Worst Post Ever

You might just want to skip this one, Dear Reader, I cannot imagine saying anything worth hearing right now. As I begin writing, I’m fairly certain there are two topics I’m going to stick to: popcorn chicken and “Need For Speed: Shift.” Which I bought. Don’t worry, I didn’t use actual money, I had some store credit sitting around. It’s not much good buying a game if you don’t live to play it. As the insidious bombardment of video games contains to reign down on us, I’m certain that this purchase will represent a sore spot in my psyche later on. There are so many other games coming out, and I have only enough resources to procure a select few, that undoubtedly I will find myself in the groveling, semi-recumbent position of regret before long. But I justify it, Dear Reader. I justify it because I haven’t purchased any racing games in so long. I honestly was half-wondering if I would ever get one again. And like a balanced diet, variety in your gaming library produces happiness. In other words: I think this game will have more legs than it normally would because it’s the only one of its kind.

That said, my initial play session indicated that this thing may survive on its own merits. It’s that good. As I mentioned before, it really fools me into thinking I’m some kind of Le Mans deity, everything has weight and consequence which makes the obliterating speeds the game achieves all the more terrifying/awesome. An arcade-infused simulation racer may in fact be the spot marked “X” on the map of my brain. This may be the perfect racer for me, the one that achieves everything I desire from the genre.

Or maybe not, and I’m just kind of swooning at the moment. But it is freaking great.

Also, I have popcorn chicken, which is delicious. You wish you had popcorn chicken, Dear Reader, and odds are that you do not. I pity your state, sir/madam! I pity the popcorn-chicken-less disrepair you’ve fallen into, and I can only offer soft, gentle sympathy…while I eat my popcorn chicken. Mmmm.