In which I explain why I’m giving up manga and rewatching tv shows for march Continue reading…
Category: life
This covers the general events of my life and my thoughts upon it. Its probably going to be the most generally downbeat category (feel that angst).
(Upcoming) Games of 2013 – Prelude to the deluge
This list is likely to change/expand pretty drastically after E3 when its likely the launch lineups for the PS4 and XBox720/Durango are announced. I’m not sure if I’ll be jumping to next gen straight away because as I mentioned over here I’ve got back into PC gaming in a big way. Well, thats most likely a lie. Unless the launch line-up is absolutely shit I’ll probably grab a PS4. Though I am interested in how theyre going to handle backwards compatability, particularly considering the amount of donwloaded/PSN content I’ve purchased.
Even without the infusion of next-gen stuff 2013 is looking like a pretty amazing year for gaming. A large number of titles that were originally slated for 2012 got pushed back and a number of highly anticipiated sequels to popular franchises are coming out this year as well. As well as looking at whether or not I’ll bother with next gen consoles theres also the question of whether or not I’ll bother with the Wii-U. My luck with Nintendo systems is mixed. While I owned a SNES I preferred my Megadrive. I never had, or played more than once, a N64. I got a lot of play out my Gamecube (worth it just for Eternal Darkness, Super Monkeyball and Animal Crossing). I was excited about the Wii, bought one and played it literally twice. On the other hand there’s a number of Wii-U exclusives that I really like the look of (SMTxFire Emblem, Monolithsoft’s X, The Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, maybe Zombi-U). I might pick one up when the majority of those games are out and the systems dropped in price. Knowing Nintendo I dont want to get stung when they do an early hardware revision. Continue reading…
Stopgaps
I want to run or play in an RPG campaign. But its awakward both geographically and because I feel inordinately guilty about reaading rpg material or planning a game. No idea where the guilt comes from but it makes it difficult to plan anything. The fact that theres a general feeling that I’ll never get to run anything that I come up with doesnt help. While I now only buy one or two rpg products a year I still have a giant stockpile of unused stuff. Ideally I’d have a regular weekly session but even trying to plan a once a month boardgame night is proving a chore so that seems unlikely. Maybe move it online? Playing online with strangers just feels sort of odd though. So is this post just me whinging? Well to a certain extent, yes. Wait, no. It isnt. In my previous post I was complaining about time just passing idly by. So I’m going to combine my problems. Continue reading…
State of play
As I mentioned previously January was a write off. On the plus side I did get employed for the next six months. On the downside work this year is actually proving to be rather time consuming. Having to write notes about programs I’m not super familiar with will do that. My schedule is also dung. But they are just excuses. I dont know if Im simply out of practice or Ive lost any analytical skill but I’m finding it next to impossible to get going on my Best X of 2012 stuff. Its already a few weeks late as is and I cant see me getting it done. In terms of game design stuff this month was planned to be a month for intensive skillups but the terrible machine I have in work more or less fucked that plan. I broke and bought a new PC but have yet to get it up and running (because the parts have shipped in an order that looks like the suppliers are deliberately trolling me). Its not as if Im using my free time for non-constructive stuff either. I’ve played fuck all (lets be honest, only one) of the 108. I’ve only written a little more of the post-50K words part of my novel. I havent read any of the books I planned. When I’m not working time just seems to flow past me. “The sun is the same In a relative way But you’re older” Time to do something I think.
The Woeful 108
Well seems my decision not to pick up the Wii-U was correct as two of the three games I was interested in have been pushed back to “later in the year”. Pity, the Wonderful 101 looked great. Anyhow, onwards to the main point of this. I have a lot of computer games. Which isnt a problem. The problem is that I havent actually completed (or in many cases played) the majority of them. Yet I still go out and buy new games. So I decided that a change was needed. That change is The 108. Continue reading…
(Tardy) Return of the King
A month or so ago, way over here I posted a plan for upcoming content. As the old saying goes, man plans – god laughs (cause he’s a sick fuck apparently). Work finished a day or two before Christmas, which was total shit. So I decided that fuck it, I was just going to take some time completely off, from everything (in the later stages this frequently involved thinking and consciousness). Which is exactly what I did. I’m back in work today, but sill havent actually slept so being back to work doesnt feel real (this may not be entirely because of lack of sleep). What does this mean for you humble reader? Well it means everything I planned has been pushed back the guts of a month. I dont know if I’ll have a job for much longer as my contract runs out at some point this month (seriously dont actually know when which is terrible) which may occupy some of my time. So perhaps dont expect anything before February.
EVE and I – Part 06 – Can you hear me, major Tom?
Well its been two days since my last post on EVE. In that time I’ve done some more mining and finally got around to trying out missions. I’ve also completed my goal of securing a +3 version of the basic attribute implant for four out of five stats. Continue reading…
EVE and I – Interlude – In space no can hear you scream “FFFUUUUUCCKKKK”
I have part six half finished and ready to go. I left it because I was tired and decided to head to bed. Couldnt sleep so I figured I’d just do one quick mission. Oh how I regret that. A quick bit of background, missions range from Level 1 – 4, each increase in level is a fairly big jump in difficulty (and usually in ship class). However thanks to siding with the Amarr during the Sisters of Eve ESA I’d enough standing with the Amarr to jump straight to Level 2 missions. I’d done about ten or so of them and while some of them had been tough I’d managed to pull through, earn some ISK and upgrade my Destroyer. So I logged in and requested a mission (which are semi random), got a simple courier mission which I banged out and figured, sure why not one more before I hit the hay? I wont have time to play tomorrow because I’ve loads of cooking and prep work to do for Christmas dinner. Oh past Mick, you are a fucking idiot. Continue reading…
EVE and I – Part 05 – Silent Night
When we last left our interpid capsuleer I was complaining that I wasnt really getting the return I wanted in my mining efforts. Unfortunately while I’ve done a number of things to address that I havent had a huge amount of success. On the other hand I have killed a lot of pirates, a lot a lot. So when I logged off the last time I was ready for a bit of a break from the game. But the next day (well technically later that day) Patrick, as always, pulled me back in. He needed help with a mission and I kindly decided to help him out. Of course the fact that I owned a destroyer entirely bereft of armaments or any kind of defense meant he was going to have to wait a little while for that to happen. Continue reading…
EVE and I – Part 04 – The dark of the night
Last night’s plan was to post the previous blog entry and go to bed. Both of which I did. Unfortunately a tag team of caffeine overconsumption and a storm blowing outside conspired to help sleep elude me. After giving up on sleeping for a bit I figured I’d just log-in to EVE to do one or two things. Which lead to me getting to sleep the wrong side of six, which is what sees me in work with slightly over an hours sleep. Thankfully it’s basically all exam supervision this morning so I should be able to survive until I can get a taxi home and garner some proper rest (well a quick nap actually as I’ve stuff to do this afternoon). I’m unsure of the wisdom of playing in the wee hours in the morning. Well that’s not entirely true, depending on what you do you should be fine, more or less as long as you don’t do what I did. Continue reading…