A Home For My Head

This post is full of SPOILERS for Gone Home. If you just want my verdict read the Last Para. I recently started clearing out some of the backlog that I have built in my PS4 library. I started off by finishing of Tales from the borderlands & Walking Dead: Michone just to get some bling in my trophy cabinet. Then I had planned to start Life is Strange for another easy platinum trophy but before starting it I looked at gone home's trophy guide which said everything could be done in 40 minutes, and I was sold. I had no idea what the game was actually about I thought it must be a cheap horror title with bad graphics and cheap scares, but how wrong was I. Trust me I am glad that I was wrong as what it actually was, was just so damn beautiful and actually a treat to go through, I played it once for the trophy for 10 minute playthrough but then I came back to listen to all of the Journals spread throughout the house of our Protagonist: Katie, who has came back home to her home ...

In February 2012 I hooked up my brand new mint ps3 to the TV & started playing one of the greatest games ever made: Uncharted 2 (Courtesy of Mr. FullPawar who lent me the game) fully intent on burning through the story mode as fast as I can, while enjoying the story but not sparing a second thought on collectibles or trying different weapons or anything but in the middle of the game I heard a sound "plink!", turns out without even knowing I had earned a PSN trophy, a bronze one called 'Cadet Fortune Hunter', I wasn't sure what to make of it first it was a digital accomplishment more like a Facebook 'like' not anything real, right? Little did I know that little trophy will completely change the way I played games suddenly what used to be a sprint from starting a game till completing its story mode became a project, a project that gave me a whole lot more satisfaction than just seeing the end credits roll, getting that elusive Platinum became the driv...