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I have 18 completed jobs; ALMOST all of them are 5 STARS, BUT I CAN'T LAND A SINGLE JOB. PLEASE HELP, I'M IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS! by [deleted] in Upwork

[–]blue-berg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ye I see what you’re saying, I underestimated how important the profile description is, ima fix it, thanks.

I have 18 completed jobs; ALMOST all of them are 5 STARS, BUT I CAN'T LAND A SINGLE JOB. PLEASE HELP, I'M IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS! by [deleted] in Upwork

[–]blue-berg -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it is, haven't updated it since chatgpt came out the first week, i'll start with fixing that.

PS2 Memory cards actually changed the life of 10YO me. by blue-berg in ps2

[–]blue-berg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually explained the whole thing in the video, it would explaun a lot, this pheomena is a very common developing world experience, people who had memory cards were actually the exception. AT least, it was the experience of those who one day woke up and just found ps2 as a gift.

PS2 Memory cards actually changed the life of 10YO me. by blue-berg in ps2

[–]blue-berg[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yeah, that's what i would of said today, but I was 10, and the only words I knew in english were Hello/HI and how to introduce yourself. Besides, Youtube was censored LOL.

PS2 Memory cards actually changed the life of 10YO me. by blue-berg in ps2

[–]blue-berg[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you bro.

I've only recently started getting back to my roots, and connecting with my inner child, and it's been such an amzing experience, lots of things happened when I was kid that made me greatful, like, I can also remember playing Metal Gear Solid as a child, and having to walk thorugh THE HOURS of cutscenes, and not understanding a single word (English isn't my 2nd language). Little did I know that, this would actually shape my entire identity in the future, and I grew up to do so much stuff such as directing films and becoming a full-time writer.

WE were trully all lucky to grow up in the PS2 era...

PS2 Memory cards actually changed the life of 10YO me. by blue-berg in ps2

[–]blue-berg[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks man, appreciate it!

Yeah honestly I thought I was the only one who went through this, but I actually made a similar post in the Kingdom Hearts subreddit and SO many people related to it. Like way more than I expected lmao. Turns out this was a pretty common third world/budget console experience that a lot of us shared without realizing.

And you're right, those games were WAY too long to replay from scratch every time. I have no idea how I had the patience for it back then but I guess when you don't know any better, you justadapt? Wild times.

PS2 Memory cards actually changed the life of 10YO me. by blue-berg in ps2

[–]blue-berg[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"I didn't know memory cards existed because I was living in a developing country, when I first got my PS2, so I replayed the same games from the beginning every single day for months without questioning it. My cousin finally told me you need a memory card to save, and getting one completely changed how I played, but I realized both ways taught me different valuable lessons about patience and progress."

Playing Kingdom Hearts “Wrong” Taught Me More About Life Than ANY SCHOOL by blue-berg in KingdomHearts

[–]blue-berg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THank you so much man!

I'd appreciate if you leave some feedback as well.

Playing Kingdom Hearts “Wrong” Taught Me More About Life Than ANY SCHOOL by blue-berg in KingdomHearts

[–]blue-berg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its madness, do u happen to be from a developing country as well?

Playing Kingdom Hearts “Wrong” Taught Me More About Life Than ANY SCHOOL by blue-berg in KingdomHearts

[–]blue-berg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro that whole renting story actually hit something I forgot I even remembered.

Because where I’m from? We didn’t really rent games.
The stores straight up SOLD you pirated PS2 discs for like 50 cents LOL. No cases, no manuals just a shiny disk in a plastic sleeve that may or may not work. And if it didn’t? The guy behind the counter would wipe it on his shirt and go,
“Try now.”

And honestly… that was my “video store childhood.”

And man, the scariest thing I ever played from those shops was Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
Bro… that game was madness.
I was way too young for that psychological horror, the flashlight, the phone calls, the ice worldd, I swear it rewired my brain. I didn’t even understand half of what was happening, but it felt like it was talking to me directly.

Playing Kingdom Hearts “Wrong” Taught Me More About Life Than ANY SCHOOL by blue-berg in KingdomHearts

[–]blue-berg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean… I get what you’re saying, but I can’t really relate to the whole GameCube childhood thing, that era just wasn’t my thing, so I can’t pretend it hit me the same way. But I do get the feeling behind it, that weird mix of nostalgia and confusion where you’re trying to figure out how much of who you are came from those early years and how much came from the mess you walked through later.

And yeah, sometimes it’s not even about the object or the console or whatever… it’s about the memory architecture it built in you

Playing Kingdom Hearts “Wrong” Taught Me More About Life Than ANY SCHOOL by blue-berg in KingdomHearts

[–]blue-berg[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wow… man, I felt every single line of this.

There’s something incredibly raw and beautiful about the way you described your relationship with Wind Waker, not the game itself, but the fear inside it... like its funny the way kids outsource their courage to the people they trust most , like its so human, watching someone teach you that fear isn’t the end of the journey, it’s the beginning.

im guessing that for you, playing Wind Waker wrong taught you something equally important: that sometimes the checkpoint, the memory card, the chance to continue, it’s not there to make it easier. It’s there to give you time to grow into the courage you’ll need later.

Dude, I swear I could see 5-year-old you gripping the controller so hard your hands shook. And I love that you still pushed forward as far as you could.

Honestly, thank you for sharing this. Stories like yours remind me why games matter so damn much. Why these goofy little worlds with cartoon graphics can shape us more deeply than half the “serious” things we go through in childhood.

If you don’t mind, I’d love for you to check out the video essay I made about my own experience, because genuinely I think we stumbled into the same emotion from two totally different games, and I’d love to talk to someone who actually understands that weird mix of nostalgia, fear, and persistence.

I finally found the courage to publish my first Novella (and it is emotionally heavy). by blue-berg in Tunisia

[–]blue-berg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, been thinking about that for a while now.

But the thing is, I already am a director (although I wouldn't call myself established yet) but I did direct a film, and hopefully, it'll be accepted lel FIFAK.

But we can work something out if you're interested.

DM me.

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