I had a very SCARY incident the other day (think the hands busting through the boarded window in Resident Evil 2) and it has given me a heads up. Display not included! *ba dum tss*
So, my family and I were driving home from work the other day and my mind was plagued with thoughts of Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls (see what I did there with PLAGUED...). I am very close to getting all the achievements. Obviously...now you can tell that I have an Xbox, more specifically an Xbox One and before all you playstation lovers *cough* fanboys *cough* (just kidding) and the majority of my friends leave the blog NEVER to return. It should be said that I AM A PLAYSTATION GUY. I've owned a PS1, PS2, PS3 and even borrowed a VITA for an extended period *proud smile*. Unfortunately I am also A POOR GUY and last Christmas this poor playstation guy could only afford the $350.00 Xbox One bundle.
"DUDE... the PS4 bundle was just $50.00 dollars more"
This I know but I needed to get a next gen system and time was running out and I didn't have the extra money and a select few convinced me to get it (more on them in future posts) sssooo Xbox One it is and until I: 1. save up $400.00 2. Win the lotto or 3. Someone (I'm looking at you SONY) has pity on me I will be playing most of my games on Xbox one. (ANYONE willing to donate to the cause will be memorialized on the blog and will also have my undying gratitude and appreciation for the rest of our lives) But I digress.
Currently I'm missing 3 achievements: the "Combine Gems" achievement, the "Kill Mhagda" achievement (after running through the story mode at least 4 times... I'm still not sure why I don't have these yet) and the "Complete 500 Bounties" achievement (which is taking WAY longer than I anticipated).
So there I was driving my compulsory 45km/hour while planning the most efficient and least time consuming way to get those bounties done. There was a parked car in-front of me so I turned on my indicator to let the world know that I was gonna avoid said parked car. Next thing I know, there's this uber loud VROOM coming from behind me. I quickly glance into my rear view mirror to see this dude rapidly approaching. Now his car wasn't all that new and you could tell it was pushing itself very hard to try and get up to the speed that the driver (who I think is probably very good at Grand Theft Auto) wanted it to get up to. THIS DUDE decided that he could overtake me while I was avoiding the parked car. There wasn't any traffic in the oncoming lane so dude was like "I GOT THIS!!!" and started the following chain of events.
I put on indicator and turn out into oncoming lane, dude hits the accelerator and tries to overtake me as I do so, dude hits a POT HOLE the size of a kitchen sink (probably the same depth as well), dude gently nudges my car with his, dude loses control of his car for a split second and jumps the curb, dude's car scrapes against a wall, dude regains control of car and gets back onto the road, dude's tire blows out and causes him to lose control again, dude swerves wildly in the middle of the street going back and forth from lane to lane, dude veers off to the side and hits the other curb, then grazes a second wall, gets back onto the street and comes to a screeching halt. Meanwhile everyone in my car was deathly silent and had eyes the size of JRPG characters.
All of this happens in about 4 seconds and as I'm watching it play out, the only thing running through my mind over and over and over was "Grand Theft Auto 3 turns into Burnout Paradise." Time seemed to slow down and I could catch details of things that seemed surreal. Sparks from the bottom of the car as it hits the curb, the smell of burning rubber and hot brakes, the baritone blub blub blub of the blown tire hitting the road, the ache in my fingers from gripping the steering wheel. The dude was OK... shaking up but OK and I was calm, cool, collected and choking on adrenaline.
Now, I have said all of that to say this. SHIT HAPPENS and this gamer has had one of those "EUREKA" moments (think dodge roll INTO not AWAY FROM The Rotten in Dark Souls 2). Be thankful that you're alive (to play more games today) and tell the ones you love that you love them (while you competitively kick their ass)!!! THAT WAS NOT CLICHED FILLER TEXT. I MEANT IT!!! --> NOW GO DO IT!!! Life has no respawns or resets or round twos. Its ONE TRY then GAME OVER!!! Make the best of it while you can!!!
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