Final Fantasy 7 inspired my views on anti-capitalism, anarchy, direct action, and was just such a thought provoking title for the time. Around the late 90s, I also discovered KMFDM, which is my favorite band with music that touches on similar themes.
I grew up poor, discarded, sometimes homeless. I loved arcades growing up. A place for community, art, and technology, all passions of mine.
Adulthood has been kinder to me and I've found modest material success in my life after much, much hardship.
I just wanted to share this as I feel triumphant and accomplished. This is likely going to be my most prized worldly possession, so I honor those that implanted the ideals so important to me today, and I would just like to share the artwork with the community. The idea is to represent the flow of time with the game as well as the music. Of course, an appearance by Anarchist Santa is a must. His works changed my life.
I appreciate the sentiment and clarity. He was my mother's cousins husband, but he treated me like a son right up to his death. NGL, it fucked me up good. But it made me take mental health seriously and now I'm writing a book about everything.
He was an awesome guy. A true forward thinker, for me into computers in the 80s through a love of games. Eventually I turned that into the career in Cybersecurity I have today. It wasn't easy. Homelessness, heroin addiction, abusive narcissistic parents who were Christian fundamentalists. He was more like a Frank Zappa kind of personality. He idolized Zappa and John Lennon. Truly a special individual, but he didn't take care of his mental health and in the end, it got him.
So I remember him and the foundation of my life that he laid. I owe him everything. He took me and my mother in when we fled from my father. Just truly awful stuff, my father the monster.
I have chapter 1 written. It's hard to dive into all of that, but it's necessary. It'll help people once it's all written and structured well.