A positive thought from all this:
It struck me today how incredible it is that we're able to get ourselves out there to others across the world, nearly instantaneously and with minimal effort. Twenty years ago there would have been no Bombcast, no Giant Bomb website. Those guys would have had to self-publish a magazine, or do a public access TV show maybe a dozen people would see. Twenty years ago I would have shit my pants at the thought of being able to interact in real time with others who shared my interests, outside of the few people in my town I hung out with every now and then.
How lucky the young are, to be alive in this era. You don't really know it, but you are. What I wouldn't have given in 1993, back when I was 23 with loads of free time and boundless energy, to have access to something like a Kindle self-publishing, or to be able to spew my bullshit into a microphone for hours and share it with hundreds of other people with the press of a key. To have at my fingertips thousands of books, songs, movies, things I read about and wanted to experience but had no access to. I mean, I do some of that now, but time is so limited, and the timeline gets shorter every year. I'll never have enough time to play, or read, or see, or listen to, or write all those things which are only a click away right now. I'm not old, but I can see it from where I'm standing, so I'm a miser with the time I do have. I miss every moment I wasted. I wish I had them all back, because I'd know exactly what to do with them now.
So yeah, this is your time, kids. It's your show, your floor. It bothers me that it's really freaking some people out. Don't let this freak you out, let it light a fucking fire in your britches. Ryan Davis did exactly what he wanted, made money at it, and had fun doing it for over a decade using the tools of this era, whether he realized it or not. That's a good way to go out. Of course you could die tomorrow, but if you're doing what you love with people you love today then it really isn't much of a tragedy at all. Your time is limited, but what you do with it has no real limit.
I was having thoughts along a similar tangent today... it's funny, I don't really have any friends in the town I'm living in now. I'm here mainly for school and to help my worthless, money and hope sucking family out for another year. But, I bought a PS3, posted about it on FB and here, and several people have actually shipped me games. Which is really cool. It's kind of like having buddies loan you games to play, just like back in the day when I was a kid. Thanks for being awesome, internet webfriends. Social media and the power of the internets give us new ways to interact with people who have similar interests and passions, and that's really cool.
Unless you like stupid shit like Nintendo or furries, in which case get off my fucking lawn.
