Such an easy game to play
Getting up earlier hasn’t been working so far. Yesterday I was out cold until past 11. I ate lunch while watching a How I Met Your Mother episode (I appear to be taking a break from The West Wing. Not that I’m not enjoying the show, but HIMYM is… easier. Shorter episodes doesn’t hurt either.) and did some chores around the house.
Finally after some puttering around I did sit down and play Gone Home and in fact cranked through the whole game in one sitting, owing to it being pretty short. It probably also helped that it’s a very low-impact game in terms of complexity of gameplay; you walk around a house and examine objects that help explain the story, and that’s about it. There’s no action, almost no puzzle-solving, and very little in the way of decision-making other than moment-to-moment navigation/exploration. That kind of experience seems to be what I do best with at the moment, ones in which I can just flip on my mental autopilot and go.
It was also an enjoyable experience. Some bits were creepy, some cute, others sad, and there were some indulgent-eye-rolling funny moments thrown in. The story was pretty simplistic, but the details made it lively and touching, which I suspect was the point. I highly recommend it.
After that, timing and laziness thwarted Jeff’s and my usual gym plan, so the rest of the night went to Street Fighter. I feel like I’m on a fighting game plateau at the moment. Playing with a group that is both enthusiastic and generally better than me for the past couple of months has improved my fundamentals a lot, particularly my SF4 Ryu, but I’m at the point where I need to start putting in practice time if I’m going to get much better. I need to practice my combo execution so that I can start dealing effective damage in any of these games (or if I’m going to play Marvel at all
). I need to throw some hours at some of the other fighting games I want to get into on the side. And I think I need to sadly and reluctantly pick up a new character in SFxT… I love playing Hugo, but I just don’t have the skill to make him effective.
So yes, all that equates to a lot of practice time. But though I put all this thought into it, I’ll let you guess how much time I actually put into practicing. Here’s a hint: it’s about the same as the amount of time I spend practicing anything else. Zero.
why can’t i ever DO anything it’s ruining my life (oh yeah that’s right i already know why)
In other news, it’s starting to get cold. It’s still pretty nice outside during the day, but this house always stays colder than outside. I appreciate it during the summer, but now it means that there’s always a constant seeping chill in my body when I’m at home. I already mentioned getting some extra blankets in preparation, and now I think it’s time to think about ordering an efficient space heater.
P.S This pull up bar is still great.
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