I wonder if I can type this while listening to a Fallout 4
video on Youtube? I don’t think I need to concentrate too hard since this isn’t
an academic paper. I’m also wearing my ear phones so I don’t wake Kristi up.
However, wearing ear phones can induce ear pain so I don’t want to wear my
earphones for too long. I’m also propped up on some pillows and my neck is kind
of bend forward and creased, which may cause phone-neck. All those things
aside, I think this is a decent little set up to talk about The Original
P.W.A.H and how it can treat ear pain and ear pain related conditions.
Hmmm watching Youtube makes me think that getting the perk
that allows you to see the enemy’s level and weaknesses is a good idea. Although
is it a good idea? Will it make the game feel more ‘gamey’? Do I want to know
the level of the characters I’m fighting or will that end up being a pain and
breaking the immersion? If I see that they are level 6 and are susceptible to
ear damage then I could shoot them in the ear, steal all of their pillows and
force them to suffer the misery that many people out there are suffering from
right now. Ear pain when sleeping is no joke and to have it replicated in a
game is taking fidelity to a new level. Bethesda, I salute you.
Well, now the guy that I’m watching and listening to on my
ear phones is saying that he’s glad he got that perk. I guess that’s because he’s
at the beginning of the game and needs all the help he can get. He’s also
playing on ‘survival’ difficulty which is insanely difficult. I’ve now bumped
the level up to ‘Very Hard’ and I’m going to stick with it. If I can’t progress
being a certain point I’m not going to cheese the difficulty down, I’ll simply
find a less difficult fight elsewhere. This way I get the most out of the game
since I do feel good playing on a higher difficulty.
I’m also going to keep an eye out for items for my base. I
will certainly find some pillows for the beds because all my settlers must have
terribly sore necks and painful ears sleeping on such a hard bed. I don’t think
there will be any pillows with a hole in the game however even if ear pain has
been so faithfully modelled.
Speaking of The original P.W.A.H, I haven’t heard from
Mumsintheknow Macclesfield yet. We’re looking for more local ladies to help
make our pillows, http://www.thepillowwithahole.co.uk/page/howitsmade As seen in the link I just posted. I paid for the advert, but I have yet to get any interested
people. I will check to see if the website owner has done any social media
shout-outs because that is when people tend to see the advert for the pillows.
I’ll do that now actually, or rather I will email her to find out.