![]() There were games before it - Dragon Warrior - that had a similar impact and style. In Final Fantasy, you walked out side of a castle, and there was a world to explore. Mario 3 let us explore and find secrets, sure, but we mostly ran left to right. Not just a new adventure, but THE new adventure. But to me, and many others young boys and girls, this was our new adventure. This may seem a bit dramatic now, looking at Final Fantasy I and its 8bit world and bleep-bloop soundtrack. This was the in the well of my imagination. Then my teenage neighbor kid wanted to buy a skateboard and sold me his NES - his loss. The fantasy life was about to return. Those eventually filled my lust for discovering a deeper, more interconnected world. This was before I found Star Trek, or Sagan's Cosmos - or sadly, religion. But I was just a lad, so let's give me a break. As a Science enthusiast and Skeptic, I understand the truth is more important than pleasant narratives. The enchanted years of my young childhood were over. ![]() My illusion was rather forcefully dispelled. There had to be Elves there right? There were not. When I went camping with my father, he would let me hike alone among the giant Northern California trees. I used to sit under the willow tree hoping its roots would move like Ol' Man Willow's. ![]() I was living in a deep fantasy world, always looking around in the fields and wilderness near my house for clues of Middle Earth. My father told me those books were the ancient history of Earth, and until that moment in second grade, I had no cause to doubt it. ![]()
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