Mental circles
Jill and I watched Wuthering Heights a couple nights ago, with Tom Hardy. It was awesome. At first I thought it was a ghost story, which it isn't, really, then I thought it was a romance, which it also isn't exactly. Mostly it is Heathcliff's show and he steals it for sure.
Lately I've been having trouble cutting thoughts off at a reasonable place. Like, I'll be thinking about how some Japanese food would be good for dinner. But then I'll be thinking about what it would take to do a Japanese menu for the week. And after that, I'll be trying to figure out the differences between Eastern and Western food*. It gets kind of exhausting mentally.
* I think it has to do with sugar, especially lately. There is so much simple sugar in Western food, especially in the last couple decades. Has this trend happened in Asian countries at all? How about Europe? I think the information is probably there to figure it out, but I don't know how to find it and am limited to speculating. Also, so many lurking variables with it.
Anyways=. It's really frustrating when I'm thinking about RPGs and just kinda trying to brainstorm something and all of a sudden I am caught up in this consciousness stream that doesn't really go anywhere.
Say I'm thinking about how much I like Final Fantasy Tactics. Then I think, hm, I bet I could do a pretty credible version of a FF Tactics style game with Dungeon World. But what really makes that kind of game? Is it the unit micromanagement (generally, yes). Would that translate at all to a tabletop game? Or would it just be using the motifs from the game? What about the story?
And then I start wondering about what specific players are interested in and the best way to keep them all engaged and I feel a little bit crazy. But like, Jen and Jill really like story and character interactions. (In her own words, Jill loves "banter and being a shit") Pat seems to, but also really likes mechanical interactions. Paul likes both but I think misses mechanical interactions when they are absent entirely.
And by the time I've thought about all that, I've quite forgotten about my original idea. But I am in prime condition to latch onto some new one. "You know what would be perfect to bring all these disparate ideas together? Burning Wheel!" And so it goes, on and on.
Nobody else in the game group overthinks their elfgames this much! At least, I hope they don't.
We have almost finished DBZ Kai. It's not perfect throughout but it's a really satisfying story overall and has a good feel to it. I'll most likely have a bit more to say once we are totally done with it.
I think maybe Sunday will be an indulgence day. I'll still make some soup and food for the week (which is part of my normal Sunday routine) but I'll also make some time to play video games. I'll also probably bottle the Cane and Ebel, possibly the cider and ginger beer. Maybe get another batch going? So this is already starting to sound like a busy day.
I don't know what game, of course. I have been having trouble with indecision and a lot of games are so long now that starting them feels like a major commitment. I'm sorry, Xenoblade/FFXII/Dragon Age, but I'm just not sure we're right for each other right now. No, no! It's not you, it's me!
Lately I've been having trouble cutting thoughts off at a reasonable place. Like, I'll be thinking about how some Japanese food would be good for dinner. But then I'll be thinking about what it would take to do a Japanese menu for the week. And after that, I'll be trying to figure out the differences between Eastern and Western food*. It gets kind of exhausting mentally.
* I think it has to do with sugar, especially lately. There is so much simple sugar in Western food, especially in the last couple decades. Has this trend happened in Asian countries at all? How about Europe? I think the information is probably there to figure it out, but I don't know how to find it and am limited to speculating. Also, so many lurking variables with it.
Anyways=. It's really frustrating when I'm thinking about RPGs and just kinda trying to brainstorm something and all of a sudden I am caught up in this consciousness stream that doesn't really go anywhere.
Say I'm thinking about how much I like Final Fantasy Tactics. Then I think, hm, I bet I could do a pretty credible version of a FF Tactics style game with Dungeon World. But what really makes that kind of game? Is it the unit micromanagement (generally, yes). Would that translate at all to a tabletop game? Or would it just be using the motifs from the game? What about the story?
And then I start wondering about what specific players are interested in and the best way to keep them all engaged and I feel a little bit crazy. But like, Jen and Jill really like story and character interactions. (In her own words, Jill loves "banter and being a shit") Pat seems to, but also really likes mechanical interactions. Paul likes both but I think misses mechanical interactions when they are absent entirely.
And by the time I've thought about all that, I've quite forgotten about my original idea. But I am in prime condition to latch onto some new one. "You know what would be perfect to bring all these disparate ideas together? Burning Wheel!" And so it goes, on and on.
Nobody else in the game group overthinks their elfgames this much! At least, I hope they don't.
We have almost finished DBZ Kai. It's not perfect throughout but it's a really satisfying story overall and has a good feel to it. I'll most likely have a bit more to say once we are totally done with it.
I think maybe Sunday will be an indulgence day. I'll still make some soup and food for the week (which is part of my normal Sunday routine) but I'll also make some time to play video games. I'll also probably bottle the Cane and Ebel, possibly the cider and ginger beer. Maybe get another batch going? So this is already starting to sound like a busy day.
I don't know what game, of course. I have been having trouble with indecision and a lot of games are so long now that starting them feels like a major commitment. I'm sorry, Xenoblade/FFXII/Dragon Age, but I'm just not sure we're right for each other right now. No, no! It's not you, it's me!