Well, I’ve been playing more games, lately. It’s pretty fun, and useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Random stuff… I’ve been going through my Steam catalog and just… trying stuff, games I bought years ago but never got around to playing. For example- I’m trying the Anomaly series of tower defense games. Those are fun, I like tower defense. I’ve also been playing Warcraft III again, and… well, that’s a story in and of itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I know where Warcraft III came from, now. I’ve been tracing its roots back to me, and the stuff I’ve done and thought. I’m like 99% sure at this point that I inspired the character of Arthas, for example. I mean, just look<\/em> at me, lol. Big guy, nordic, strong, and… good, and evil, etc. I channel both the powers of the light and dark, of life and death, in equal measure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I think I might be Kerrigan, too. At least partially. I can see<\/em> it. It’s a feeling. The hive mind, and all that. At any rate I think I pieced it all together. But… I won’t bore with the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And I need to keep some<\/em> things personal. I mean, as much as someone like me can, lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But suffice it to say I understand the underlying bits and pieces of where this stuff came from, now. At least I think, lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other stuff… I’ve been playing Heroes of Might and Magic III<\/em> again. Man, that is a great<\/em> game. I really appreciate its understated aesthetic. Warcraft tends to be very cartoony and “over the top”, and that isn’t bad- it fits the franchise well, but it’s overwhelming success as a franchise means that fantasy games have tried too much to copy its style, I think. Regardless HoMM3 is amazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I ran through the campaigns in college, and TBH I think on some level it did me good. Helped me to learn how to strategize, or something, IDK. Or maybe it was just a way to blow off steam, lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think I have some saved games somewhere. I mean, from college<\/em>, seriously. Twenty five years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s not impossible for me to dig them out. I also installed the GOG version of Diablo\/Hellfire, dug out my old saves, and installed them. One of them, a wizard character decked out in the game’s best stuff, was last used on this very day (July 18) twenty three years ago. So July 18, 2000. That’s when the save file was last modified. Amazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I remember playing Diablo I at nights, after my shifts at Office Depot. lol. What a world. It was a good way to wind down after a hard day at work. Wow. Twenty three years ago. Man, that’s a long<\/em> time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking back- would the person I was then be proud of the man I am now? Yeah, I think so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess that’s the test, really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other things- somehow, a game called Fight ‘N Rage<\/em> ended up in my Steam library. No idea how this happened, lol. Tried it; it was fun, a stylish amalgamation of Final Fight<\/em>, Streets of Rage<\/em>, Denjin Makai II,<\/em> 64th Street: A Detective Story<\/em>, and I think D.D. Crew<\/em>. And probably some other stuff. But regardless of it’s origin, I played it once and got to the fifth level boss, whoever that is, and quit the game because I was tired of playing. IDK, I’ll try it again, someday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve also been playing iOS games. Most of that store is… bad, most games are deliberately broken or otherwise extremely sketchy. I’ve gone over this before, but I’ve downloaded and played simple puzzle games that drained my battery and caused my device to overheat. I think a lot<\/em> of games and apps in that store secretly use peoples’ devices to mine… stuff, crypto, data, or other things. The iOS store is really toxic and dangerous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a few games, though, that are not horrible or alarming. I play them while using my exercise bike. I crank the resistance up to max and just bike away, for hours at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have some old clothes that I need to lose a handful of pounds to fit into. It isn’t much, it can be done pretty easy. The bike + pilates + dumbbells can accomplish that, no problem. But still, I need to work at it. Once done, I’ll rethink the rest of my life, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other thoughts- the typical midwestern diet just… isn’t working for me. It’s too much food, just… too much food. It’s not bad<\/em> food, but the sheer quantity of it can sometimes be a real problem. IDK, that’s kind of another post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But… yeah. It’s too much, really. Sometimes I find myself taking the food I’m given and secretly disposing of it, somehow. I feel guilty but… it’s just too much<\/em>, but I don’t want to refuse it, because that would be rude, so…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, it’s alright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s late, time to pack it in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, I’ve been playing more games, lately. It’s pretty fun, and useful. Random stuff… I’ve been going through my Steam catalog and just… trying stuff, games I bought years ago but never got around to playing. For example- I’m trying the Anomaly series of tower defense games. Those are fun, I like tower defense. 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