Has he truly discovered any adventure here, or is he just looking out a bus window at the adventure he’s not actually having? This is already more words spilled over a nearly two-minute commercial than I’d ever thought I’d write, and I’m still not sure which side I land on. He’s still a guy who comes home to a sleeping wife, pours himself a boring glass of water, and then stays up late playing a video game. None of his problems are actually solved. There’s another, very easy reading here, about a 40-something man drifting through life with no anchor, who picks up a video game and plays it. The next time he’s on that bus and looks out the window? Meaning and life wash over him. But what we do know is that in playing Tears of the Kingdom, the man rediscovers something inside himself. Did he order it and it showed up today with his knowledge? Did his wife get it for him as a surprise gift hoping to rekindle some magic? Did Shigeru Miyamoto himself see this man on the bus that morning and decide that if anyone could use an early copy of the game it was him and have his elves deliver it to him? We’ll probably never know. He sits down and notices that somehow Tears of the Kingdom has appeared on his coffee table. Their relationship doesn’t seem broken, but clearly they’re just ships passing in the night. He comes home late from work and his wife says good night. A man rides the bus, looking out the window but seeing nothing exciting.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |