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oneweekoneband · 4 years ago

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charming, if a little gauche: the taylor swift story

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“the last great american dynasty” is a song that no other pop star could make or, more to the point, would want to make, and as the third track on folklore it marked the spot in my very first listen—sweaty and embarrassingly strung out sitting in the cab of a pickup at the third place where we’d tried to find wifi—at which I let myself vault over the ledge, out of my cautious remove, and into real excitement for what this album might hold.

This is a song that Taylor Swift wrote about Rebekah Harkness, the ballet-obsessed socialite who married into the Standard Oil family (”the wedding was charming, if a little gauche” Taylor sings, and I scream.) then lived, fifty years ago, in the Rhode Island beach house Swift now owns. It is—and on this matter there can be no argument—the horniest song on the album. Taylor is absolutely jazzed out of her WASPy little gourd over this woman, this house, this grand, cyclical American story she imagines herself as part of. Does Taylor actually want to fuck her house and/or the ghost of the woman who once owned it? Well, that’s not for me to say. But the idea of them very evidently gets her going, and her zeal is infectious. She’s so clearly been bursting to indulge this passion, to memorialize this house, and I’m grateful that fate or timing made it so that she didn’t do it until now, until Aaron Dessner provided her with these specific instrumentals, because the combination is divine.

Taylor Swift in the Disney+ documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions confirming that her psychosexual obsession with Holiday House is longstanding.

“the last great american dynasty” relates in colorful detail the life of Mrs. Harkness, who became a widow at just thirty-nine ("the doctor had told him to settle down / it must have been her fault his heart gave out") then used the remaining years to spend her late husband’s fortune in the most lavish ways possible. Rebekah, Taylor tells us, "Filled the pool with champagne / And swam with the big names / Blew through the money on the boys and the ballet” and, again, her total, perfect thrill with this story, with the fact of living in the house this woman once misbehaved in so egregiously as to be an affront to all her stuffy Rhode Island neighbors, is evident throughout. The song is wonderful, good fun, sounds great, feels insane, and then at the quintessentially excellent bridge Taylor pulls a pivot that should be completely noxious, but is, in practice, anything but. Wryly, she inserts herself into the song at the final stretch. “Fifty years is a long time / Holiday House sat quietly on that beach / Free of women with madness / Their men and bad habits / And then it was bought by me”. When, “She had a marvelous time ruining everything”, transforms into, “I had a marvelous time ruining everything” I almost clap. I have clapped. It’s all unbearably cute, and in every word there is sonic evidence of Taylor’s pleasure at her own cleverness, but unfortunately it’s so good that there isn’t even really any room left on the private beaches of one’s heart cavity wherein to be annoyed at having been got by a Taylor Swift bridge once again.

Honestly............Taylor is like two decades max from this.

Though Swift was born in Pennsylvania and came of age in Tennessee, the idea that she’d take instinctively to the blue blood fantasy of wealthy New England is no surprise. It’s unclear whether there’s ever been another person alive who radiates such Big Connecticut Energy while, in fact, not being from Connecticut at all. Watch Hill, Rhode Island made perfect sense to me, in fact, for Taylor, because it not only, at $17 mil cash, made her the owner of the most expensive private home in the entire (extremely small) state, but brings with the choice a kind of self-satisfied dignity. Not being one of the more popular East Coast seaside destinations for the rich and famous, like Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket, or even The Hamptons, stylishly insists that you must really be trying to get away. The house is classically lovely and has a big yard with a pool and flag pole that extends high into the blue to look down over the plebeians in the sand.

Being myself a natural born daughter of the New England states, albeit of a considerably less pristine stripe than the denizens of Watch Hill, I have spent countless day trips and weekends at the Misquamicut State Beach just a few miles down the coast in Westerly, the town that Taylor’s village (”village” ...Rich people are so weird) is a part of. Not long after Taylor moved in, I was there at the beach with my mother, and my sister, and my mother’s sisters, and whatever other beer-filled bodies might have been around, a whole hoard, and we were lounging on fanned out bed sheets in front of a restaurant called Paddy’s where you can get a blue rum-based cocktail in a plastic fish bowl. I was nursing a sprained ankle that summer, and still a week or two from being fully well, but I wanted to see Taylor’s house up close, so we walked along the water’s edge until we got close enough to snap a photo for posterity, and to see that Taylor was using around the property custom no trespassing signs which read, “I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In”. When someone who is very rich, popular, talented, basically has everything going for them, could buy and sell you and everyone you’ve ever known, etc., makes a stupendously bad joke it is a moral imperative that you tell as many people about that as possible, and so with love in my heart, even, I share this fact now. People had their towels right up against the edge of her sea wall, like a geographic version of the nervous game, but almost as soon I arrived, it was time to limp back to the land of the mortals.

Your hero in 2014 standing in front of the saltbox house on the coast that took Rebekah Harkness’ mind off St. Louis

The pleasures on offer in “the last great american dynasty” are almost too many to name, and all of them so specifically, distinctly, freakishly, bona fide Grade A Taylor Swift, wonderful and grating not separately, one then the other, but both the whole time, and all at once. Taylor saying “gauche”; Taylor telling a story about this dead woman she has a gigantic crush on once dyeing a neighbor’s dog green; Taylor invoking the phrase “middle class divorcee”; Taylor using the word “bitch” affectionately. Even Taylor’s actual vocals, which have been, at times, the notable weak spot in her rigorously streamlined overall package, sound really, genuinely lovely here, and as spirited as ever. The song is laden with Taylor’s remarkable self-righteous belief that by purchasing a multi million dollar home in tony Watch Hill she was somehow “ruining everything”, when she was born and bred for enclaves like that long before she had any number one hits, and actually the only major problem was people thought it was poor form for her to rebuild the huge seawall around the property, even though it was her right, and she was able to do it without issue. To know that Taylor, raised wealthy, imagines herself somehow persecuted as insufficiently chic in Watch Hill for having, by way of immense pop superstardom, multiplied many times over the riches to which she was born, brings me a great and uncomplicated joy. It is a train of thought so wholly unrelatable as to seem plucked wholesale from a work of magical realism, and that happens to be exactly the feeling I want most from a Taylor Swift song. My one and only criticism of “the last great american dynasty” is that, if you’re not right on top of the skip button, it bleeds directly into the Bon Iver duet “exile”, which does kill the vibe, but, well, nobody’s perfect.

The defense rests.

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surveys-at-your-service · 4 years ago

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Survey #357

“your magic white rabbit has left its writing on the wall / we follow like alice, and just keep diving down the hole”

