No One Has To Die: Talking will spoil it from the start. Amazing concept and brilliant ending. Takes about 20 minutes to complete, browser game.
Off: You’ve probably already seen bits all over tumblr from this (as well as bits, if you know what I mean ;]); French game that starts with a strange man “purifying” ghosts from a world with weird rules and elements; quickly becomes a twisted, confusing ride. At least worth a play, and you should probably check out an LP afterwards (I sure did). Takes a few hours.
The Grey Rainbow: Don’t be thrown by the art - this game may start off in a fairly usual RPG manner, but the story, though short, will draw you in and may even make you cry. Make sure to check all flavor text. Takes about an hour.
The Color Tuesday RPG (TCT): Starts off with kids randomly chosen to save the world/town/whatever, like many RPGs, but actually takes a look at the burden placed on the protagonists. Interesting if sometimes frustrating combat system, a compelling story, and an almost laughable but actually rather tragic spin on the weird rules of many RPG worlds. Beautiful in every sense and left me wanting more. Takes a few hours - LOTS OF FLASHING, epileptics take care! Make sure to play with the sound on.
Bastion: If you haven’t played this yet, I’m already judging you. But seriously, it’s an incredibly beautiful and heart-wrenching game with wonderful sound, graphics, and story. Most definitely play with the sound on, and buy the damn soundtrack. The only non-free game on this list, but well worth it. Takes a few hours, very streamlined story.
EDIT: Feel free to add your own!
Coma: To be honest I’m not 100% sure it fits with the rest of the list as it’s been ages since I played it, but it’s a beautiful game with an amazing atmosphere and everyone should play it at least once. Won’t take very long at all!
Loved: A really short game, but it has a lot of replay value in my opinion.
I love psychological games, especially the ones that spur discussions due to their ambiguous nature and the ones with gameplay that reflects the game’s message. Looking up other people’s interpretations to those games is always the most rewarding thing.
Adding:
Don’t Look Back: A short browser platformer that’s a modern interpretation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Depending on interpretation, the ending can be regarded as either positive or negative, just as many other games on this list.
Braid: Just like Bastion, it isn’t free, and while I haven’t been able to finish it yet, it most certainly meets the criteria mentioned above.
hi there, my name is olivia and i like pretty people and foreign languages.
twice born: settle the fuck around kids let me tell you about fucking…
settle the fuck around kids let me tell you about fucking lightning
- lightning is the hottest substance on earth it can reach up to 50k F / 27.7k C like that is hotter than fucking magma son if thats not fucking you up read that again and think about your life
- lightning probably is why we even fucking exist cause it has the heat and energy necessary to change elements into compounds found in our sorry asses so next time you feel like you’re having a crisis of faith consider adopting a lightning bolt as your new god
- it’s been said that there are over 100 lightning bolts literally every second on earth that means in the time it took you to read this whole post some asshole in flipflops got fried
- lightning dont give a fuck about your mom because if it hits you it can make you forget her completely fuck up your face and give you a badass new personality to attract the ladies (they like your gnarled scars dont worry)
- it’s basically the sky taking the most metal shit on the earth and the earth loves it
Tip for all my student readers: if you’re too lazy to use a bibliography creator like NoodleBib or RefWorks, let Google generate your bibliography entries for you. All you have to do is google the article/book title in Google Scholar, click “cite” at the bottom of the search result, and copy either the MLA, APA, or Chicago cite into your word document.
I took a 7 week coast to coast road trip after being laid off from Boeing. I didn’t have a camper but realized that being able to pull off the road at a rest or truck stop was the way to go to make the trip affordable. With a few sheets of 1/2” plywood and misc. hardware this is what I came up with. The effort was well worth the time and materials.
This is how you lose her.
You lose her when you forget to remember the little things that mean the world to her: the sincerity in a stranger’s voice during a trip to the grocery, the delight of finding something lost or forgotten like a sticker from when she was five, the selflessness of a child giving a part of his meal to another, the scent of new books in the store, the surprise short but honest notes she tucks in her journal and others you could only see if you look closely.
You must remember when she forgets.
You lose her when you don’t notice that she notices everything about you: your use of the proper punctuation that tells her continuation rather than finality, your silence when you’re about to ask a question but you think anything you’re about to say to her would be silly, your mindless humming when it is too quiet, your handwriting when you sign your name in blank sheets of paper, your muted laughter when you are trying to be polite, and more and more of what you are, which you don’t even know about yourself, because she pays attention.
She remembers when you forget.
You lose her for every second you make her feel less and less of the beauty that she is. When you make her feel that she is replaceable. She wants to feel cherished. When you make her feel that you are fleeting. She wants you to stay. When you make her feel inadequate. She wants to know that she is enough and she does not need to change for you, nor for anyone else because she is she and she is beautiful, kind and good.
