A few months ago I was visiting friends. Our Uber drove underneath a 30ft billboard with a baby holding an iPhone while my friend was showing us games that he generated with AI. He asked me why I don’t use it, and something came loose deep down inside. That night in bed staring at the ceiling I had a feeling that was absolutely true unlike anything else I’ve ever felt. Mimiga Town from Cave Story was playing in my head, and I thought- Cave Story existed in one universe, and we exist in another. We couldn’t be farther from any planet or galaxy than we are from the universe Cave Story came from.
Innocence like that can never be expressed again.
I’m spinning, you’re spinning,
The world’s spinning and we’re laughing
And I’m charming, the devil’s charming
And we’re ruined but we’re building
And I’m selling and you’re counting
The world’s stopping but we keep going
And we’re ruthless and we’re cunning
And I’m heir to it all.
-Avalanche, Matthew Good