so I can actually own them.
ddickinson: The same could be said for good games these days. Good anime is buried among all the creepy and horrible anime, and good games are hidden among all the indie crap we get now.
I brought the burden on myself, I took the job to help out a friend who worked there, and I was told the kind of things I would run into. I could tell you some really horrific stories that I heard and saw there, but don't worry, I will spare you all that :-). I will be perfectly fine, but thank you for the concern. The only month that gives me any problems with bad dreams/memories is August, which was the months I was attacked on. I have always suffered nightmares of the whole thing every year since it happened, mostly focusing on my friends death overall. But that's nothing I need to bother anyone with, just some of the stuff life loves to burden me with.
You are right about first impressions. When I have some more time for gaming I will take another look at the games and see if I get a different impression this time.
Very true. One of the best things I did was wipe out my rental wishlist. Otherwise it'd probably be packed with small games that I had a sliver of interest in.
There are a few items like Crypt of the Necrodancer, Darkest Dungeon and Serpent in the Staglands that I want, but the independent market is utterly awash in bottom of the barrel crap.
Can't say I've done anything on that scale. The closest I got was spending pretty much 24 hours a day trying to help people by listening to their stories.
In the end, all that happened was hearing about a lot of awful shit and overloading from doing it for months.
Yeah...life's a bit of a bastard sometimes, to put it mildly. Good people buried in horrible things and having to dig themselves out without going crazy in the process.
Well, if you end up liking them, that's good. If not, there's still other stuff on your wishlist. >=)
CarrionCrow: I've noticed the greatest effect when watching old episodes of Mystery Science Theater late at night.
If the movies don't put me to sleep, it's enjoyable to watch. Better atmosphere when it's dark.
ElTerprise: Now i have to take your for word it. Haven't seen any episode of Mystery Science Theater yet. But it sounds reasonable. I had similar effects with watching late at night :).
The earliest ones seem to do it the most. The people don't make fun of the movies as much, so there are long spans of time where you're sitting and watching some really bad films with things like flying radioactive turtles. -laughs-