You must learn her.
You must know the reason why she is silent. You must trace her weakest spots. You must write to her. You must remind her that you are there. You must know how long it takes for her to give up. You must be there to hold her when she is about to.
You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept.
And, this is how you keep her.
Tonight I got held up for 3 hours in Paris due to a beautiful but annoying snow storm. Durning the brief 1.5 hour flight, I chatted with the lady beside me who was a swim teacher/psychiatrist. We touched down in Milan at 2AM and amazingly by 2:15 I had my bags in hand. As I was walking out I saw the woman hugging her parents, she stopped, walked over any proclaimed that they would drop me at my AirBnB.
They all live well outside of Milan and the trip into the center is out of the way, and while I relished saving $130 on a cab, I said I couldn’t, it was too much. I turned away and the father, who spoke no english put his hand on my shoulder and lead me to the car.
20 minutes into the drive I asked her to give me the parents address so I could send a gift and she shrugged it off saying, “We are Italians, it’s not about what you earn but what you give.”
(via jamesnord)
men
want to fix you
save you
or fuck you
I can’t be fixed
and I don’t care to be saved
w was in my dream last night and it was actually him. you know when you have a dream and you recognize a person, but they have a different appearance and they just aren’t them? he was himself. he had darker hair, though, but he was himself. and i saw him from afar and i stopped breathing because he was so beautiful, and in my dream i stepped back and turned around; i started panicking because he was so beautiful and i was terrified to have those feelings for him again. and as usual, when we finally were near each other, neither of us even said hi, we just went on as if it were a normal day two years ago and we hadn’t not seen each other in eight months.
i know i’m sort of making it all up in my head but it’s okay. i miss it.
Well, it’s that time of year again, friends. Meaning it’s also time to fulfill our civic duty, and spend an entire weekend watching movies we normally wouldn’t just so come February 24th — after investing every emotion and tear our bodies can muster — we can watch our favorites get passed over by the Academy. I kid, of course. Or maybe not. Either way, I’ve provided links for fellow movie buffs who wish to catch up before the big night. If you have any questions or trouble with the links, feel free to leave a message in my ask.
BEST PICTURE
Beasts Of The Southern Wild watch | torrent
Django Unchained watch | torrent
Les Misérables watch | torrent
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions watch | torrent
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras watch | torrent
The Gatekeepers
watch | torrentHow To Survive A Plague watch | torrent
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted
* Keep in mind that Amour is a French movie. Depending on your computer software English subtitles may or may not be available to you. Also this is MKV file and works best on VLC player.
You will be out with friends
when the news of her existence
will be accidentally spilled all over
your bar stool. Respond calmly
as if it was only a change in weather,
a punch line you saw coming.
After your fourth shot of cheap liquor,
leave the image of him kissing another woman
in the toilet.
In the morning, her name will be
in every headline: car crash, robbery, flood.
When he calls you, ignore the hundreds of ropes
untangling themselves in your stomach.
You are the best friend again. He invites
you over for dinner and you say yes
too easily. Remind yourself this isn’t special,
it’s only dinner, everyone has to eat.
When he greets you at the door, do not think
for one second you are the reason
he wore cologne tonight.
In his kitchen, he will hand-feed you
a piece of red pepper. His laugh
will be low and warm and it will make you
feel like candlelight. Do not think this is special.
Do not count on your fingers the number
of freckles you could kiss too easily.
Try to think of pilot lights and olive oil,
not everything you have ever loved about him,
or it will suddenly feel boiling and possible
and so close. You will find her bobby pins
laying innocently on his bathroom sink.
Her bobby pins. They look like the wiry legs
of spiders, splinters of her undressing
in his bed. Do not say anything.
Think of stealing them, wearing them
home in your hair. When he hugs you goodbye,
let him kiss you on the forehead.
Settle for target practice.
At home, you will picture her across town
pressing her fingers into his back
like wet cement. You will wonder
if she looks like you, if you are two bedrooms
in the same house. Did he fall for her features
like rearranged furniture? When he kisses her,
does she taste like wet paint?
You will want to call him.
You will go as far as holding the phone
in your hand, imagine telling him
unimaginable things like you are always
ticking inside of me and I dream of you
more often than I don’t.
My body is a dead language
and you pronounce
each word perfectly.
Do not call him.
Fall asleep to the hum of the VCR.
She must make him happy.
She must be
She must be his favorite place in Minneapolis.
You are a souvenir shop, where he goes
to remember how much people miss him
when he is gone.
