Farewell Geralt! Hello Geralt! Jammie Points!

Last Wednesday was an emotional stream. I finished Witcher 1. So many people told me to not even play it and it turned out to be one of my favorite games. I am one of those empathetic types that cries at stories - movies, books, games. I easily get immersed in the fictional universe and attached to the characters. I never want the stories to end and so always feel a sense of sadness at finales. This happened with the Witcher - even though I know there are two more games in the series for me to play.

As it happens, the ending of Witcher 1 also got more intense than earlier parts of the game and so I was displaying emotions other than sadness as well - as seen in the clip below.

When Immersion Goes Bad

This week's post is going to be shorter than usual. Before the end of the post, you will understand why.

Immersion is wonderful. I find it so easy to become immersed in media that sometimes I wonder if it is perhaps easier for me than the average person. I am the type of person who will get so into a book that if someone tries to talk to me it takes a moment for me to register where I am. I cry at movies and lose myself in stories and games. My imagination often runs wild. In response to a debate about the "magic circle" at the Meaningful Play conference one year, I told a room full of people I have my own private magic circle around me most of the time.

I love this about myself and more often than not, it's great. Occasionally though, it causes problems.