I can't write about the Walking Dead. It took me a year to finally finish that game [Season 1] on PS3. My boyfriend loved it and wanted to see me play it. So I started. I got through Episode 3 and then I just stopped.
During last winter (LAST WINTER), I played for seven straight hours on PC. This was great because I was working from home but there wasn't a lot of work to do (don't worry, I only charged them for the time I was working). It also led to my brother getting into the series.
Finally this summer I was able to sit down and play through the ending. I think that feeling of needing to finish probably diminished my emotional investment. So I didn't cry. (For reference on my ability to cry at things that happen on tv, etc.: I cried watching the penultimate episode of the Office today. This is like the third time I've gone through the entire series.)
Last week, Jesse bought Season 2. He started playing it that day and that first episode was pretty heart-wrenching. Since I watched him play two episodes, I started with Episode 3 on Saturday. I still gave myself that feeling of needing to finish. I seem to be that way with games and sometimes tv shows or movies, ...meetings, plays, parties. So I guess, as with many other things in my life, I just need to slow it down and focus on enjoying where I am--in this case, in the story.
