Apr 23, 2016
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So I went back and did a full replay of Tales of Symphonia and realized how thickly this game informed who I am today. But there weird part is that I had no recollection of it, and wasn't particularly passionate about this game when I talked to friends.

I described it all here, and also waxed about the philosophic significant of using nostalgia as a tool:

Anyone else have an experience of playing a game and realizing that it basically defined you as a person? XD