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Hello. I’ve been writing. Writing a lot. I’ve written at a faster rate than usual these past days. That may have to do with how I’ve been completing certain sections I’ve had in mind (and completing parts tends to be faster than coming up with them). Or it might be me settling into a good rhythm [...]
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When I first got back on Steam, I bought the Freedom Force double pack for two bucks, as you know. Ever since then, Steam has been gradually swallowing my lunch money, which is fine because it’s just my lunch money and I don’t actually eat lunch very often.
Since those early days, I’ve bought Far Cry 2, which I’m sure is not a bad game, but I’m really not in the mood for a shooter now. I played about an hour of it, though this is one I swear I’ll be back on in due course.
I’ve bought the Total War pack. I’ve always been interested in the series, but this is one where I wonder if I’ll ever get to. I know that strategy games are a component of my diet, but I wonder if this is the series for me.
I bought Serious Sam HD, because I thought I should have something to exercise my trigger finger with. In what brief time I could afford it, I realised very quickly that it’s actually not an easy game. (Silly me.)
I bought Trine. This has actually so far been my favourite purchase. I’d recommend it to anyone.
Hammerfight. Hmm, I like interesting indie games, and this certainly fits the bill. The fighting feels awfully random to me. I’m sure I’m just not skilled enough and my laptop mouse is just too tiny, but there is definitely the element that I don’t really have very much control over the outcome of the battle, so this has been a little suspect for me. I don’t exactly regret it, and in fact I think I might end up liking it in the future when I take the time to explore it.
I bought the Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! pair because I like such games, I’ve just come off a good experience with Machinarium, and I wanted to support them, but I’ve placed them in reserve (I don’t imagine that they’re too long) and am currently enjoying Toki Tori and Bob Came In Pieces. I like the chicken game better than the spaceship one so far, but they’re both charming in their own ways.
And I’m supposed to get back to Mass Effect 2 someday.
Awful
The days continue to be awful, which is why my growing game library is a welcome sight. (It fits nicely into that hour or so that I reserve for such entertainment every day or two.) It’s not school work. It’s so many other things, in a fairly complex issue. Yesterday I spoke to someone and I used the word ‘cost’, and then I realised that I knew inside of me that the fact that I’d used such a word implied that there are things that are going to be irreversible. I’m not sure what they are, and there is a slight sense of dread that I will have to find out.
But otherwise, everything has been pretty much normal.
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Lorin Stein has been named successor to Philip Gourevitch as editor of The Paris Review. [via The Paris Review]
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Asides
- Happy Valentine's, everyone. Something's cropped up so I won't be around for a few days. Meanwhile, go out and exercise your common mode rejection ratio. d #
- In which we said goodbye. #
- Yep, everything is now back in order. Thanks, Web Walrus! d #
- Oh wow, I just realised that I lost a few days of posts. I suspect it has something to do with the recent server issues. I'll see if they're still anywhere. d #
- I think it's unrealistic to wish for happy new years; so have an awesome 2010. d #
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