Are you better at telling stories or writing them? Writing, by a long shot. What’s one song you hate, but know every word to? i'm a barbie girl in a fckn barbie woooooorld What’s your favorite magazine? I don’t read magazines. If you could be an animal for one day, which animal would you choose? Probably a house cat. Be indoors and safe, able to just nap... lol. But I'd want another cat as a friend, too! Do you prefer outdoor or indoor concerts/events? Indoors, by a mile. I get hot outside way too easily. Do you know if you were a planned child? I don't know. What’s your favorite gem? Dragon's breath opal. As an adult, do you want to live in an apartment or a house? I'd like to live in a house, especially with the pets I want. I doubt many apartment complexes would allow multiple reptiles and inverts. Do you like the stem or leafy part of the broccoli? It doesn't matter much to me, but I prefer the stem. The texture is more likeable to me. Do bats frighten you? No, I adore bats! Does Paris appeal to you? Yeah, it's a pretty place. Are you a KPOP fan? No, I've never really checked it out. How long was your longest relationship? Over three and a half years. First time you kissed the last person you kissed? We were outside roasting marshmallows one night. Do you have to really know someone to kiss them? Absolutely. I don't dish 'em out for nothing. Were you anyone’s first kiss? No. If you had to be named after one of the 50 states of America, what state would you WANT to be named after? I actually think "Nevada" would be kinda pretty as a name? Do you think morals are universal or relative to the beliefs, traditions, or practices of individuals or groups? I've wondered this for a long while, really. I lean towards it being a mix, maybe? But more towards universal, I think... with some exceptions. This answer is all over the place, I honestly don't know. Is torture ever a good option? If no, why not? If yes, when? No? I think the "why not" is obvious... You just don't. What do you think is one one of the most undervalued professions right now? Teachers, garbagemen, retail and food workers... There's a lot. Have you ever seen anyone have a heart attack? Thank Christ no. Have you personalized your answering machine/voicemail? No. Have you ever had Fiji brand water? I actually don't believe I have, though it's always looked appealing to me, haha. What’s your favorite horror movie? The Crazies and the first Silent Hill, as well as both Blair Witch Projects. What was the worst thing a friend has either done or said to you? I'd rather not even think about things the bitch said to me. Are you biracial? No. When was the last time you got mad and broke something? I've never broken something when mad. What color dress did you wear to prom? My first was maroon, second one was black. Who is the cutest baby you know? My friend has a daughter named Scarlett who is absolutely gorgeous. Have you ever thrown a rock at a window? No, because I respect people's fucking property. Has anyone ever thrown a rock at your window? No. Does your hair react well to dye, or does it damage it? It likes to not take dye at all. >.> I have only had one instance where a friend dyed it red and it stuck for months and months, but we kept it in for a couple hours, I think. My normal hairdresser says it's because my hair is really healthy and I guess rejects it. What kind of pet do you wish you had? I ramble plenty about how I want tarantulas and more reptiles, haha. I also DESPERATELY want to rescue or foster an opossum. When was the last time you were diagnosed with something? Are you concerned about anything regarding your physical or mental health at the moment? I haven't been diagnosed with anything in quite some time, I believe, but as I'm going through the process of being approved for TMS therapy for my depression, my bipolar diagnosis is being questioned, which is... strange to me. It's been acknowledged by many a doctor that I have bipolar 2, but if insurance recognizes my primary diagnosis as bipolar, they won't cover TMS because it can massively excite the mania portion of bipolarity, and therefore I can't do it because we can't manually afford it. I'm willing to take the risk by far, as I've never had issues with mania, but I can't without insurance. I'm just waiting to hear back from them... What is one blanket judgment you tend to make about people (like, you judge all people who live at home, all people who drink, etc)? Does this judgment come from a particular personal experience? I really don't know. How do you react to other people yelling or slamming doors? Is this something you ever do too? I get very scared if it's a man. I don't like anyone doing it, and my anxiety will spike regardless, I'm just terrified of angry men. Have you ever lost your cool at work or somewhere else important? What happened as a result? No. Who has the power to break you? Jason still might. I don't know. Is anyone in your family blind? My sister is legally blind in one eye. Do you believe in evolution? Yeah. I do find the concept odd, that ALL LIFE originated from one thing, but I sure ain't got a better explanation, so. What job do you think people should be paid the most for? Surgeons, maybe? I dunno, that's a big question. Were you ever held back a year in school? Did you ever skip a grade? No. Have you ever been given a hickey? Have you given one? Yeah to both. What is your least favourite thing about your full name? I have the most basic white bitch middle name in the world, lol. Do you like the age you are? Eh, I don't mind it much, but I think it'd be better to be in my early 20s versus mid 20s. I'm just always so tired now. I can't believe I used to refuse to go to sleep before 10:30. What’s your favourite kind of poptart? The chocolate sundae one. If you had to eat one type (Chinese, etc.) of food which would it be? American bc