I love movies. I love the movies I love. A good movie cannot
be rushed or seen before the time is just right. I love to watch trailers. A
trailer is a movie in its purest form. Before the hype, before the
expectations, worries, disappointments; it is the essence of a movie. But
trailers are a trap as well. Like anything, too much of a trailer will always
lead to disappointment; it is too hard for anything that is created to be
better than your own imagination.
This is in all likelihood the last year of the current
console generation. Publishers are shelving projects left and right, pushing
them back into 2014. Most of the big AAA titles are being launched come hell or
high water in the first half of the year. Given how high the percentage of the
annual profits the video game industry makes in the months of October,
November, and December it is telling that no one is talking about Christmas this
year.
I have high hopes for the next generation of consoles. Better
hardware, bigger stories; better graphics, sound, and music. One way I found to
dampen my own propensity to hype the things I loved was to mostly ignore them.
Until the day they came out, I didn’t read, watch, or talk about anything
related to what I was anticipating. When the day finally came, I had no
expectations, no thoughts about what might or might not happen; everything was
simply there to be seen, heard, and experienced. So in the spirit of the Mayan Calendar,
let us welcome this new age, soon but not just yet.
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