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Unexpurgated Notes On Firewatch

Unfinished sympathies

I hadn't planned to write anything particular about Firewatch as I'm busy getting everyone killed in XCOM 2 at the moment, but I've spent a couple of evenings with it (note: my evenings start at 8pm and end at 10pm, because I am an indentured servant to a toddler, so please don't interpret that as some commentary on the game's length) and ancient habits mean I take notes just in case. Here are those notes. N.b. in addition to contextless rambling, this piece contains several theories which may or may not be spoilers: I haven't finished yet, so I don't actually know.

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