buru @lemmy.world writes about games @ on computer games
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for you, none; why would you sign up for more than one to begin with? this is for anyone who hasn't signed up for multiple yet-another-indie-writing platforms and is looking for a federated write freely instance to join (considering write.as is closed for registration).
new write freely instance for creative writing / blogging
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same. i have an art book of his stuff on my living room coffee table; it's been there for years. i've got an old copy of the Sandman issue illustrated by him as well; Morpheus looks especially moody in Amano's style.
regarding the Trump thing? favorably, IF it led to better outcomes, of course, and this is touched on in the piece too. the essay is pacifistic, however; it relies on the golden rule to say, "hey i might want trump dead but i'm not going to kill trump because i wouldn't want someone to do that to me in the event that they wanted me dead and if more people adopted this outlook then we would be better off." i was channeling some sort of naive peace-loving spirit when writing this, maybe. (i don't actually believe the spirit thing lol, only trying to get a certain idea across.)
some people on the left have been joking about Trump dying for years but now they're all "this sort of violence is unacceptable!" let's not pretend we didn't want this to happen on some level. i value being honest about one's self and motivations. we can admit that we wouldn't mind seeing Trump dead whilst simultaneously being like "but it might not be the best idea to kill Trump." it's important to note that Trump has made many many people feel threatened, and that if anyone should be charged for inciting Trump's assassination, it should be Trump himself.
haha, thank you. yeah the electric car thing is a bit too specific, huh? i thought that too after reading it a few times.
White Freckles is a psychedelic pop song written by singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist-whatever Ariel Pink and co-written by the mys...
i wrote a thing about Ariel Pink. but it's more of a wrestling match with the cognitive dissonance that comes with enjoying music that's made by gross people. kinda a "separating the art from the artist" thing, kinda not. bound to inspire some negativity from some, but the goal is to explore this weird dynamic that happens between art and artist and fan in an open, cordial way.
nice essay! this is a community about writing, so there's no need to apologize.
i feel like NOVA here is being a little inflammatory to rile up some sort of discussion, which attracts some unconstructive feedback but also some rather constructive feedback too (like your post). so, i appreciate you putting in the time to engage with this dumb DRAGON (i say this as affectionately as possible).
maybe the criticism comes down to a matter of moderation. yes, there is certainly a point where playing computer games is probably very much so very very like capital-S capital-B Super Bad; the hikkomori-likes, who play constantly and do not much else while nasty dishes and trash piles up around them, for example; however, if it were not computer games -- it would be something else. it seems, however, that computer games have a propensity to get people hooked much easier than, say, reading books. BUT! to say all computer gaming is a waste of time really begs the question as to "well, what isn't a waste of time?" and, in some cases (like you outlined) it can actually help people. a pinch of awareness is all one needs to determine if gaming is PERSONALLY bad for them AT THE MOMENT, and if you determine PERSONALLY that "maybe i should be focusing on my work instead of playing this computer game right now" then, AT THAT MOMENT, gaming is a bad choice. game later.
cool. welcome aboard. i hope you like it. it's a fairly simple, writing-focused platform.
i wrote a small starter guide that you might find helpful as well:
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not again.
this is going to devolve into nihilistic: "well what is there to waste if life is meaningless to begin with! we create our own meaning!" or the hedonistic: "if it makes me happy, then why not?!" or the semantic: "define wasting time."
like it always does.
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i am imagining, if you will. fascinating and creative. nice work. there is so much going on around us, we care about so little in the grand scheme of things.
lol, someone did actually report this thread for "breaking commuinity rules," but it wasn't you.
(for the record, this breaks no rules.)
(disclaimer: the term “computer games” in this context means literally any video game; “computer games” is what grandma says when she tells you to “stop playing those damn computer games and go outside!”)
we have a strong contender here! will anyone step up to challenge this dragon of definitions?!?!
that sounds interesting. weapon breaking may work better for strategy games, as an extra level of strategic consideration; but it seems to be less than well-received for action/adventure games.
