I had plans for this week but have only barely accomplished any of them. First and foremost on my list was to write some chapters on my nearly complete book Average Joe and the Extraordinaires which can be previewed here. Then I wanted to work on the characters and AI ratings for FlubberKnuckle's game Flipz. I wanted to finish the latest Story of K chapter and finish my latest analysis of Guardian's Crusade for my A Closer Look series. None of that was done and I blame it on my wavering levels of focus.
I did have plenty of distractions such as video games, my friend Will, The Young Turks on Youtube, my friend Will, Facebook, my friend Will, and just generally forgetting about everything that I wanted to do. Now to be honest it's totally not fair to blame Will for my lack of concentration, that was my own doing. It is indeed tough for me to find a groove to start any sort of writing that requires concentration as long as I'm distracted but that's something that I definitely have to work on and I also have to work on saying no which strangely enough has become a lot harder lately especially since I'm becoming more tolerant of other people's desires.
I did manage to plot my story out to its end over the last few days which I am glad of. Writing for me is weird like that but I notice that I can definitely do more of it and better quality while alone which is why my next move must be a singular one.
I'll have to either learn some meditative concentration techniques or hope that this move happens sooner rather than later. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know because other than having fun this week has been disappointing as far as productivity.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Rediscovering the Joys of Video Gaming
With all this newfound time on my hands I have been able to do the one thing that I haven't been able to really do lately and that's play video games. I have truly experienced a gaming renaissance not unlike the one that I experienced when I first started buying games for my PS2 years ago. For the past few years all I've been able to do is play a game here and there, get a major ways through it and then drop it because of some other life priority but now I'm actually actively juggling about 5 or 6 games.
Let's see where to start. I guess we can start with the games that I have decided to analyze and post here like Guardian's Crusade which I finally beat and am actively analyzing to post soon (bear with me please), Dead Rising, Condemned 1 and 2 which I finally beat, Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Shining Force, Dragon Warrior 3, and Shin Megami Tensai 3: Nocturne. Most of the games on this list I actually did start playing for fun but then realized that they were so cool and "different" that they warranted a closer look. Though I beat Condemned and Nocturne I'm still "collecting" in those games. I play SF and C:AoS on my laptop's GBA emulator and am having fun and learning many gameplay "tricks" from those. I beat DW3 years ago as a kid but picked it up again because (Nostalgia mainly) I remembered it had such original ideas in it. This is one of those games that needs to be remade. Dead Rising started as me telling myself that I was about to have fun and troll around in the game but it looks like I was trolled and that game frustrates me to no end. I added it to the Closer Look analysis queue because although I hate it so much I am still compelled to pick it up and challenge it again. My friend Ryan shares my same opinions of the game and yet he loves it while I hate it. I find that dynamic interesting.
Beyond playing to learn I am ecstatic that I can also play just to -- you know -- play. I was able to play and beat both Onimusha 1 and 2 in only a few days and then started the third one. I am delightfully enjoying this series but have decided not to put it in my Closer Look series. Some things should just stay fun. I had a nice run at Dungeon Fighter Online until the makers, Nexon, decided to shutdown the North American servers in June. I'll be sad to see that go but oh well. I'm always playing Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and thanks to my friend Will have improved my technique at that. I started a game called Dust for the Xbox but watched my friend Will run through it and was exhausted by the end of it. I've even started playing the Indie Game Dreadmor and am having a blast (and high blood pressure) playing that.
So I can honestly say that I feel like a kid again, getting lost in so many worlds and exploring all these characters and situations and gameplay types. It's a good feeling and even better because I'm both learning and playing for fun. It's great because beyond all that I still manage to write, hang with friends, help out my mom, make a little cash, and live life the way I want. I won't be able to keep this up for too much longer but I will remember this time and I will remember it fondly as a golden period.
(Belart)
Let's see where to start. I guess we can start with the games that I have decided to analyze and post here like Guardian's Crusade which I finally beat and am actively analyzing to post soon (bear with me please), Dead Rising, Condemned 1 and 2 which I finally beat, Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Shining Force, Dragon Warrior 3, and Shin Megami Tensai 3: Nocturne. Most of the games on this list I actually did start playing for fun but then realized that they were so cool and "different" that they warranted a closer look. Though I beat Condemned and Nocturne I'm still "collecting" in those games. I play SF and C:AoS on my laptop's GBA emulator and am having fun and learning many gameplay "tricks" from those. I beat DW3 years ago as a kid but picked it up again because (Nostalgia mainly) I remembered it had such original ideas in it. This is one of those games that needs to be remade. Dead Rising started as me telling myself that I was about to have fun and troll around in the game but it looks like I was trolled and that game frustrates me to no end. I added it to the Closer Look analysis queue because although I hate it so much I am still compelled to pick it up and challenge it again. My friend Ryan shares my same opinions of the game and yet he loves it while I hate it. I find that dynamic interesting.
Beyond playing to learn I am ecstatic that I can also play just to -- you know -- play. I was able to play and beat both Onimusha 1 and 2 in only a few days and then started the third one. I am delightfully enjoying this series but have decided not to put it in my Closer Look series. Some things should just stay fun. I had a nice run at Dungeon Fighter Online until the makers, Nexon, decided to shutdown the North American servers in June. I'll be sad to see that go but oh well. I'm always playing Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and thanks to my friend Will have improved my technique at that. I started a game called Dust for the Xbox but watched my friend Will run through it and was exhausted by the end of it. I've even started playing the Indie Game Dreadmor and am having a blast (and high blood pressure) playing that.
So I can honestly say that I feel like a kid again, getting lost in so many worlds and exploring all these characters and situations and gameplay types. It's a good feeling and even better because I'm both learning and playing for fun. It's great because beyond all that I still manage to write, hang with friends, help out my mom, make a little cash, and live life the way I want. I won't be able to keep this up for too much longer but I will remember this time and I will remember it fondly as a golden period.
(Belart)
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Guardian's Crusade Wrap Up Coming Soon
I just got everything that I needed in order to successfully finish playing this game. I left off at just about the halfway point before but now I'm back. To be continued...
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