{"id":10487,"date":"2021-12-22T13:51:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T11:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/?p=10487"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T11:51:32","slug":"another-day-in-the-life-of-arthur-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/another-day-in-the-life-of-arthur-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Another day in the life of Arthur Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear diary,<\/p>\n<p>our last gig was a total failure and now we must hide like rats. Our current hideout locates in Beaver Hollow and I gotta say, I can\u2019t stand the place. That\u2019s why I try to spend as little time as possible there and focus my mind on something else. I decided to take a day off from the camp life and handle some business. It turned out to be a quite memorable day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I woke up early in the morning, dead tired as usual. In no time at all, I knew I had to get out of the camp, to spend some time in nature and clear my mind. I put on my legendary bear hat because I knew that the Pinkerton agents could be around lurking. I can\u2019t just walk around with no mask or covering clothing on so by using this ridiculous hat, the law will take me as another madman traveling around the country. And I must admit, I kinda like it. Micah, however, doesn\u2019t like it and he was very unambiguous when telling me that. His words mean nothing to me, so I completely ignored him.<\/p>\n<p>Karen was still drunk; she\u2019s been awake all night with a bottle in hand. Her breath reeked and I had to get as far as possible from that smell. I took my beautiful Arabian and rode away, galloping through the woods. I felt the wind howling through my body, fresh air was everything I needed. I was headed for Annesburg.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10489\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10489 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-1024x432.jpg\" alt=\"A male main character riding a white horse in a forest path\" width=\"1024\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-768x324.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-1536x648.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103185144-2-2048x865.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>I love my Arabian.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My original intention was to ride through Annesburg to Saint Denis, but when I saw the train at the station, I decided to buy the tickets and for once, give my horse some rest. The train was close to empty and when I first took my place, it hit. The luster of jewelry, hanging in that woman\u2019s neck was too much. When the train arrived at Saint Denis, I knew my chance had come. Quickdraw of the gun from the holster and a polite but straight question. I thought I was fast and unnoticeable, but I was wrong. The police of Saint Denis has eyes everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>My horse was traveling in the cattle wagon, so I quickly called her. The police saw me leaving the town but could do nothing. My Arabian was just too quick against their old nags. Good thing they spend all their budget on those blue uniforms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10490\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10490 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-1024x436.jpg\" alt=\"A male main character riding a white horse through a decaying village.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-1024x436.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-1536x654.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103192650-2-2048x872.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Isn&#8217;t she beautiful?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My next stop was at Rhodes. I like visiting there and had to deal some business. I sold the necklace I stole to a shopkeeper and had my guns cleaned at the gunsmith. I met an old civil war veteran who had lost his leg. I swear that I had never seen the poor guy, but he still recognized me. Must\u2019ve met him some time but couldn\u2019t put my finger on it. I also saw that guy who\u2019s always on the lookout for some Englishman called Gavin. His shouting can be heard all the way from the Heartlands. God, it can be annoying sometimes. I truly hope he finds his friend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10491\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-1024x427.jpg\" alt=\"The male character facing a bearded one-legged old man in front of a store.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-1536x640.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103191446-2-2048x854.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This guy needs a break.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I still wanted to wash up, so I rented a bathtub at the Rhodes Parlour House. I can\u2019t remember the last time I had a good bath. Hiding in the forest with dirty rats like Micah doesn\u2019t necessarily make you feel clean. When I left Rhodes, the sun had already started to set. The view was beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I met a lone camper in the Heartlands. He preached to me something about life and honestly, I had no idea what he said. There\u2019s too much going on in my own life and someone else\u2019s sob stories hardly make a difference to me. Besides, the moon shone brighter than ever, and it reminded me of the good old days. Therefore, I left the camper to enjoy the campfire and continued my journey towards\u2026unknown. However, because the weather was calm, I got an idea to go fishing. Just maybe the fish will bite so I can return to the camp with some actual food this time.<\/p>\n<p>I ran into this guy who gave me a strange look, just the same look Micah and Dutch give me nowadays. I might\u2019ve said something offensive to him and he drew his own conclusions, thinking I was about to rob him. He pulled out his gun and started shooting at me. I did what I had to. Not my proudest moment but getting killed by some random cracked idiot is not on the top of my priority list, at least not just yet. Still got things to do.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10492\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A male main character wearing a Wild West clothing shooting with a revolver \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194017-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Still got it.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Night &amp; next morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I arrived at the beach, it was already past midnight. I felt cold but still decided to try a couple of times to catch at least something. It was not a success. I was disappointed, but hey, that\u2019s life. Missing a good catch didn\u2019t really bother me since I had had a wonderful day away from the camp. In nature, I have a chance to cleanse my mind and just watch the world evolve, even though it means that dinosaurs like me and the whole Van der Linde gang will eventually get swept away. Maybe that\u2019s how it\u2019s meant to be.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10493\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A male main character fishing in a moonlight.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103194631-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>No luck this time.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10494\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A starry night in a valley surrounded by mountains.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103195446-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>I wonder who painted this&#8230;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I rode back to the camp against the night. It was already past 3 AM. Micah was the only one awake. I sat for a moment with him on the campfire and stared straight into his soul. Seeing that face day after day makes me want to retire from all of this. Wish that was possible but there\u2019s no going back and sooner or later all this will end on its own. How and when that happens, I got no idea. I\u2019m just trying to survive and take one day at a time. I should probably make trips like this more often; they seem to clear my head.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10495\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Two male characters sitting by the fire. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Red-Dead-Redemption-2_20211103200239-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>I don&#8217;t trust this guy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I went to bed and slept until noon. As I got up, Uncle was at the campfire. He asked me how I\u2019d been holding up. I didn\u2019t really have an answer, so I just mumbled something about helping the others. \u201cYou\u2019re a good man Arthur Morgan, a good man\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Uncle, but am I though?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This diary entry was based on the action-adventure game Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) by Rockstar Games.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos are screenshots taken by the author.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur Morgan is easily one of the most lovable characters in recent video game history. Red Dead Redemption 2 offers so much to do, and I hopped on the cowboy boots of this already legendary video game gangster for one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":10488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[247,246,1273],"class_list":["post-10487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-rdr2","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}