I loved this piece, Benny! I found that I feel the same way when I replay old video games. In fact, I used to use FFX and FFXII as escapes for a difficult childhood situation when I was a kid, too. My mom used to comment on why, if I was so into video games, would I play the same game over and over again.
I wrote about the same thing here, and I love that someone else can resonate with it:
