How many of us in this low, but lovely, world have finished Final Fantasy VII Remake, Rebirth, Like a Dragon, Persona 5 reload, Dragon's Dogma 2 when it's only April 19? And I'm talking about platinum-plated games without leaving anything out. So there you have it. You've got the answer. Does this mean that when I get home in the evening, I don't sit down at my desk and design new shoes? I have to confess that these days I isolate myself to shut myself away in wonderful worlds where I play at driving the destinies of heroes who depend on my actions, my choices and my ability to pull the triggers at the right moment.

In these games I've built cities, fought two-headed dragons, befriended awesome turtles and human Pokémons, built families, raised children whom I've taken to school, to kung fu classes or sent to other planets. All in all, I've spent no less than 500 hours on these 5 games. That's 100 hours per title. A heresy, some would say. A blessing, say others, who understand my amazement at these mad imaginations concentrated in gargantuan stories. And I did it in 5 months. It's crazy, that number 5 keeps coming up again and again in 2024.

So I built a whole bunch of things in these virtual worlds in which I forgot myself. And in which I forgot that I had a real family, with a real husband who snores (especially when he's drunk like a fish) and scratches his private parts at the end of the day. Real children who are at college and whom I haven't calculated during these five months. But what can I say, you have to indulge your passions. Do they think about me when they're with their buddies or watching basketball games on TV? Well, it's the same for me: I think only of myself, and I'm very happy about it.

For a long time, I was at the beck and call of these despots who gave me nothing in return, but since the appearance of these titles, which herald a new golden age of Japanese video games, I feel I've earned the right to do what I want with my free time, without giving it away to my family. For who is my family if not you? It's you who, every day, nourish me with your kind messages and who always push me forward, urging me to invent ever brighter models embellished with invigorating colors.

You're the people I should be living with. Buying a big house, the size of California, in which we'd all live together, drinking carafes of margaritas to the rhythm of meditation and yoga classes. Gathering around large tables to share our joy of being together after having eradicated men from our lives. It's a beautiful project that I'll leave in the depths of my imagination. Too many games made me want to push back the walls of reality. Don't blame me, I love you madly. Without it, I couldn't create the most beautiful shoes for you to glow in.

It's beautiful and good, so I'm sharing it with you :