On Computer Games Monthly #2 (December 2000)
On Computer Games Monthly is a gaming magazine styled as if it were created in the early 2000s. Within its wistful pages, writer and editor forrest and a...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17152252
> ! > > On Computer Games Monthly is back w/ the 2nd issue of the #fediverse’s only free unofficial gaming-slash-creative-writing magazine. > > Inside you will find articles written by some of Mastodon's wackiest residents; nostalgic ramblings, societal critiques, personal stories, and fictional tales using #videogames as the delivery mechanism. > > Issue #2 covers games released in and around December 2000 and features the following titles: > > Dark Cloud > > Pokemon Crystal > > The Bouncer > > Rollercoaster Tycoon > > Guilty Gear X > > Phantasy Star Online > > Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo > > > ----BONUS CHAO MINIGAME---- > There is a small minigame in this issue; 16 bonus chao (yes, chao from the Sonic series) have been placed throughout the magazine. If you find them all: send me an email/message and I'll place you on the illustrious BONUS CHAO CHAMPION list on the archive! > > https://archive.org/details/on-computer-games-monthly-december-2000-magazine
they're aimed at teens/young-adults but it's fun spotting the direct inspirations and differences. also, several Studio Ghibli films are based on books: Howl's Moving Castle, Tales from Earthsea, The Secret World Of Arietty (kind of), and maybe a few others.
weird mix, but Kiki's Delivery Service during the day and Infinite Jest before bed.
Psycho Wand, My Beloved
David was a normal middle-aged man with a wife, a mortgage, and some cats … until he got his hands on Phantasy Star Online.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14812704
> a short story / black comedy i wrote about gaming addiction and the value of digital treasures
if you read it, let me know what you think.
(written with over 70 footnotes that add context and flavor to the '90s-00s setting. some of the footnotes are paragraphs long. the footnotes are not necessary to understand the story as they function more as a way to break the third person perspective to provide context & personal stories around the various 90s-2000s things that pop up throughout the story. NOTE: if you read on the site, you can click a footnote number, then click the arrow after the actual footnote to take you back. you can also skip the footnotes entirely if breaking up the text takes you out of the story too much.)
agreed. i don't have much to add as my sentiment on this subject drips from the words i've already written. i think addiction is a complicated thing driven by many factors: boredom, lack of purpose, depression, and some even think there is a genetic component. it's definitely more complicated than just-turn-the-game-off. (love the footnote.)
you have to engage with the first leg of the quest and kill a few goblins; eventually they ask you to go into the homes and kill the goblins inside, at this point you can refuse.
"Now on the ground, assist the other company members in killing all of the goblins around the settlement. You may notice that the "goblins" don't really behave as expected: they do not attack you and appear broadly harmless.
Once all the goblins in the exterior are dead, one of the other Company members will tell you to clear out the houses as well. If you start to suspect what is really going on, you don't have carry out this order. If you instead run far enough from the settlement, you will be relocated to where Modryn is and may continue as described below." https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Infiltration
On Computer Games
On Computer Games Monthly is a gaming magazine styled as if it were created in the early 2000s. Within its wistful pages, writer and editor forrest and a...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13971279
> On Computer Games Monthly #1 > > https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000 > > > ! > > > I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.
On Computer Games
On Computer Games Monthly is a gaming magazine styled as if it were created in the early 2000s. Within its wistful pages, writer and editor forrest and a...
On Computer Games Monthly #1
https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000
I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.
i run a gaming blog that is more like a creative writing blog. i just published this essay. the essay's main theme is nostalgia and living-in-the-past told through personal stories.
if you read it, let me know what you think. thanks.
Final Fantasy Legend II or: SAVE THE WORLD
created this video essay thing based on an essay i wrote for my website.
https://youtu.be/OBFZtIQYiiI?si=LDxjp-lfoh5cJ47s
if you happen to watch, let me know what you think
could post this in the SaGa forum as well but figured this would be a better spot.
covers some of the following:
0:00 (Introduction & Justification)
2:26 (CHAPTER I: History of Final Fantasy Legend II or: Richard Dean Anderson's Haircut in Season 6 of MacGyver)
5:11 (CHAPTER II: Presentation, Setting & Plot or: Smoke Dope, Go Bananas)
7:57 (CHAPTER III: Music or: Is this Emerson, Lake & Palmer?)
11:34 (INTERLUDE or: Artistic Gentrification)
13:15 (CHAPTER IV: Gameplay or: Nintendo Power Nominee for Hardest Game Boy Game of 1990)
20:58 (CONCLUSION or: SAVE THE WORLD or: If Richard Dean Anderson is the Peak 90s Action Celebrity ...)
you are at home with your wife and daughter and this guy comes in -- what do you do?
ignore the "how" and focus on the immediate situation; what do you do?
