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title: "ACTUALLY, JUST A WART"
date: 2004-06-08T10:21:00-07:00
author: Tim Schafer
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# ACTUALLY, JUST A WART

June 8th 2004

Okay, I said it was a WART. Not a METAPHOR. Geeze. Some people have been speculating that I my wart updates are actually codified messages about the Excellent Game Psychonauts, but instead of saying "The Excellent Game Psychonauts," I have been saying, "This dead wart on my pinkie." Don't you people realize that there are SEVERAL substantiative differences between the Excellent Game Psychonauts and a dead wart on my pinkie? I mean, I can't think of any right now on the spot like this--I'm not a doctor!-- but I'm sure there are some.Wait, hold on. Using a computer, and SCIENCE, I have managed to fake up the following chart:  
**Dead Wart on the Tip of my Pinkie****The Excellent Game Psychonauts**DeadWill never dieLives at the tip of my left pinkie fingerLives in the hearts of children, everywhere, young and oldGetting soggy under a band-aidNOT getting soggy under a band-aidHanging on by a shred of fleshHanging on by a shred of fleshMassively multiplayerSingle-player onlyAt night, writes down instructions on a notepad by my bed, which I must follow in the morning.At night, parties.*fig. 1 - Very Different Entertainment Experiences*

I'm so excited for my little pinkie pal. Soon, he'll peel off and go forth into the world! I wish he could stay on the tip of my pinkie forever, changing into all kinds of magical colors: White, blueish-yellow, brown, dark brown, black, white again!Some people have implied that I'm babying him by not just tearing him off with my teeth and spitting him out the car window. But I don't see any reason to rush it. Soon, little Buster, as I call him, will be gone forever, and I'll miss him.I've begun to make little outfits for him to wear. I made a little sailor suit, and a fireman costume, and a superman cape. And a nice sports blazer he can wear on job interviews or on really fancy dates. My little man.*sniff*

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## Associated games

[Psychonauts](https://www.doublefine.com/games/psychonauts "Psychonauts")