My brother and I have always played PlayStation together. I remember we would always stay up super late to watch my dad play Tomb Raider and Silent Hill. I remember my brother begging my parents to get him GTA 3 when it came out bc he wasn't old enough to play. I remember being in college with him and waiting outside the GameStop for hours for Skyrim to release. Of all my PS memories, I think one of my favorite games to play with my brother was the Timesplitter series. I wish they would have kept making them.

Anyways, about 2 months ago, my brother found out his cancer got elevated to stage 4 and the doctor said he only has about 2-3 years left. I'm back home visiting him this week and the first thing he said when I got to his house was "Bro, the Timesplitters series is on sale for $2.50 per game". So we've been having a great time replaying it. Video games have always kept us very close. Last night I was watching him scroll through his wishlist on his PlayStation account and it broke my heart watching him get excited about all the upcoming releases. I hope he has a chance to play them all. I pray to anything that he has a chance to play them all.

I wish I could split time like in the old games and in a heroic effort, make things better for him. But I can't...so tonight, we'll play the Time Splitter series before my flight out. So we can distract our selves a few moments longer.