I'm not very adventurous with food at all. When did your family immigrate to wherever you live now? *shrug* Are your fingers long, or short? Long. Mom's always said I have "piano fingers." Do you play Pokemon Go? If so, what level are you and who’s your buddy? Yeah, I love it, but don't play it nearly as much as I want because I don't exactly go anywhere, lol. My bud's Charmeleon, and I'm probably like five EXP from level 28. Do you ever sit indoors and wear sunglasses or a hat? I don't own either, so. Do you know how to read animals’ behavior? I honestly think I'm very good at it. Do you like playing video games? If so, what do you usually play? Yes, but not as much as I used to. All I really play nowadays is World of Warcraft. The only working console I have is a PS2, and I haven't bought a new game in probably a couple years, but there are definitely ones I want to play, mainly on PS4. Just can't afford it right now. Have you ever viewed the moon through a telescope? No. Do you know how to properly eat food with chopsticks? No. There's no way I could, given my tremors. Do you prefer reading books, comic books, manga/graphic novels, magazines, or the newspaper? Books. When is the last time you ate donuts? It's been months, man. I've seriously been craving a glazed one, though. Krispy Kreme sounds amaaaaaziiiiiing. Has anyone ever called you sexy? Somehow. Do you like raisins? NO NO NO NO NO. Have you ever overheard a conversation you weren’t supposed to? More than once. Do you like ants? They're genuinely extremely fascinating animals, but they're seriously annoying nevertheless. Did you like the movie Antz? I loved it as a kid. What was your favorite ice cream flavor when you were little? Chocolate. Is it still your favorite? Eh, depends on the day. By the way, what is your name? Brittany. What time zone do you live in? EST. Do you like cats? I love cats. What’s the most creepy experience you’ve ever had? One night when my mom and sister were at the beach for a dance competition, I was having trouble sleeping, and it only got worse when my dog Teddy started freaking the fuck out, barking loudly and staring intently at the foot of the bed. I was so scared that I tried to force his head to lie down, but he fought against me. I was terrified, but got up out of the bed and went into the living room to call my mom at like 3 in the damn morning, and she had to have our neighbor come over to sleep in the house with me (I was in a different room that night). You can't convince me that there wasn't paranormal shit going on. I think the house was haunted honestly, for multiple reasons. What’s the most boring game to exist? Why do you dislike it so much? Hm, I dunno. What’s the coolest place that you've ever been to? What’d you do there? Disney World was very memorable as a kid. We just went around collecting signatures, going on rides, all that fun stuff. I'll never forget fireworks at the castle. If you’re interested in having a long-term relationship with someone, do you think that waiting a certain amount of time before you first have sex is a good idea? Or does it not matter? I think it's a good idea, personally, mostly for the sake of reducing the spread of STDs. Just because you think you'll be long-term, doesn't mean you will be. Besides that, isn't there a science that sex and feelings of love are connected? Like, sex is impossible without at least some underlying emotions? I might be entirely wrong, in which case forgive me for spreading misinformation, but if that's so and things don't go as planned, you've gotten emotionally invested in someone too early and wind up getting hurt. You do you, I just don't think it's smart. Have you ever discovered something big by looking through someone’s phone, Facebook, email, etc.? No. Have you kept anything from your past relationships? (Things they left at your house, gifts, notes, etc) Do you think that’s a big deal for future relationships or not? Yeah, like plushies and little stuff like that. When it's tiny things like I just mentioned, I really don't think it matters. I think some things might be questionable to keep, but at the same time, I don't think it's really wrong to keep memories of a happy time, if the thing still brings you joy and has been emotionally disconnected from the ex? Idk. Do you have any financial regrets? Either way, what’s an example of a GOOD financial decision you’ve made? Going to and dropping out of college three fucking times. I don't know about a good financial decision seeing as I'm not even in charge of my own finances, nor really have any to begin with. Are you a believer in “signs” from the Universe about things in your life? If you are, can you think of a particular example? No. Name some things that one or both of your parents are really good at or really interested in. Mom LOVES medical stuff, like watching surgeries and stuff like that. She is also absolutely incredible with children. Dad likes sports a lot, hockey and football especially. Think of a good friend of the opposite sex (currently or in the past). Have you ever had any sort of “more than a friend” or sexual thoughts about them? If not, can you explain why? Well, we dated briefly, so... It was awkward to, but I let myself imagine sexual situations a few times to help myself understand if I really did like-like him, or if he was truly just a brother to me. Turns out, he's a bro. If someone told you that you would never achieve something and you ended up doing it, would you have any interest in finding that person and showing them? I'ma be honest, yes. I wouldn't actively seek them out, but rather just hope they somehow find out or I run into them or something. What is the most jealousy-induced thing you’ve ever done? Apparently, be the girl Juan liked instead of this girl that literally threatened to deck me. Guess what? We're friends now lmaoooo.

