I guess I should have played horror VR first

I'm very interested in the backrooms. This will be important momentarily. I was also very tired today, to the point where I could not get through all of my creative and technical blocks post-work. Idk why I was so tired considering that the CrowdStrike issue made work quite slow. I was falling asleep in front of the piano, barely did any sketching or writing, etc. I got on the hammock to read and almost conked out right then and there. 

I thought going to the Sabrina Carpenter VR concert seemed cool, but there were a ton of people around and I was told I was going to meet my concert buddy, or something. Due to all this I actually got quite a bit of social anxiety? So I dropped out after about 2 minutes. Lol. Social anxiety in the Metaverse; who would have thought. I need to do something about this, but then again I've always struggled with unstructured social events and I didn't realize how crowded it would be (I should have; Espresso is a banger even though it's played like 20 times a day). But also I was so exhausted that I thought it would be prudent to end my gaming block very early and get lots of rest. 

I also decided to play some backrooms VR. I stayed way too long in the introductory room though, because I knew the game had entities, and I was a bit of a chicken. At the same time, I knew it would get boring eventually if I just kept chilling in the entry room, so I went outside, then chickened out again and went back inside. 

I chilled for another minute and was going to go back out, but wait, what's that noise? 

And an entity found me. It was attempting to attack me and it somehow clipped through the door and windows, but nothing was happening to me. It was shrieking and reaching its long black tendrils at me. I ran to where I was safe and shut off the game. Why? Because I am a bit of a weenie, and also it was time to get ready for bed, but mostly because I am a bit of a weenie. I do really want to explore more of the backrooms, and the sound effects and liminality were very well done, so I'll play it again now that I'm warmed up. Maybe tomorrow. I mean, I like playing Lethal Company, so what's another layer of immersion? 

I also don't think I can die in the game, I mean the thing was lunging at me and hissing but that was really it. So, in the end there is nothing to fear. 

I'm kind of annoyed now though, because I went from feeling like I was going to pass out to being WIDE AWAKE. I'm still getting to bed early because I doubt it will last long, but still. I was getting very frustrated, feeling like I was wasting a Friday due to my exhaustion, and I suppose I was. But at least I learned a valuable lesson today: 

If you are tired, play backrooms VR with entities, and you will wake RIGHT ON UP. 

Hopefully, I will return to my regularly scheduled life programming with a full 8 hours of sleep tomorrow. 

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