29 December 2008

28 days later, really

Right, so we've gone over this already. I'm a bad, bad man who likes to ignore his readers, or reader, I'm not sure. Is there even one of you?
Well, in either case I passed another semester and retain only one more before escape. I've already begun my plans for world dom... I mean, game design. Yes, game design...
Zac and I have begun work on an as-yet untitled game which thrives in the psychological horror genre that is collecting so much dust behind the hack-n-slash horror genre.
I've been wondering, honestly what everyone plays games for, as I work on scripting this game. The gameplay itself is not terribly complicated, puzzle solving mostly, but the story is intensely complex with layers upon layers of subplots within characters. Plots that are somewhat extraneous to the game itself and could be ignored by any number of players, but I think they give that little bit of realism that makes this goal of this game possible; that goal being to make players wear diapers they're so terrified. A noble goal, I know.
What I'd like to ask the world then is this, what do you play for? I play games for escapism and imagination expansion, same a reading, but I'm curious what it all means to you. In either case, that's all I have for the moment. I've been shamelessly spending time with my fiancee and I intend to continue this trend. Merry Christmas (late) and Happy 2009 (early).

01 December 2008

Thanksgiving

I have just returned from Thanksgiving break. I got to visit my fiancee and eat a great deal of now-dead animals.

That being said, I've done absolutely nothing in the way of professional work. It may be horrible of me, but this is my whole entry. Anyone who is planning on becoming a professional writer in any way should do so after they graduate.