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summerbloguk · 7 years ago

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Top 10 Favorite Video Games

10. Five Nights at Freddy’s Sister Location - I love FNAF as a whole because of its cryptic lore, but the only reason that I have written only Sister Location and not the entire franchise at the beginning of this paragraph is because I have only finished Sister Location completely. The other FNAF games were difficult to complete past Night 3 or 4. The hidden lore of FNAF is what makes it so interesting. What was the missing childrens incident? What are the Bites of 83 and 87? What is the deal with the Afton family? Why did William Afton murder all of those children? Why did he use robots for the purpose? All of these questions intrigue me heavily, to the point that I have read both of the novels that Scott Cawthon has written and am waiting for the third part. The gameplay of FNAF never appealed to me, only the lore did. Owned on PC

FNAF Banner Artwork

9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Pokemon, as a franchise is the game that I grew up with, and continue to grow up with. I have played all of the pokemon games atleast once, some multiple times, and my record for Pokemon Emerald is 7 times. Pokemon, as a universe, fascinates me and keeps me intrigued. The new Pokemon that are designed and released with each new generation of game intrigue and fascinate me. However, the repeating story and gameplay of the core Pokemon games has bored me, and Mystery Dungeon is a series that I really like, as it offers a differing storyline and gameplay than the original games. I especially liked Explorers of Sky, as its story was the most fascinating and unique to me. I always played as a Riolu named Rayce and my partner was always a Torchic named Amber, in all of the Mystery Dungeon games, except for Red and Blue, where I was a Torchic named Amber, and my partner was Chikorita. Owned on the Wii U Virtual Console, DS, 3DS.

Pokemon Artwork

8. Infamous Second Son - Infamous Second Son was a really good experience for me. It was the first PS4-exclusive game that I had ever finished. I haven’t played the first two Infamous games, and I really want to. The plethora of gameplay choices that the player gets is what reeled me in. When I first started the game, I did not like the fire powers that Delsin had much. But after Delsin got the Neon powers, the game was in full-swing for me. The choice between being a hero and being Infamous was what kept pulling me even deeper. The occasional accidental death made me actually sad and leveling up my karma as a hero made me feel actually good. The ending of the game touched me, as Delsin was able to save his tribe from certain death, and was able to defeat Augustine and let all of the conduits live their life the way they wanted to. Owned on PS4

Infamous Second Son Artwork

7. Portal Stories Mel - I know that a huge percentage of the people reading this probably didn’t even of the existence of this game, but it does exist, and boy, is it good. I know that this isn’t an official Portal game, but it is better than the official games, as it has better puzzles, more gameplay, stronger focus on the protagonist, amazing characters (Glados always stressed me out, and Virgil is not a backstabbing dick like Wheatley). Owned on PC.

