Ridiculous Frustration

I am here to admit that I often make the same stupid mistakes over and over--this is completely applicable to real-life and gaming.  Maybe it's slight insanity, who knows.  My latest gaming related mistake has been rabidly following the release date of episode two of the TellTale series Tales From the Borderlands.  If you've been following it and have experience with the previous TellTale games then you're probably kicking yourself.

My brain told me not to buy Tales from the Borderlands until the entire series had been released but my heart jumped after I saw a trailer and it looked really funny.  Then my brain realized that the whole series was currently on sale!  I snapped it up like a hobo snaps up a slimy wine bottle from a dumpster.  I wish my monkey brain had waited.  TellTale has a less than stellar record of releasing things when they promise and that those things will actually function the way that they are supposed to.  If you are deluding yourself, much like I did, you should read this enlightening article about TellTale's non-impressive record through several very popular series ("A Chronicle of Buggy, Broken Telltale Games 2012-2015").

Why did I jump in only to spend way too much time searching for theoretical possible release dates?  How did I not learn?  I was really excited a couple of weeks ago because I had read one of those possible dates and was looking forward to spending a couple of hours guiding Rhys and Fiona through their next set of adventures.  Steam booted up and I expected to see an update happening...but lo and behold, no update.  Ruined!  A release date that was originally in January was pushed back to mid-February, then late February, and now sometime in March.  It makes me wonder if TellTale has their hands in one too many cookie jars.  You have the Game of Thrones series and Tales from the Borderlands both demanding their time.

I know this is sheerly psychological and stupid.  People fill message boards with rants like "OMG RELEASE EP2!!!RAAAGE" and it's silly.  One poster on the game's Steam forum brought up a great point to all the whiners (me included)--if you're unhappy you should just wise up and buy the whole series after all the episodes have been released.  That way you don't have to wait for release dates that seem to be vague estimates of general game readiness and most of the horrible, game breaking bugs that seem to pollute many TellTale games have been fixed.

If I was even remotely smart and stopped behaving like a five year-old on Christmas morning, I wouldn't be staring forlornly at my computer and silently cursing TellTale.  Now excuse me while I go look for a release date.