I played a lot of LittleBigPlanet. Sure it was escapist to be a sackboy (or a sackgirl in my case). It was cooperative, because I wasn’t that good at jumping, not very good at smashing the buttons in the right order and understanding the spatial relationships in the level. And I actually got through many levels. I played with Naim, KPL and his gf…at varying degrees of success. I played with random people online. And even when Christmas came around, Chris dragged the PS3 to my parents’ house and we played there while my sister whined and moaned about me not actually spending time with her (hah!)

Today, I got the soundtrack to LittleBigPlanet on the PS3 (currently in the process of trying to figure out the music for LittleBigPlanet PSP). I listened to it multiple times as I was working (yes working during the holiday to save vacation for later, because I am so self-centered like that) and well…oddly enough even though it recalled nostalgia of the more innocent times of last year, it also recalled the frustrations. I remember an insane puzzle in the later levels…that required me to hang on to spinning wheels requiring accurate timing in jumping. I failed more than 20 times, falling to death on spikes or being squished by other wheels. And that would often make Chris die too because he would be off screen, waiting patiently for me.

I have to say that my favorite song is The Go! Team – Get It Together. It was the soundtrack to the first (and easiest) tutorial-like level. It was when I was discovering all the pleasures of the game. The fun of pushing boxes together and climbing them. And then grabbing hold of the donkey who would quickly drag me to the ending. And all the outfits.

Oh wait, I think it’s because the LBP Create trailer uses this soundtrack, showing how easy it is to make a level.

Oh yeah, here’s me from last year. There’s Chris in the background being a little too pleased.

I wish I could be my sackgirl for Christmas.