Portal Stories Mel Facebook Artwork

6. Assassin's Creed - Assassin’s Creed is a game series that I love not because of its gameplay, or main story, or even the characters. I love it because of its lore. The lore of Assassin’s Creed is heavily drawn from real history, with a few changes here and there. That is why, when the people started getting sick of the game for repeating its gameplay and freezing its modern-day storyline, I still loved it, because all of that was a little irrelevant to me, as I looked for the hidden lore of the games. Sure, I too, got a little sick of the repetitive missions and gameplay, but whenever I was able to discover a piece of lore about the game, I got excited for the franchise all over again. My favorite characters are William Miles, Jacob Frye, Leonardo Da Vinci, Blackbeard, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar (Et tu, Brute) and Ezio Auditore da Firenze.

All Assassin’s Creed Historical Protagonists Upto Syndicate

5. Dishonored - Dishonored as a franchise was a singular experience for me, and that is the reason why I place all of the games in one single spot. The franchise starts off with Dishonored 1, where you follow The Royal Bodyguard of Dunwall and father to the heiress, Corvo Attano, as he is framed for the murder of his lover, the Empress Jessamine Kaldwin and the disappearance of his daughter, the Crown Princess Emily Kaldwin. Corvo escapes prison and tracks down the real culprits of the situation and eliminates them, lethally or non-lethally, with the help of new-found allies. When some of his new friends betray him, Corvo finds them as well and rescues his daughter, after dealing with them. Looking over the entire situation is The Outsider, a mysterious being with god-like powers, who lives in the Void, an alternate Dimension where Space and Time is warped. He grants Corvo his sign, which gives him mysterious and divine powers. The DLC follows Daud, the person who assassinated the Empress and helped in the kidnapping of the Princess, as his guilt and his past catches up with him. The 2nd game is set 15 years after the 1st game and follows Emily and Corvo, as the sorceress Delilah Copperspoon captures the Throne and deposes Emily off of the throne. From here, the chosen protagonist, either Emily or Corvo, runs off to the city of Karnaca to solve the mystery of Delilah, who claims to be the half-sister of Jessamine Kaldwin with the help of a captain named Meagan Foster, whose real name is Billy Lurke, a former member of the group of assassins that worked under Daud, as she helps the chosen protagonist to repent for her sins. The final game of the Kaldwin Era, as the developers call it, a standalone DLC called Dishonored: Death To The Outsider follows Billy Lurke sometime after the ending of Dishonored 2, as she finds her old mentor Daud and prepares for a plan to rid the Outsider of his powers, either lethally or non-lethally. The great thing about Dishonored is its ability to allow players freedom of choice as they play. The players have the option to resolve conflicts either violently or non-violently. The supernatural powers allow a plethora of various combinations of strategies that the player can take to finish the mission. Overall, it is an experience that I cherish deeply. Owned on PC (Dishonored 1 and 2) and PS4 (Dishonored Death to The Outsider).

Dishonored 2 Main Look

4. Fire Emblem Fates - The Fire Emblem series was a game series that I had played ever since the games first started coming out in English, but the one game that hit me the hardest was Fates. Unlike the other Fire Emblem games where the streamlined story allowed you to formulate a mystery that was solved in one go, Fire Emblem Fates shows a demo, with Birthright and Conquest giving you tidbits about the real events going on, before telling you the truth in Revelations. This tri-forked storyline asked me make a hard decision at the beginning of chapter 6, which I made 6 times, as I played all the paths twice. The characters in the game feel more natural and complex than in other games, and that makes it harder when you face off against them when they are your enemies in the opposing route. I personally hated it when I had to fight Charlotte in Birthright, who was my spouse in Conquest at that very moment. Owned on 3DS.

A Beautiful Fire Emblem Fates Artwork

3. The Elder Scrolls Online - I love the Elder Scrolls series. I have played Skyrim so much. This one is a prequel to the same, set around around a 1000 years before Skyrim and follows the Vestige as he tries to stop Molag Bal from merging Nirn (His Universe) with Coldharbour (Molag Bal’s Universe or Plane of Oblivion, equivalent to Hell) and get his/her lost soul back from him. This game is an MMORPG and has its storylines set all across Tamriel, as the game allows you to visit all the provinces, which happened last time almost 20 years ago when The Elder Scrolls Arena was first released. I bought the game in 2016, soon after Tamriel Unlimited was released, but have only started playing it around March of 2018. I have recently finished the main questline and am starting the DLCs. If you play the game on the US PC Server, looking up Rayce The First, Nord. Owned on PC.

