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Echo Bazaar!
Nov. 5th, 2010 05:02 pm Today I did something foolish that made me incredibly happy.
I discovered that there IS something good about Facebook: you can join Echo Bazaar!
I broke out of prison! I insulted a poseur and Bohemians bought me drinks! I started to seduce an artist! I inspired the city to save kitties! I found lodgings! I was nice to a squid-faced man! He gave me a fish!
Seriously, though, this game is badass and awesome and hilarious and it made me so very happy and excited and yeah, it's wicked addictive and I didn't get much work done during my breaks today, but I'm ok with that. I've had a tough couple of months and my deadlines are manageable and Echo Bazaar is one of the best things since toast. I mean, it takes place in whacky steampunky-magical underground London THAT WAS STOLEN BY BATS! YOU CAN PLAY AS A PERSON WITH NO DISCERNIBLE GENDER! YOU CAN WRITE HORRIBLE POETRY! YOU CAN EAVESDROP AND SELL SECRETS! YOU CAN SAVE KITTIES!!!
I've discovered that even in a turn-based strategy game where you're encouraged to be a horrible criminal, I can't shake my sense of honor. I tried to drive away a mob from a Rubber Man even though my "Persuasive" meter was too low, and I was perfectly capable of just nicking his stuff while the mob beat him up (or worse.) This got me labeled as "Magnanimous" by the game, which made me happy. That's the thing about Echo Bazaar, every action you take, no matter how under leveled or ridiculous, gives you bonuses. There's no: YOU FAIL, YOU SUCK, YOU LOSE EVERYTHING! (At least, not yet ...) If you don't achieve your goal you still get experience. I love that they outright say that you learn more from failure, that's a philosophy that's been drilled into me since I switched to a school where the teachers actually give a damn about their students. It gives the game a good sense of depth without feeling like they're holding your hand. Actions have logical outcomes.
But really, they had me once I realized "It's like Neverwhere but in Victorian times!!!"
Check it out, just keep in mind that it's worse than tvtropes in the way of sucking away your afternoon.
I discovered that there IS something good about Facebook: you can join Echo Bazaar!
I broke out of prison! I insulted a poseur and Bohemians bought me drinks! I started to seduce an artist! I inspired the city to save kitties! I found lodgings! I was nice to a squid-faced man! He gave me a fish!
Seriously, though, this game is badass and awesome and hilarious and it made me so very happy and excited and yeah, it's wicked addictive and I didn't get much work done during my breaks today, but I'm ok with that. I've had a tough couple of months and my deadlines are manageable and Echo Bazaar is one of the best things since toast. I mean, it takes place in whacky steampunky-magical underground London THAT WAS STOLEN BY BATS! YOU CAN PLAY AS A PERSON WITH NO DISCERNIBLE GENDER! YOU CAN WRITE HORRIBLE POETRY! YOU CAN EAVESDROP AND SELL SECRETS! YOU CAN SAVE KITTIES!!!
I've discovered that even in a turn-based strategy game where you're encouraged to be a horrible criminal, I can't shake my sense of honor. I tried to drive away a mob from a Rubber Man even though my "Persuasive" meter was too low, and I was perfectly capable of just nicking his stuff while the mob beat him up (or worse.) This got me labeled as "Magnanimous" by the game, which made me happy. That's the thing about Echo Bazaar, every action you take, no matter how under leveled or ridiculous, gives you bonuses. There's no: YOU FAIL, YOU SUCK, YOU LOSE EVERYTHING! (At least, not yet ...) If you don't achieve your goal you still get experience. I love that they outright say that you learn more from failure, that's a philosophy that's been drilled into me since I switched to a school where the teachers actually give a damn about their students. It gives the game a good sense of depth without feeling like they're holding your hand. Actions have logical outcomes.
But really, they had me once I realized "It's like Neverwhere but in Victorian times!!!"
Check it out, just keep in mind that it's worse than tvtropes in the way of sucking away your afternoon.
I hate Facebook
Oct. 25th, 2010 07:57 pmI really do. I just created a stupid account because my friends have conspired to coerce me into getting on Facebook and now I have one and I can't find my friend with the pictures in order to friend her and get at said pictures! There's like fifty-badjillion people with her name! What craziness is this?! What about, I dunno, a unique username that nobody else is allowed to have?!?!? WHAT A NOVEL IDEA!!! *SNARLS* Worse, most of my friends have personal-locked their accounts so I'm not sure who my friends really are, so I don't want to risk friending a stranger! Stupid, stupid, STUPID system ... what happened to e-mailing people pictures?!
I never wanted a Facebook. Now I have one. Now my personal information will be forever stored within its demonic servers. Joy.
*cackles* I used my alternate e-mail address, though, so the account I use every day won't get clogged up with Facebook messages. Bahahahhahhaaaa ... what a pitiful attempt at rebellion ...
I never wanted a Facebook. Now I have one. Now my personal information will be forever stored within its demonic servers. Joy.
