ps:t

i have finished my replay of the second greatest video game of all time, planescape: torment, the game which asks, what can change the nature of a man?

Long ago I heard and heeded Ravel's Riddle and found an answer different from that of The Nameless One. Or rather, it was the same. I found what could change the nature of a man.

i take great pleasure in the acknowledgement and belief that a video game was pivotal in changing my life.

and if i've learned anything from ps:t, it's that belief can change the nature of a man, which won't spoil much for you, dear reader, since you, dear reader, are as unlikely to play ps:t as you are likely to have read the spoilers in wikipedia.

me, shortly before ps:t:

me, last week:

notice, in one of these photos i'm chubsky and forcing a smile. in the other i've drained a beer, i'm about to eat a cake, i'm sporting a magic beard, and i've got a happy fiancee holding my hand.

you do the math.