Another Day, Another Dollar
Its been a while since I posted anything meaningful ;P A few pictures from whatever online game I'm playing, or a few copypasted joke bulletins acquired from ....wherever. And then for a while, a slow loss of interest came over me. And so many of my friends have asked, "Where are you?". I'm still in the same place. My computer chair hasn't moved more than a few inches in any particular direction ;)
So anyway, I will summarize the goings-on ;P
Currently Playing : Fiesta Open Beta (yes, Fiesta again). Its a free game that is fairly well put together and still somewhat fun by yourself. In fact, its got some great anti-social features (IE, a special title earned for NOT speaking to anyone, the ability to "turn off the world" - all player shops, and player characters (and their spam) VANISHES, allowing you to roam through a lag free world with only the NPCs in it ;) Brilliant addition. Its amazing how many things you notice, that you never noticed before, when the world is turned off. Like a shark swinging back and forth from a pole, for example :
I play on Apoline (less crowded) though if I'd known about the antisocial feature, I guess I could have played on Teva. Ah well :P http://www.outspark.com
Also Currently Playing : Syrnia ( http://www.syrnia.com ).
This is a text-based browser game that is typically best to play while multitasking; everything in Syrnia takes a while to do, but you can do all the usual RPG like things - mine ore, go fishing, make stuff, fight stuff, etc. I wasn't that interested in first, but it grew on me ;P And I have a wonderful clan, Zetsumei. Stay tuned for updates on the Zetsumei website (in production, as it were.) Our forums are located here : http://zetsu.shadowfade.com
When I'm not playing? : I'm sleeping. Seriously. Or reading. I'm rereading Robert R. McCammon's "Swan Song" for the 50th or so time; simply a fascinating book about human nature, told in a very artful, clever, and saddening way - post nuclear America. My "at work" book that I leave here : Re-reading C.S. Friedman's "This Alien Shore," which is probably one of my all time favorite pieces of science fiction. Its just brilliant, I can't even begin to summarize. Read it. Now. Go.
Movies? Just re-watched "The Fountain" again (and again, and again). Not going to start talking about it here, though, or I wont stop ;P
What else? : Well, Katherine & Scott's wedding at the end of October is the only real big social thing I have planned in the forseen future ;P But who knows, some people have a knack for dragging me out of doors, so we'll see. Its less miserable outside so perhaps now you will have more luck ;P
This has been a 5 minute recap of "What I've Been doing." Stay tuned for next time when I begin to examine "What I think about ____________". :) More to come.
Shim
So anyway, I will summarize the goings-on ;P
Currently Playing : Fiesta Open Beta (yes, Fiesta again). Its a free game that is fairly well put together and still somewhat fun by yourself. In fact, its got some great anti-social features (IE, a special title earned for NOT speaking to anyone, the ability to "turn off the world" - all player shops, and player characters (and their spam) VANISHES, allowing you to roam through a lag free world with only the NPCs in it ;) Brilliant addition. Its amazing how many things you notice, that you never noticed before, when the world is turned off. Like a shark swinging back and forth from a pole, for example :
I play on Apoline (less crowded) though if I'd known about the antisocial feature, I guess I could have played on Teva. Ah well :P http://www.outspark.com
Also Currently Playing : Syrnia ( http://www.syrnia.com ).
This is a text-based browser game that is typically best to play while multitasking; everything in Syrnia takes a while to do, but you can do all the usual RPG like things - mine ore, go fishing, make stuff, fight stuff, etc. I wasn't that interested in first, but it grew on me ;P And I have a wonderful clan, Zetsumei. Stay tuned for updates on the Zetsumei website (in production, as it were.) Our forums are located here : http://zetsu.shadowfade.com
When I'm not playing? : I'm sleeping. Seriously. Or reading. I'm rereading Robert R. McCammon's "Swan Song" for the 50th or so time; simply a fascinating book about human nature, told in a very artful, clever, and saddening way - post nuclear America. My "at work" book that I leave here : Re-reading C.S. Friedman's "This Alien Shore," which is probably one of my all time favorite pieces of science fiction. Its just brilliant, I can't even begin to summarize. Read it. Now. Go.
Movies? Just re-watched "The Fountain" again (and again, and again). Not going to start talking about it here, though, or I wont stop ;P
What else? : Well, Katherine & Scott's wedding at the end of October is the only real big social thing I have planned in the forseen future ;P But who knows, some people have a knack for dragging me out of doors, so we'll see. Its less miserable outside so perhaps now you will have more luck ;P
This has been a 5 minute recap of "What I've Been doing." Stay tuned for next time when I begin to examine "What I think about ____________". :) More to come.
Shim