First Post of 2020

In the cyberpunk future we are! Still feels weird to be in the future like this. Anyway, the main reason I haven’t been posting is that there hasn’t been much for me to say. Between the anti-depression meds and actually exercising occasionally, the clinical side of the depression is more or less handled for me. Which is nice! However, I’m now struggling with the ingrained habits of not doing anything and so… struggling for motivation even when I’ve got the energy and oomph to do something.

Still playing World of Warcraft, even though sometimes it feels more like a responsibility than a fun game. Which is about par for the course. I do wish it was a little better at delivering story. I mean, there are some really neat stories in the game. Both small scale (a quest or two) and large scale (whole sections of the game) but since there is no dialogue (more or less) outside of the quest acceptance screens, it fails at delivering crucial plot points on occasion.

In reading news, I’ve jumped into re-reading some of the Sector General stories. Which are science fiction stories (most of them short stories) about a multi-species space hospital. I remember them being really good and it’s been almost a decade since I read any of them. I was reminded of the series by a conversation about memory and neuroscience I had with some housemates so I decided to see how I react to them from my current state of mind/personality/self.

 

June 3rd

Wow. Wrote this up and didn’t actually post it. Seems much less relevant now. So let’s add some more stuff to it!

Welp, my birthday has come once again. Not much to say about it. Except that I’m getting close to the age my parents were when I was a kid, which is kind of baked into my brain as ‘old’ so that’s weird.

 

Game: Valley

Valley

Bought a new game on steam, which I’m actually playing! Well, two, but I ended up giving the first one to a friend as a gift. The one I’m playing is called Valley and I’m enjoying it a lot. I’d recommend anyone with Steam buy it because it’s on sale and only 2 dollars at the moment.

 

Stardew Valley

Been playing this computer game a lot last week or so due to a friend giving me an extra copy of theirs. Enjoying it a lot. Simple and not deep, but broad and almost relaxing. Except when I die in a dungeon and lose a pile of useful resources, anyway.

For those that don’t know about it, Stardew Valley is a video game where you manage a farm in a small town. Highly simplifed of course. Buy seeds, plant crops, take care of livestock, sell produce for a profit. Lots of different types of plants to grow. There is a abandoned mine full of monsters to explore for gems and metal ones. You can fish in rivers and the ocean. Forage for food and flowers. Talk and become friends with the townsfolk, even marry someone. Oh, and give gifts to local forest spirits. I like it because no one part is all that deep or complicated but there is enough things to do that I don’t get bored.

 

New Vegas: final thoughts: part the 1st

Finished up with New Vegas. I actually finished the main plot a while back, but then reloaded my last save because I didn’t do any of the DLC. So now I’ve been through all the DLC except Lonesome Road. Just didn’t feel any urge to finish it and nothing would have changed the ending I got in the main quest so I just stopped. Figured I’d give my thoughts on the matter. Overall I’m more inclined to like it this time but it’s still not a game I will ever play again. Just didn’t have enough of what I enjoy in it. I wasn’t even looting for most of the game. Had too many caps, didn’t need ammo, and I liked my outfit and weapon just fine for like 2’/3rds my playthrough. Plus I didn’t do any crafting. So, really good writing but I didn’t like the game aspects. Plus it just doesn’t feel like Fallout to me. Guess that still puts me in the minority with all the people who love it and I continue to not.