greypanther wrote:...I miss the place and the gaming and now feel like trying to track them all down. ( Players. )
Do it. Don't go through life making up extra regrets for yourself - You'll already have plenty that it give you on its own.
Anyone got any stories of memories triggered unexpectedly?
All the time. We're naturally wired for stimuli responses, especially smells. It's one of the most basic associative responses, requiring no difficult pre-wiring (like music, colors, etc). There are smells that make me remember past girlfriends, filling me with a bit of warmth and not a little regret, then there are smells I don't want to talk about, that set me on edge. Certain sounds also trigger things, most of them in the not-good category, but a few that bring back pleasant memories still.
I have really strong object-recognition/memory stuffs. I can go through a drawer or box of junk and know what everything is, where it came from, what I last did with it, usually when I put it in there, etc... It doesn't matter if it's a screw, even. If I caused it to be there, I know.
Of course, remembering where I put something isn't helped quite so much unless I already have it in my hands...
Also makes me wonder how they manage to sell the enhanced edition on Steam too, for $ 14.99!
That's really easy to figure out - They're selling to people who are chasing after the memories they had when they first played the game. "Nostalgia" And, they're also chasing the people who have heard all the great things about it, but have never played it.
On music - As some have mentioned, some music makes me recall certain memories. But, they usually don't have as vivid of an emotional experience as smells and sounds for me. IOW, I remember when I heard certain music or used to listen to it and I remember events surrounding it, but I don't get upset, for instance, from hearing a particular piece of music that I listened to, over and over, when I was going through some emotional times with a girlfriend. I remember the events, but the heavy emotional quality isn't really there. But, smell an old girlfriend's perfume from a woman passing by me in a grocery store... THAT brings back a bunch of emotional squishy things.
That's one relatable event that happened to me last week - When pushing my grocery cart down an aisle, I came across the smell of the perfume that an old girlfriend used to wear all the time. BANG! Like, wow, right there in my face, here comes the memories... I must be a werewolf or something. I smoke, but my sense of smell is excellent. I have tinnitus, but my sense of hearing is outstanding. I can hear the tiniest noise on the other side of the house and can smell things that left a long time ago... That lady was already on another aisle far ahead of me. Guess she dosed herself up real good. (I can't stand that! It's worse at restaurants with people who have no compunction against dosing themselves up with perfume... Don't they have noses?)
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