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Dec. 25th, 2009 02:40 amWhy do I write about things here in this journal?
Well. To entertain you folk, actually. Lately I've been looking for something to write about, and I think I've found an idea... Remember when I was playing Final Fantasy XI for the sole purpose of writing about it here? (My account expired because of a change in their billing, for the record, or I'd still be playing that.) I was doing it to entertain people and because I love to write about games. A lot of you seemed to miss the point, given all the "NO STOP PLAYING THIS GAME SUCKS" comments.
(Thanks, guys, for that. That was so helpful.)
I love the feeling of being in a virtual world, in a way. Of playing a new MMO and not knowing what will be around the corner. I want to bring that to you.
I am also a masochist. I want to bring you the feeling of being in a virtual world that doesn't like me very much. I like struggling. I think a story about me struggling to win or at least survive is more interesting than a story about me rocketing up levels like a goddamn ninja. Also, bad games have more to laugh at.
There's one last important point: I have no attention span. Thus, I will pick an MMO with a time-limited free trial, or an MMO that's free to play. I will not be extending the game past the free trial period, or whenever I get bored if it's free anyway. This is to keep me sane and provide a limiter on the experience.
Thus: A poll. I'm going to let you folk decide which of these games would be most interesting to see written up here. Below I'll describe what I know about each game.
[Poll #1503284]
( Below, the describing. )
So what do you think, sirs? And ma'ams. And others. And deliberately genderless.
Well. To entertain you folk, actually. Lately I've been looking for something to write about, and I think I've found an idea... Remember when I was playing Final Fantasy XI for the sole purpose of writing about it here? (My account expired because of a change in their billing, for the record, or I'd still be playing that.) I was doing it to entertain people and because I love to write about games. A lot of you seemed to miss the point, given all the "NO STOP PLAYING THIS GAME SUCKS" comments.
(Thanks, guys, for that. That was so helpful.)
I love the feeling of being in a virtual world, in a way. Of playing a new MMO and not knowing what will be around the corner. I want to bring that to you.
I am also a masochist. I want to bring you the feeling of being in a virtual world that doesn't like me very much. I like struggling. I think a story about me struggling to win or at least survive is more interesting than a story about me rocketing up levels like a goddamn ninja. Also, bad games have more to laugh at.
There's one last important point: I have no attention span. Thus, I will pick an MMO with a time-limited free trial, or an MMO that's free to play. I will not be extending the game past the free trial period, or whenever I get bored if it's free anyway. This is to keep me sane and provide a limiter on the experience.
Thus: A poll. I'm going to let you folk decide which of these games would be most interesting to see written up here. Below I'll describe what I know about each game.
[Poll #1503284]
( Below, the describing. )
So what do you think, sirs? And ma'ams. And others. And deliberately genderless.
