I don’t THINK there are any SPOILERS in this post, but read at your own risk. You’ve been forewarned.
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1. Kevin and I are going to listen to the podcasts through out the day.
2. I would LOVE to create music for this whole project.
3.
HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY SHIT BALLLLLLS.
I did not “Ascend” last night, BUT, I made many allies. Not sure where they really stand. Not sure where I stand right now. I am completely mind blown. I’m glad I stalked TTE all day yesterday. It paid off. I was able to give my partner a crash course and we took turns reading Addison’s diary to one another. I finished reading the last page as we pulled in to the parking lot.
I will say that I don’t think we would have gotten half as much out of the experience if we hadn’t done our homework. That is saying a LOT though, because, either way it was most definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience something so unique in this medium.
I immagine I would have felt completely overwhelmed if I had to piece together all the information and make sense of what was going on for myself. Though, I doubt the family on a halloween outing really cared to dive in that deep. For them, I’m sure the experience was just as absolutely exhilarating- not knowing what could happen next or who any of these people were.
Like I’ve said, though, I would have been distraught in that confusion, feeling like I wasn’t quite getting the whole picture… and there is SO much to absorb.
I’ll go in to more detail in another post about the specifics of our experiences, as not to give anything away, but I have SO many more questions. I really do feel like I have a completely different grasp of the “game” (as it were) having gone through processing, and after interacting so intimately with all the characters.
I was thrilled to see some faces I expected, and see others who’s names I recognized from my research. It very much felt like an alternate reality.
For all it’s worth, we have one thing, collectively, to say about the overall experience: we didn’t quite understand where the boundaries were. It was hard to discern at which points you have “free will” or the “choice” to make as a character. Because there were allusions to running, toward the end I kept looking for signs to do so and looking for direction as to what to do and where to go if I did. I was afraid of getting ejected from the game, and I would have died if it ended prematurely. So, I definitely kept my toe on the line, relishing every moment of the experience.
The ending was a bit anti-climactic (as we were sure this was a ploy- the game wasn’t over…). We knew the end of the ascension was near, but we were waiting for a prompt. We didn’t realize what was happening when it was til after, and we were like… oh…
It was still AMAZING, but it didn’t feel finished. … but I suppose it isn’t.
