Talk:Wilderness/@comment-4332975-20130617233201/@comment-7706473-20130618081140

Thank you very much - high praise indeed, especially coming from you. On that note, Plato (and by extrapolation, the Neoplatonists) have a special place in my heart. Platonically, of course.

Oddly enough, I hadn't planned to make this my first story upon arriving back, but the idea sunk into my head while listening to some old gaming interviews from the 90's. I was struck how self-obssessed everyone seemed to be, as well as all the sensationalism going around (DO VIDEOGAMES KILL?!?!?!!! etc etc). Thinking the two could be kinda interesting, I stuck them in the blender and this came out.

... Just hypothetically, if I actually got my hand at making such a game, I'd want it to be equal parts Oregon Trail, Don't Starve, and perhaps most of all Gods Will be Watching. That actually gives me another idea, funnily enough.