I'm liking this slower posting pace. Fewer empty posts while still being structured. I am still considering not posting until I have some work done like how this blog used to be.
Wall to wall gaming for the last two weeks. Bought a replacement Wii and clocked around 150 hours on Monster Hunter Tri. The Japanese theory of game "mastery" is one I can get behind. If I don't feel like I totally dominated or destroyed a game (or in turn, its developers) then I don't feel like I got a good play in. There are several exceptions of course - Dwarf Fortress I often play just for the humiliation factor. (Woo, 12 kills!, and then I got my liver punched out by a bogeyman)
My work has been very, VERY slow. I think in 2 weeks I did 1 line of code and about 3 collision fixes. That is all. It's not that I've lost interest, it's just that I'm an obsessive gamer who is currently gaming. Plus with the Christmas Steam sale I think I might not get any work done until... the Summer Steam sale.
I still remain inspired. The spark of creation has not left my digital loins. I'm even more active now, but that activity is focused towards gaming.
For example. Epilepsy Man is basically done except for music and graphics... has been for a long time. I'm still just no artist. I can play a song on my instruments, but tracking it for PC just doesn't sound good. I still want to avoid hitting the public domain tiles. How hard can it be to draw a simple stone brick? I mean, seriously, there's got to be around 100'000 of them out there now. My mind just doesn't work that way.
Projects
-Fixed a way the protagonist collision detects when jumping into a corner to prevent squeezing between two tiles
Gaming
-Got to HR37 in Monster Hunter Tri in about a week, currently money grinding.
-Got the good ending in Treasure Adventure Game. This game was something of an inspiration to me. While this game is very good I can decidedly say that it has nothing I want for my own games... or rather, nothing I want to rip off. Of course, the ending is slightly similar to the planned ending I had for Epilepsy Man, but only in one discrete way that doesn't even really matter. Not saying that I go around ripping off pieces of other games, but inspiration is inspiration. I already know what I want in terms of exploration methodology and game physics. Great music, my bro and I have been playing it on our respective guitars.
-Unreal Tournament 3. Played a few rounds with bots. I'm trying to find the FPS with the best bots, but the bots in this game are silly and very uninformed. I think Perfect Dark even had better bots. Still, I didn't pay much for it.
-The big 1.1 update for Terraria is out, will probably be my new obsession until I clear a few of the bosses.
Other
I lost a lot of weight, then I gained a little, now I lost a little more. I'm still short of my goal, but I'm pretty close. Exercising and stuff. Suffered minor diet failure this week - something like 2 pizzas and some burgers and like 4 bags of chips. I didn't eat that much back before I started.
Quit online dating. Just not my thing. Also, you have to own a camera to get a profile picture to even be listed. That's discrimination against the poor! Plus so many of the options aren't nearby. I'm not paying thousands of dollars in upkeep just to get a car! No cell phone either... what kinda nab pays $350 a month to Rogers to get a feature your PC can do for free.
Seriously, Lok
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