unfinished swan
it seems I'm reminded every time I look at my bookshelf or my game collection that finishing things is not my strong point. this post itself is dangerously close to being cancelled, actually, but I'll press on. I've been reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy these days, and it's my second time reading through the first 1/2 of the book -- I started it a year ago and never finished. Same goes for... Ask the Dust, The Crossing, Crime & Punishment (that book's huge so I think that's forgiveable)... my game collection is more or less a heap of unfinished projects, as well.
I feel it's gotten to the point where each game/book is a worthy distraction from every other game/book -- they're all worth a play, they're all interesting and have something new to offer. throw the convenience and relative shortness of movies into the mix, and it's easy to see why nothing gets done. it's amazing how interesting everything sounds when there's a task at hand. just up to this point in this post, I've imdb'ed the cast of Princess & the Frog three separate times, as it's been on in the background and each new voice actor sounds like the most familiar voice I've ever heard.
creative endeavours of any kind are orders of magnitude worse, as my previous post might've shown. how people create things distraction-free is beyond me. I wish I could compare my unfinished work to Michelangelo's numerous unfinished statues, but... y'know. in the interest of finishing something, I'm going to wrap it up here...
I borrowed this post title from an upcoming game that looks rather fantastic. I'm very excited to play (and finish!) it when it comes out later this year. Here's a trailer:
and in continuing the "unfinished" theme, yet another unfinished music track:

