View From the Bushes

Tonight, I got together with my college friends. When we were in college, we used to get together at eleven or midnight and play and BS until dawn. Tonight, we got together at around 5 and called it a night around 8:30. To be honest, I had higher hopes for this evening, but I guess we're getting old. I know I'm old and infirm but none of my other friends have kids, only one of them has a wife and two of them are unemployed. Yet despite a distinctive lack of all the things which have aged me prematurely, they all seemed ready to call it a night before me. And I thought I was the stick in the mud.

In computer game news, it appears that The Temple of Elemental Evil should go Gold any day now. It's made by the same people who made the steampunk game Arcanum, which was a pretty fun game, so I have high hopes for TToEE. One of the biggest things going for this game is that it is completely turn-based. The whole real-time vs. turn-based debate is one where I come down firmly on the side of turn-based.

Even when I was young and spry, my reflexes weren't such that I could really play any game which requires any level of reflexes. As such I'm much more of a tactical person when it comes to playing games. When people are rushing at you from all directions it's really difficult to implement any kind of a strategy. In any case, this has been somewhat jejune -- probably the big meal I had with the college buds is sapping my will to stay awake. Till tomorrow, then.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross