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A few days before my dad died in August, I got the call I'd been dreading from my mother. She told me it was time to come home for my dad's last days. I live in California, and they live in Alabama. I packed up my PS4, super slim PS3 and PS Vita—alas, my desktop PC was too big—and made the journey. I'd never experienced a death this close to me before, and I had no idea how to handle it. But it was a safe bet that "handling it" was going to involve playing some games, and so I was going to make sure I had as many as possible at my disposal. There's no right or wrong way to grieve, people say. "Everyone has to grieve in their own way!" they yell into our abyss of sadness. Most of the people who tried to impart that bit of popular wisdom didn't know how I was planning to grieve. Contrary to what I was told, there absolutely is a wrong way to grieve. I could have disappeared down some bottles of liquor. My dad's mother took her grief out on my mom; I'm pretty sure that counts as a "wrong way to grieve," considering it made everybody else somehow feel even shittier than we already did. My official grieving process began before my dad died. I spent three-and-a-half days in the hospice before he passed, but after he stopped being coherent. We sat with him, held his hand, talked to him, but he seemed more like a broken automaton than a human being most of the time. There isn't much to do in a hospice, of course, and we happened to be at a hospice in a small town in rural Alabama. There weren't many places nearby, like a movie theater, that might have given me a reason to leave that death hospital for a brief respite. Instead, I sipped on whiskey —enough to untangle my nerves a bit but not enough to get smashed—wrapped myself in a blanket in a pretty OK recliner, and played Danganronpa 2 on my Vita. Danganronpa 2 is a visual novel. It doesn't require a ton of overt energy to play, which was ideal. Its story and themes were strangely appropriate for what was happening in my life. It's a game about death and despair, as a bunch of high school kids are trapped on a tropical island, and if any of them wants to leave they must kill one of their friends and then pin it on another student. Danganronpa 2's subtitle is "Goodbye Despair." It's story is about holding onto hope through dark times. Our hero character is struggling to have faith that he and his friends will be able to persevere and survive through it all, as they fall one by one around him—this was obviously something I could relate to and draw strength from as I, severely depressed as I am on a good day, sat in that chair waiting for my dad to die.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 20:44 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 13:23 |
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videogames help me say bye to my loved ones too op *puts on headphones* *plays it loud*
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 20:45 |
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There's a death in every case in phoenix wright ace attorney, too, maybe you should try that game out i guess didnt really read the OP but he likes storygames where people die so thats another good one also telltale's walking dead is pretty tight
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 20:48 |
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not gonna lie, OP, i cried a single manly tear when reading your story. your father would be proud of your gamerscore if he was still around today. stay strong,, and game on.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:05 |
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WORST FORUMS GUY posted:Danganronpa 2's subtitle is "Goodbye Despair." It's story is about holding onto hope through dark times. Our hero character is struggling to have faith that he and his friends will be able to persevere and survive through it all Especially the character with the big anime boobies, right OP?
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:06 |
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Fellis posted:Especially the character with the big anime boobies, right OP?
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:09 |
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mine was final fantasy 6 (general leo is basically a surrogate father figure[
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:19 |
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wait is this another SA subforum where we have to pretend to hate big anime boobies?
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:24 |
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Simoom posted:wait is this another SA subforum where we have to pretend to hate big anime boobies? if you don't hate anime tits then you are Part Of The Problem the pedophile problem
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:28 |
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The White Dragon posted:if you don't hate anime tits then you are Part Of The Problem
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:33 |
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friend of the family.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:38 |
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The White Dragon posted:if you don't hate anime tits then you are Part Of The Problem
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:42 |
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:48 |
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“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” — Kenji Miyazawa
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:52 |
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by scowling every time i see Tifa Lockheart's breasts and making sure everybody sees, i ward off my innate urges to touch kids
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:54 |
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 21:55 |
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WORST FORUMS GUY posted:A few days before my dad died in August, I got the call I'd been dreading from my mother. She told me it was time to come home for my dad's last days. I live in California, and they live in Alabama. I packed up my PS4, super slim PS3 and PS Vita—alas, my desktop PC was too big—and made the journey. Sorry about your dad, dude.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:12 |
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lol dead bitch!!!
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:17 |
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The White Dragon posted:if you don't hate anime tits then you are Part Of The Problem Agreed.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:27 |
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If there's one thing pedophiles love, it's big breasts on fully grown women.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:28 |
that legit got me in my feels
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:28 |
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:29 |
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hmm.. sounds like tis guy didnt actually play animal crossing... im conflicted in my feelings
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:30 |
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animal crossing was p cool on the GameCube
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:40 |
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p coo, p chill hth.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 22:56 |
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Simoom posted:by scowling every time i see Tifa Lockheart's breasts and making sure everybody sees, i ward off my innate urges to touch kids
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:11 |
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how's that new leaf?
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:12 |
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Simoom posted:by scowling every time i see Tifa Lockheart's breasts and making sure everybody sees, i ward off my innate urges to touch kids
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:23 |
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The White Dragon posted:nah tifa lockheart is fine, i would even go so far as to say waifu fine. i said anime titties not nintendo titties, get with the program You're an anti-gaming retard.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:26 |
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The White Dragon posted:It is WRONG to play Dead or Alive, pedophile scum.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:28 |
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The White Dragon posted:nah tifa lockheart is fine, i would even go so far as to say waifu fine. i said anime titties not nintendo titties, get with the program
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:29 |
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Silver Striker posted:You're an anti-gaming retard. well is there a gang tag for this or what
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:29 |
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The White Dragon posted:well is there a gang tag for this or what
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:31 |
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:31 |
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WORST FORUMS GUY posted:A few days before my dad died in August, I got the call I'd been dreading from my mother. She told me it was time to come home for my dad's last days. I live in California, and they live in Alabama. I packed up my PS4, super slim PS3 and PS Vita—alas, my desktop PC was too big—and made the journey. Lol.
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:32 |
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The White Dragon posted:nah tifa lockheart is fine, i would even go so far as to say waifu fine. i said anime titties not nintendo titties, get with the program
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:32 |
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WORST FORUMS GUY posted:A few days before my dad died in August, I got the call I'd been dreading from my mother. She told me it was time to come home for my dad's last days. I live in California, and they live in Alabama. I packed up my PS4, super slim PS3 and PS Vita—alas, my desktop PC was too big—and made the journey. Stay strong in these trying times
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:47 |
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soon...
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:49 |
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qnqnx posted:Stay strong in these trying times faye wong and shes frying limes
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# ? Nov 28, 2014 23:50 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 13:23 |
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I hate to be "that guy," especially in the face of your tragedy, but visual novels are hardly video games.
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