Connor's Video Game Musings

I love the Max Payne trilogy. Whenever I'm feeling down or in need of some excitement, I boot up the original game and weeks later find myself viewing the credits of the third game with HEALTH's brilliant "Tears" playing. For some reason, it's one of the only series I enjoy playing back to back. All three games are short but amazing third-person shooters with excellent stories, and at the center of it all is Max Payne himself, a dark, brooding vigilante, like if the Punisher had more of a conscience. I want to explore what it is that makes these games tick, and why they stick out in my mind after so many playthroughs and so many hours poured into three short games. And what better way to start than with the original game? I can't remember exactly when I started playing Max Payne . All I remember is seeing various YouTubers examine the game, most notably Caddicarus's (Caddicarus'?) retrospective on the game. Looking back, he was pretty ina