We Don't Have Enough Time

 This is a personal story and some reflections I had about these events.

Your best friend calls you. You two haven't talked in two weeks, catching up has become less and less frequent. You normally place the blame on the fact you're both twenty-something.
You pick up the phone and greet her with the usual:

- Hey Trixie! - made up name for privacy's sake - How are you?

- Horrible. 

Usually this kind of dry and negative answer is paired with sarcasm or a pinch of hyperbole. But not this time. Over the last two weeks a lot happened, too much happened. Her cat died. As she is talking to you she is on the way to her grandfather's funeral. And her mother, the mother of your best friend, was diagnosed with cancer a few days prior.

She does not know what to do, and you don't know what to say. And in the dreadful silence that takes place after hearing these news, all you can think is:

How much time do we really have?

Goodbye 3DS.

A trip down lonely lane:

You ever had the feeling you experienced something "the wrong way"? Or that you just saw something in a light that was so out of the ordinary you even consider that maybe everybody else is lying?

Today, March 27 of 2023, Nintendo officially closes the 3DS eShop and having revisited my console to grab some games before the end, I thought it would be nice to share a little story.

Setting the stage:

Picture this: You are twelve, facebook is still the cool place to be online, and you just discovered you love video games, more especifically, you love Zelda. You just played Ocarina of Time on an N64 emulator on your crappy family computer and the trailer of new Wind Waker HD is pure eye candy.

I want a piece of that Nintendo fun - You say to yourself. You start to browse online and you discover two things:
The first one is the value of money. With how devalued the currency of your country is, you simply cannot ask your parents to purchase a Wii U for you.
And the second is that the Nintendo 3DS is fucking cool (And a lot cheaper than a Wii U).

Does the 3D effect really work? - Your parents are concerned, your dad is a TV nerd, and every 3D television required glasses.
Of course! - You reply, confident in Nintendo's marketing - They wouldn't lie about that, it's Nintendo!

Thank you! Yes, you!

Hey ya, Heya here, Happy new year!

I want to start 2023's first blog post by saying: Thank you so much, really.

For what you may ask? Well, to put it very simply, for being around.
Last year, on March 13 I tweeted this image:

 

 

Every year I ask myself: Would I follow myself on Twitter? A question that might sound like something straight out of a marketing meeting where a bunch of boring men ask each other how they can "increase engagement" but to me this question is much, much more personal.

I make 100% of the things that are on my account, but do I like what I do?

Before I get to my point, allow me to go back in time and talk about how misguided I was when it came to understanding why I made art in the first place.

Story time: