Talk:Putting the Years Behind Me/@comment-25021327-20141001192916

Well, I liked it pretty well :) All the spelling, grammar, pacing, format and style are in good order here. I think that the protagonist was pretty well developed and relateable. The descriptions all felt pretty good and detailed. Not being very familiar with the Paper Mario franchise, I couldn't entirely imagine all the visuals and sounds that were being described, but that didn't confuse or distract me from the rest of the story.

This is a story that warrants re-reading. I found myself going back through it after my first reading to try to see how the pieces were fitting together. There seems to be more to this piece than I'm picking up, which is intriguing, but doesn't affect the story adversely for me. I feel that some of the events/text in the hacked game are meaningful, while others are just odd little asides, but I'm not always sure which are which.

I am a bit confused about a few parts though. I'm still not entirely sure of Cameron's motives, and I suppose that answer may lie in just what Cameron is exactly. I was also curious about how things would have gone if the narrator had followed the instructions "only open when you reach your new life." To me the plane ride feels like it would be part of his old life, and the new life would begin when he arrived at his destination. But that might just be splitting hairs.

This was a well written and though provoking take on the Haunted Game genre. I wondered a little about how the game actually played on the laptop, was it an actual GC rom? Does the narrator have a GameCube emulator, or is it just a ported version of Paper Mario 2? I suppose it doesn't much matter. It was an enjoyable read that I'm glad I looked at.