Why Certain Video Game OSTs Get Pirated

I wish I was kidding. But collector's item or not, it's shit like this that causes game soundtracks to be purchased and then easily accessible via little things like BitTorrent, Youtube and other P2P sharing services. I can understand certain content being sold at the discretion of the owner, who has every right to believe that what they're pawning off to the masses may have some influxed sense of value, but nobody in their right mind is ever going to pay $149.99 for something that can be had with a quick google search. 

It just isn't good use of money, which is already tight enough given that whole recession thing.

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A Somewhat Malaise

I've been stuck in a pretty bad video game writing rut for the past few months. It isn't that I haven't had the desire to play the monstrously large backlog of games I have that are a healthy mix of titles from across the spectrum - not to mention generations of gaming consoles. Seriously, I have Dreamcast games I'm still trying to find time to get through, not to mention that I dipped my big toes into Bulletstorm before having to allow any and all extra freetime I had to shift back to more pressing matters. Not that I'm complaining about those matters, just that I don't have a fraction of the time I really want to have because at the end of the day, I'm still at my happiest when I'm writing about a game after I've disected it into several hundreds of pieces - for better or worse.

Amidst fluctuated and, albeit satisfactory articles, I have noticed myself facing an almost existential crisis in regards to my thoughts and feelings on video games. I can feel myself almost slipping away from a medium that I've grown up loving with all my heart - it raises a question that I think everyone really faces when it comes down to making the choice between growing up or growing old.

While I can sincerely say that I'm always going to derive some form of enjoyment out of games, I suppose what it ultimately boils down to is whether or not I can face the question of whether or not I can continue to not just relish in my passion but share it with the rest of the world. While I think I can, I imagine the frequency will be somewhat lessened as time goes on and my responsibilities to alternate activities step up to fill the void that had until several months ago been expressly held by video games. 

Either way, I guess at the end of the day I can keep doing what I love and writing about that; come what may. 

After all, it's not like anyone reads this damn thing.