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In 1997, when I was but 23 years old, I was a very angry person. I destroyed my own social world. I hurt a lot of people emotionally, financially, and physically. I was a violent, unstable bully. Most of my family never forgave me and none of my friends ever did. Now I'm just a lonely old man whose life is still lonely and cold and gray because I completely nuked all my social connections 30 years ago.

During this time, Final Fantasy VII was my main source of happiness. Christmas 1997 was really painful for me. I tried to go to the family Christmas party, where my parents met me on the front porch and told me that I wasn't allowed inside the house. I didn't have a family anymore, so I went home to the tiny trailer I lived in at the time and played FF7. Spending time with everyone in the game made me feel a lot better. They were my new family.

I moved out of the trailer and into my own home in 2001. But I play FF7 at least once a year. It was there for me during my darkest years and will always be my favorite videogame.