New Game Plus & Lore Implications
what is the lore reasoning for NEW GAME + and NEW GAME ++? clearly, as new things happen each time, there is some continuity here; it's not simply "starting over" with no knowledge of what happened before, even Ayre says "let's see what you do this time" (or something along those lines). so, the question is: what's going on here? is it some form of time travel that only some people are aware of (Ayre, being one); is it Coral influence, meaning the Coral can alter time?
MS-06S ZAKU II ~ first HG in 20+ years
used brown panel lining, turned out alright. this kit's wrists are a bit "loose" and prone to falling out at the slightest knock, which is slightly irksome but overall: PLEASED
Unlocking Carrier Locked Pixels - Is It Possible?
so, long story short: i bought a Pixel 6a to replace my broken 5a. i bought said phone from Amazon, "refurbished and UNLOCKED," needless to say: it was not unlocked; in fact, it was locked by VERIZON.
i call Verizon, hoping for a miracle, wondering if they'll unlock it: they won't.
i start #googling and find a few "unlock" sites; all of which seem very shady, so i look at reviews, forum posts, etc. and finally come acorss one that, according to #SOME people "had good luck with"; the site is "The Unlocking Company."
i give this "company" my imei number, make/model/carrier, and $27: they say they'll have an "unlock code" and "instructions" to me within the next 72 hours.
so the burning question for this community is:
WILL THEY UNLOCK THE PHONE?
i am strongly inclined to think they will either 1) never get back to me or 2) say they can't unlock the phone and give me a partial refund
bets? and has anyone ever tried this before, any luck?
SaGa 1 History + Gameplay Analysis
video covering history of The Final Fantasy Legend, gameplay, concepts, etc.
hope it's ok to post this here, Haru!
Final Fantasy Origin Stories
anyone have distinct memories of their first Final Fantasy or how they got into the series? share them!
as a kid, my parents sent me to live with grandma in Charleston SC every summer. there was an older boy that lived next door, met him while he was fishing in the lake behind my grandma's house. i don't know how it happened but i asked him "do you like games" and he, of course, said "yes" and we went to his house, up to his room, and he showed me his collection of PS1 games. i must have been 10 or 11 at the time.
anyways, he had FF8, which didn't look super interesting to me, but he came over to my grandma's house one day, brought ff8, and he played it on my grandma's huge old-fashioned projector TV (pictured); i remember being immediately entranced with the music; specifically Balamb Garden theme, and my interest in the series immediately increased.
that was my first "experience" with Final Fantasy, later during one of those summers my friend’s friend lent me their Game Boy Camera to “play with for the week,” and I subsequently traded it at the local Babbages for in-store credit (i was a psychopathic kid); these events were significant because thanks to that in-store credit, I was able to purchase a used copy of Final Fantasy 7; and at the time, my brain was immediately drawn to the spiky-haired guy holding a big sword on the cover. i spent the rest of that formative summer playing Final Fantasy 7.
on computer games blog + videos
hope this is not breaking any rules; my friend and i run a website in which we write "creative writing" essays on video games we play. we make no money on this and never plan to, it's purely passion projects, but we do put a lot of work into them. the most recent essay is comparing Metal Gear for MSX to the OJ Simpson Trial, but we also have a number of essays on:
- Dragon Quest Monsters I (explores vegan concepts)
- Final Fantasy Legend (origin of the SaGa series)
- Final Fantasy Legend II (traditional analysis)
- Final Fantasy Legend III (explores time travel)
- Final Fantasy XII (traditional analysis)
- Final Fantasy XVI (analysis + comparison to movie The Seventh Seal)
- Infinite Space ("being in love with an idea)
- Landstalker ("mood time and place" + analysis)
- Metal Gear (comparision to OJ Simpson Trial)
- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside (biographical essay)
- Popful Mail (traditional analysis)
- Romancing SaGa (critique on the "games collector" and "retro gaming" communities, + analysis of the game)
- Shiren the Wanderer 5 (History of the Japanese Tanuki + comparison to the game)
- Tactics Ogre (essay on the themes of the game)
- Xenosaga (philosophical essay with a lot of footnotes, Infinite Jest?)
- Xenosaga II (philosophy + analysis of the game)
- Xenosaga III (personal stories, philosophy, analysis of the game)
we also aim to create "podcast" type videos on each essay, we have done seven so far: https://youtube.com/@oncomputergames?si=5c__UWP-vCU_Bqwd
4x4 last 7 days;
seems popular.
i've been obsessed with The Cribs and Kaki King for the past month, as you can tell.
add me: https://www.last.fm/user/buru5