And a bit about Islands of Abandonment.

The world doesnt revolve around you is the greatest lie you will ever be told.

Certain surfaces yield to our weight, as we shape the very ground that we walk on.

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The world doesnt revolve around you is the greatest truth you will ever be told.

It will continue to grow and evolve.

I hold these two truths in my head without conflict.

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We all do, I think.

I dont pretend to understand how this happens and, to be honest, I prefer not knowing.

perhaps, it lent me some of her hope.

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For a moment, it activelyrepelledme.

They must solve a puzzle.

I hated that; hated it with an intensity that surprised me.

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Its lightly educational, for one.

How on earth could one criticise that, especially in a harmless digital sphere?

Yet without a series of puzzles, with no set goal, I really dont mind.

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I pass through the creation stage largely aloof, looking forward to the end result.

Perhaps even a world that has outlived it.

And I do not feel sad, I do not despair.

A hypocritical and paradoxical stance.

A typically human one.

Games can be perfect for play, and perfect for creation.

Sometimes - just sometimes - they can be perfect for simplybeing.