I thought it would be apt to play Prey, seeing as I've just created a new account directly influenced by the game itself - more specifically, one of its main protagonists, albeit one who dies fairly early in the game. Again, I find myself concerned with the story of Tommy, a man simply driven by three objectives: finding his girlfriend, Jen, getting back to Earth, and - if he has time - saving the world and the wider human race in the process. I have to comment on the opening scenes of the game. A lot of it is just simple cardboard scene-setting, as Tommy takes in his mundane surroundings and converses with his grandfather, the wise old Injun who glows irritatingly with ancient, interior knowledge and mysterious content. Eventually, things get going and Tommy - his pride wounded - takes a wrench to the respective faces of two drunken rednecks making lewd comments about his girlfriend and bartender, Jen. Then, one of my favourite moments in gaming kicks in. Before the brawl with the two drunks over wounded male pride, I set the jukebox to play Blue Oyster Cult's 'Don't Fear The Reaper' (Prey features an impressive, but ultimately useless collection of licensed rock), before the spaceship rolls around to bathe Jen, Enisi, and Tommy in an ominous green light and subsequently levitate the trio into the ship's interior. This is possibly my favourite moment in gaming - hearing that particular song as I levitate towards the ship, parts of the bar surrounding me and the sound from the jukebox slowly fading. It's an oddly transcendental experience, one that is both ominous and calming at the same time.