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gamerdad
Sixing Ups | ↻ 1½ years
Sixing Ups | ↻ 1½ years
gamerdad
I did the most gamer dad thing ever, emphasis on the dad. I ordered a copy of Civilization VII with my airline points.
And it’s not that I’d given up on Civilization VI, but if you notice the dates on my recent posting you will also notice that I haven’t been gaming much at all lately. In fact I’ve had my head down MAKING a game, writing code and making art and putting together bits of narrative dialogue—and not playing much of anything at all.
So, that I had not played Civ 6 in a few months was not surprising. Given that I have a shipping notice for the next edition of this classic series and it should be in my hands by mid-week, I figured I’d take one last stab at the one that is currently installed on my machine. Either this will be a comparative analysis in the making, or as the next edition rolls onto my console I won’t have much incentive to play the old one.
Reviews, I acknowledge, have been mixed about 7, but with these epic long-running series one needs to weigh the reviews against the reality that a lot of gamers like what they like and as much as they clamber for innovate things, what they really want is the same thing with shinier graphics. My understanding is that VII is not that. It leans into the innovative. Any my thoughts on that matter are simply that if I was averse to new things I wouldn’t be a 48 year old gamer dad, now would I?
If nothing else, playing through a couple hours of VI reminded me that I could use a fresh coat of paint on the gameplay and the soundtracks and the narration, because as much as I like Sean Bean hearing him read the same bit of quotation about archery for the eighty-seventh time is starting to wear.
And it’s not that I’d given up on Civilization VI, but if you notice the dates on my recent posting you will also notice that I haven’t been gaming much at all lately. In fact I’ve had my head down MAKING a game, writing code and making art and putting together bits of narrative dialogue—and not playing much of anything at all.
So, that I had not played Civ 6 in a few months was not surprising. Given that I have a shipping notice for the next edition of this classic series and it should be in my hands by mid-week, I figured I’d take one last stab at the one that is currently installed on my machine. Either this will be a comparative analysis in the making, or as the next edition rolls onto my console I won’t have much incentive to play the old one.
Reviews, I acknowledge, have been mixed about 7, but with these epic long-running series one needs to weigh the reviews against the reality that a lot of gamers like what they like and as much as they clamber for innovate things, what they really want is the same thing with shinier graphics. My understanding is that VII is not that. It leans into the innovative. Any my thoughts on that matter are simply that if I was averse to new things I wouldn’t be a 48 year old gamer dad, now would I?
If nothing else, playing through a couple hours of VI reminded me that I could use a fresh coat of paint on the gameplay and the soundtracks and the narration, because as much as I like Sean Bean hearing him read the same bit of quotation about archery for the eighty-seventh time is starting to wear.
adventuredog
My Park | ↻ 1½ years
My Park | ↻ 1½ years
adventuredog
#reflections of an evening #walk in the park
8r4d
Bucks | ↻ 1½ years
Bucks | ↻ 1½ years
8r4d
I am a bit of a sucker for convenience in location, so the fact that nearly half my #coffee adventures end up at one of the four starbucks within spitting distance of my house is a sad little surprise. I try to support local, but I spend almost as much on gas as I do on coffee, then, and oil money to me seems dirtier than coffee coin.
That’s my little political rant for the day.
Aside from that, I had accumulated enough points-stars or whatever and cashed it in today for a branded ceramic mug. So, at least if I’m not being consumer conscious, there is a chance I’m queuing up for the environment, huh?
That’s my little political rant for the day.
Aside from that, I had accumulated enough points-stars or whatever and cashed it in today for a branded ceramic mug. So, at least if I’m not being consumer conscious, there is a chance I’m queuing up for the environment, huh?
8r4d
Mill Creek | ↻ 1½ years
Mill Creek | ↻ 1½ years
8r4d
23rd Hill | ↻ 1½ years
23rd Hill | ↻ 1½ years
8r4d
#running has shifted to #hilltraining in the cold #winter blur that makes me yearn for something worth training for now.
pixelazy
23rd | ↻ 1½ years
23rd | ↻ 1½ years
pixelazy
Atop the infamous #hilltraining hill at dusk is a precious view of the crazy wild world.
pixelazy
Windermere | ↻ 1½ years
Windermere | ↻ 1½ years
pixelazy
The buggies are emerging from the long winter hibernation as the weather improves. Nature is a beautiful thing. #buggyland
bradsalomons
Starbucks | ↻ 1½ years
Starbucks | ↻ 1½ years
bradsalomons
I’ve been spending a lot of time #writing and drinking #coffee but progress on the novel has been a little slow this year so far. I had a great big push late in 2024 to get though the second half and then hit a bit of a block.
Many writing folks will tell you to push through the block and put in the effort and just write, and I did that, getting in my daily word count on other side projects. And that was fine to a point, but none of it was dislodging the plot block in the novel.
Last week I decided to brute force the damn thing and so I’ve set my daily word goal a bit lower and have been writing a bare minimum of words into the novel regardless of other factors.
Specifically, where I was usually tasking myself with sitting down and writing a scene, usually amounting to between 1000-1500 words, now I’m setting the daily goal of 250 words. Yeah, that’s a lot less, but after a week of generously meeting my goal each day I’m nearly 2000 words ahead of where i was last Monday, and that accounts for (sadly) more than half of the words I’ve written in 2025 on this project.
Happily, progress is progress is progress, and the “just write” advice is definitely locked in and valid.
Many writing folks will tell you to push through the block and put in the effort and just write, and I did that, getting in my daily word count on other side projects. And that was fine to a point, but none of it was dislodging the plot block in the novel.
Last week I decided to brute force the damn thing and so I’ve set my daily word goal a bit lower and have been writing a bare minimum of words into the novel regardless of other factors.
Specifically, where I was usually tasking myself with sitting down and writing a scene, usually amounting to between 1000-1500 words, now I’m setting the daily goal of 250 words. Yeah, that’s a lot less, but after a week of generously meeting my goal each day I’m nearly 2000 words ahead of where i was last Monday, and that accounts for (sadly) more than half of the words I’ve written in 2025 on this project.
Happily, progress is progress is progress, and the “just write” advice is definitely locked in and valid.
adventuredog
Our Park | ↻ 1½ years
Our Park | ↻ 1½ years
adventuredog
#march has come in like a big wet lamb melting all the snow and leaving a lot of #puddles and moments of #reflection in its wake