Elder Scrolls Online Summerset Poster

2. Undertale - I know that many people think of Undertale and their mind immediately goes towards the community that envelopes the game and the negative view of the community generally puts them off the game. However, if you get past that stereotype and play the game, you will be in for an amazing experience that will shock you and move you to tears. Play the game on the Pacifist Run and when you finish the game, you will and you will not want to play the Genocide Run. This indecision will stem from the fact that you want to exerience more of the game, but don’t want to harm the characters that you have grown so fond of. The game is part of a larger movement of people demanding more non-violent options in video games, and is a clear and certain example how that can be achieved. You will play the game as a child who fell down the caverns of a mountain and has to find and go through the barrier to get out (why the monsters trapped did not simply build a ladder to climb out of the hole in the hundreds of years that they were stuck there is beyond me). While looking for your way out, you will meet a variety of characters, all of whom you can become friends or enemies with. That aspect of the game, which evokes your morality, is the reason that this game is on my number two spot. Owned on PC, PS4 and PS Vita.

My favorite Undertale Artwork

1. The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim -I know that I included 2 Elder Scrolls games in this list and also put them on really top spots as well, but what can I say except for the fact that I love The Elder Scrolls. Skyrim is a fantasy based RPG game that revolves around you, The Dragonborn, saving the world from its end at the “wings” of the demonic dragon Alduin. However, you will almost certainly forget to do that when you start to explore the massive world of Skyrim as you randomly wander the map, doing mundane tasks for the NPCs and marrying the person that you literally just met and got a piece of flower from the river for. Finish the game once and then play the 3 DLCs of the game. These DLCs are - a) Dragonborn: Fight against the 1st Dragonborn Miraak, as you explore the island of Solstheim. b) Hearthfire: Build houses and adopt children. c) Dawnguard: Fight against the threat of the Vampire Lord of Harkon, either rebelling against him while part of his vampiric court or as a member of the Dawnguard, a faction of soldiers fighting against the growing vampire threat. Finish the Vanilla game and then go to nexusmods.com to download mods to add more content to the game in the form of quest mods like Falskaar, Beyond Skyrim, Undeath, etc, gameplay mods like Civil War Overhaul, Frostfall, etc and a plethora of other mods like graphical mods, which can make the 2011 game look better than the 2017 version of the game, for free. This game was one of the first games I played that really got me into the Gaming Community. Owned on PC.

A Modded Skyrim

Special Mention) Doki Doki Literature Club - Doki Doki Literature Club as a video game is very sub-par, but as a visual novel, is one of the best stories of 2017. The characters of Natsuki, Yuri, Sayori and Monika are very much relatable and comforting... if that’s the correct word. Every character has a flaw that makes them relate to the protagonist. It might be Sayori’s depression, or Yuri cutting herself, or Natsuki dealing with an abusive father, or even Monika, knowing the reality of how alone she is in the world. The story of how Monika deals with her emotions is one that really touched me, especially by the end when she saves you from Sayori and sings “Your Reality” to you. Doki Doki as a meta-fiction story really tells us about the future we’re about to reach. While here it shows us Monika being sentient for entertainment, in the real world, it can be very dangerous. The thought of robots getting real consciousness inside of them, and slowly getting stronger than us, and independent of us is a scary thought. This will then bring up the issues of “Robot Rights”, which will be probably the next big debate on Earth. If the robots grow more powerful than us, then who knows what will happen. Owned on PC.

Official Doki Doki Literature Club poster

Signing off

U.K.

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