When I started playing this game, I expected something quick and fun, I didn't thought it could make me rethink my existence.

Between the many topics the story brings, Andrew's personality is what hit me the most. I lack any care for anyone in my life; not my family or colleagues, which makes me feel very empty and, in general, like a freak. The only reason I minimally worry of them is because of the things they provide. Even if I know I should care and love them for what they've given me, I can't help but feel indiferent or even resentful, and that itself makes me feel guilty, as if I'm being unjust and making others suffer just because of how I am.

If Andrew has Ashley as his only exception, mine wouldn't be a person but fiction itself. The games I play, the books I read, the music I hear... indulging in art, loosing myself in these stories, is my sole motivation to not give up on life. Living through these characters and convincing myself I stand for some moral code, when in reality I'm just scared of trying for the things I truly want; keeping appearances just for my fear of rejection.

I mean not to compare my situation with his, since in my case, the fault is solely on me and my way of being. With this post I just wanted to show how this game may impact someone and make them reconsider the way they live; to prove this game is way more than the fun quickie I thought it was going to be.

I believe art should be there to make the consumer think, and offer new points of view in life so they may grow as people. Quick consumption might be fun from time to time, but a person who doesn't indulge in art is missing out on the best part of it, it's capacity to change your life.