{"id":314,"date":"2021-08-03T20:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rampantbicycle.com\/blog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2021-08-03T20:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:51:54","slug":"adios-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rampantbicycle.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/adios-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Adios, July."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s August already. How on earth did THAT happen? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mean, I know the answer. Same way it was just March of 2020 like, three weeks ago: Nothing’s happening<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t been out to eat at a restaurant in a year and a half. I fear my efforts to write here are already monotonous, even though the only point of them is to try to keep expressing myself, somehow. It’s hard not to imagine my hypothetical audience being bored out of their minds with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now I’d better start keeping an ear to the ground for Christmas ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time is really ripping by out there. It’s a little like being in a ship when the sea is stormy outside. It’s been so long since I last touched the water, the idea becomes alien, a little frightening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We played a little game called Adios<\/a> <\/em>the other night. It’s a tiny indie game about a farmer who’s been helping the mob dispose of bodies while feeding them to his pigs. He’d like to stop now, thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except, as the lanky man in the sharp suit keeps saying, first patiently and then not so patiently, they <\/em>are the ones who cut ties. Not you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You feed the pigs. You look after your horse. You ponder the blight of the chestnut tree. You insist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So does he.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irresistible force meets immovable object. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not one of those elaborate games with branching paths and multiple endings. It’s not trying to be. This is a sad, quiet little story, earnestly presented and oddly moving, where some of the most impactful moments come from things our POV character can’t bring himself to say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I won’t lie, the part with the dog kind of killed me, and it’s been years since I last lived with a dog. You will know exactly which part I mean<\/em> when you get to it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little janky, sure, and perhaps the art style’s not for everyone. But who cares? Glossy perfection isn’t what we’re here for. If this sounds interesting to you, trade it for a couple of hours of TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just, uh, maybe have a little something cheerful on hand as a chaser. No reason. Just saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s August already. How on earth did THAT happen? I mean, I know the answer. Same way it was just March of 2020 like, three weeks ago: Nothing’s happening. I haven’t been out to eat at a restaurant in a year and a half. I fear my efforts to write here are already monotonous, even … <\/p>\n

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