Not About Nietzsche

But it is about "Beyond Good and Evil." The game, not the book.

This game has been sitting on my shelf for a little over a year now. I bought it during my GameCube game buying craze last year on the recommendation of a friend and I fully intended to play it much sooner than I did. But, for someone who joined the platform gaming community later in life than most, I was behind the times and had a bunch of games higher up on my list of must-plays. So, poor BG&E sat lonely on my shelf among my other more loved games.

That all changed a week ago when, during the frustration of KU's continued poor playing streak, I decided to pick up a game to distract me from my basketball misery. I was immediately hooked. The gameplay, the story, the graphics the voice acting…all combined to make an awesome game. It was fairly easy and fairly short (almost too short), though it fit perfectly within the cracks of time I had last week between long hours at work, a cold that left me exhausted beyond belief and a concert I had no time to prepare for. I even finished BG&E in time for KU to turn their sorry act around and play a helluva game yesterday afternoon.

Maybe it's just because the game was so short, but I actually find I want to go back and play it all over again now. I haven't felt that way about a game in a long time. The only thing I find frustrating is that the ending left one wanting more—partially because the game was originally planned to be the first in a series. Unfortunately, due to poor promotion, a sequel is not likely to ever happen. What a bummer.

Ah well, unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to replay it for awhile. I have too many other games to finish! I'm almost done with Paper Mario 2; I just finished the section on the Excess Express and just about died from the cuteness. And I don't know if I'll ever finish the final dance battle of the first Space Channel 5. Why is it so frickin' hard? Lesse, and I still haven't finished Castlevania SOTN though I'm so close it's pathetic. I just have too many distractions.

At least my cold is getting better. It's pretty bad when you feel so sick you can't even really play a video game. And doing anything more thought-provoking than that is downright impossible. I'm glad I got so much accomplished the weekend before because last weekend I accomplished next to nothing.