So I was playing TimeSplitters2 yesterday and there's a game mode in multiplayer called Flame Tag. Works the same as regular tag, only the person who's it is on fire, and when they tag somebody else, their own flames go out and the other character becomes ablaze.
It hit me after a couple minutes of playing that I just miss playing regular Tag as badly as anything. I had to pause the game and just think back for a second to my elementary school days, where we had this massive, 3-floored wooden pirate ship for a playground and would have epic games of Tag there and around the rest of the schoolyard. I miss that and I hate the fact that I'll probably never get the chance to play another game of Tag, real Tag and not just humouring my kids or something, again. I hate that and I hate that this is just sort of a given about growing up and people don't stop to think... why do you have to give up Tag? On that note, I hate that they don't make bigger and bigger playgrounds for middle schools and high schools, and even worse that they're almost justified in not doing so because if they did they'd just be used as another spot to hide under and smoke pot.
****. I'm building a huge ****ing playground with tube slides and monkey bars and the works in my backyard when I have one.
