Strange how a seemingly immeasurable amount of time can pass and yet something from the past can seem so oddly familiar that it feels like you just experienced it yesterday.

It's 2001 and I'm an awkward 13 years-old. I distinctly remember getting excited about the ffx trailer for the console that I was saving my hard-earned yardwork money towards ($5/hr). Sitting in my grandparent's office, watching Tidus sliding along a cable in this crazy colorful world only reinforced all of the wonder and excitement I felt while fantasizing about the soon-to-be-mine PlayStation 2.

I bought the fatboy console. I bought the game with the outrageously dressed blonde boy on the cover. I fell in love and 100� it. Even got all of Kimahri's blue magic abilities. The game came at the right time in my life. I was so immensely in love with it all and Uematsu's music broke my heart without my even knowing of his existence. To this day, I falter when I try to describe my experience with FFX. It isn't a perfect game, by any means, but I can say that it is a significant and beautiful thing.

Now we have an HD remake and, more significantly, a Nintendo Switch release. I'm noticing a lot of Youtube analysis videos (mostly positive) popping up all of a sudden and I can't help but smile. Kids 10 years younger than me and more are witnessing the damn game. I'm so happy that people are playing it. I'm so genuinely happy.

Reddit, like other sites, can be negative as fuck. I'm simply posting this to reach out to some of you in hopes of good conversation on a mutual love. Life is too short and I love to talk to people with similar experiences to my own.