There was a time when I said I couldn't
cook and I'd hear from all kinds of people “Oh cooking's easy,
anybody can cook!” It's true, anybody can boil water, preheat an
oven, and add various meat & vegetables to make something edible.
But is it wonderful? I suppose what I meant when I said I couldn't
cook was that my heart wasn't in it, therefore the food I made was
nothing to write home about.
Guild Wars 2 is soul food. Every
character, landscape, interface page, piece of dialog and sea
creature that is found within the game, bears with it the love &
passion of it's creators. The game is beaming with the type of
innovation that can only come from free minds. Minds driven to give
birth to a reflection of everything that's made them who they are,
blessed in the opportunity to do so.
My praise may seem like a little much
to some, but I believe anything that inspires good will deserves such
praise. ArenaNet is not simply making a game, they're creating a
healthy community. Such directive was evident in the company's blogs
and Twitter post, but became a natural state of being when playing
the game. People helped people, we fought together, we overcame
obstacles and we lost some battles. Looking back I realize I wasn't
playing the game, but experiencing it.
Like in the way that frozen food will
never compare to Mom's lasagna, ArenaNet has given us a taste of
something you can't get anywhere else.
-InstaBayne
A special thanks goes out to ArenaNet
for making such an amazing game, their community team for their
resilience, and my wife for putting up with my 3 day “absence”
during beta. :)
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