Definitely looking into doing a physical release -- we may have to wait and see if there's a bit more demand, but it's something we want to do

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown was really great

Of course, this is a roller coaster I'm talking about. I'll live. This is a part of being a fan of such an ephemeral form of entertainment. Here's hoping TT2 isn't dead in the water so that I can experience one of these strata coasters in some form.

So hearing that the sudden rumors were true and that Ka did in fact close without an announcement stings particularly hard. If it had just one more season, I could have bit the bullet and checked it off my list, but now it's gone for good.

Ka was the #1 coaster in that book that got me into this hobby, and thus was very high on my wishlist. As of just over a week ago, I finally have a job with a mix of stability and time off that might allow me to start making treks to these places I've studied pictures of since I was a kid.

I always dreamed of traveling around and checking rides off of my bucket list, but I've never really had the time or money to make good on that. I've been lucky enough to make a few trips to new parks, but those have mostly been right time, right place scenarios.

One of the reasons I got into roller coasters as a kid was this crappy book I got at a book fair just called "Top 10 Roller Coasters," and while the list itself is not exactly definitive (Son of Beast is on it), it introduced me to the idea that there were parks with these insane rides all over.