This story begins with a game called Scribblenauts that I talked about earlier this year. I’m excited for the game Scribblenauts to come out. I was so excited that I made a Scribblenauts image the background wallpaper of my computer monitors at work.
I work in an open pit setup, where one my co-workers (Brice) sits right behind me. Every once in a while, Brice would turn around and ask about my Scribblenauts wallpaper. I would reply that I was excited about the game. He would ask if it was out yet, and I would reply that it wasn’t coming out until September (which, now, has finally arrived). He would say something to the effect of, that’s so long!, and appear to be frustrated.
I like Brice and didn’t want him to be frustrated. So I started something new: I started changing my desktop wallpaper to be about a game that was coming out that very week. This way, when Brice asked me about it, I could get him excited by letting him know that the game was coming out in a matter of days (or, later in the week, that it was out right now)!
This past Monday, I was scanning this week’s releases when I came upon an indie game about falling called AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity. I made it my wallpaper and proceeded about my day.
Because it was a PC game, I downloaded a demo of it later that day. I played the demo. I loved it. The sensation of speed and danger when falling, the quick gameplay, the overly clever level titles, the overall indie feel that it exuded without weighing the gameplay down with any pretention. It was delicious.
So, I bought it. I had discovered it looking for a cool wallpaper based on a joke that had come about because of Brice’s impatience on the release of a DS game I’m excited about. I don’t think I ever would have found it otherwise. I’m very glad I did.
Odd how that works.