So among my friends it is widely known that I'm a big fan of a select few video game series. One of them is The Elder Scrolls. I've been a huge fan since Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Well this month they released a new one. Number 5. It takes place in the spine of the world. Skyrim.
I'm participating in Nanowrimo. I'm a college student. I've got home work, I've got no time for video games, and I barely care about video games anymore, but Skyrim looks amazing. I want to play it. I feel a strong desire to put that notch in my belt. I know I must resist. My girlfriend Amber decided to be a sweetheart and buy me a copy of this game. She knows how broke I am, and that I'd probably not get the chance for a long while. She is amazing, but at the same time she brought me the ultimate temptation. I did the only thing I could do. I took it from her, and hid it.
Now it's been a couple of days, and I can sense it. I look across the room and I can see the place in which it is hidden. It's like I can see its outline within the wood of the cabinet. I can feel it there. I want to look at it. Hold it in my hands, look at the cover, then open it up and check out the map. But I know that if I go that far, I'll take it to Jonboy's house and he and I will both quit writing our novels and instead we'll take turns playing it until he loses his job or I get kicked out of college for drawing pictures of mammoths everywhere.
So it sits. It stays. It remains hidden, and each moment of each day that passes I can feel it sitting right where it is. Even when I'm not here I know that it sits there. I can see it there. It haunts me. The ultimate temptation. Like a brick of heroin to a junkie. I'm doing my best to resist. I will not play it before december 1st. I'm sure its only a matter of time before I look at it. Give me strength.
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