of sleep, games and papers
Mar. 19th, 2011 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threeplusfireI slept for an absurdly long time, it felt like. But I didn't go to be until nearly two in the morning so maybe it wasn't so long after all. My dreams were a mach of Dragon Age and news footage of floods, with some grocery shopping with Betty Draper thrown in at the end. It was strange.
Speaking of Dragon Age II, I am trying to rip through to the end. I desperately want to play in the fan community but I've avoided it because I didn't want to spoil myself. Even recently when I made some ridiculously difficult choices, I withstood the temptation to consult the game wiki. I'm one of those people who wants to unlock every possible outcome so I often save and play through scenarios more than once. But I'm working at making all my choices in the way I imagine this character would make them and not because I suspect they would be good choices for me as the player. It is really so much fun.
Oh Anders. My love for troubled mages will never cease. Yes, I played through that romantic subplot twice because the first kiss was so thrilling in a completely crazy way. Awww.
The NY Times announced their impending paywall system a few days ago. I'm really torn about this. On one hand, I spent some time in journalism and it profoundly shaped me. I think journalism is important and I want to support it. I read the NY Times often, because I remember my fifteen year old self's idealized vision of going to work there. I also know the world has changed, the way journalism works has changed, the NY Times isn't what it used to be or what I imagined it to be. I'm also annoyed by the ham fisted approach to getting online users to pay for content they are accustomed to reciving for free.
I don't mind paying for things on the internet. I do mind paying for things on the internet and also being annoyed by advertising of increasingly vexing nature. (Which is one reason why I don't subscribe to Hulu plus.) I also have a limited number of dollars and wonder what will best serve me. During much of the past two months, my knowledge of breaking news hasn't come from traditional media outlets. I would read articles in the Times the next day, mostly for the photography and more to help put everything in perspective. BoingBoing has given me more news about Japan than many of the major media outlets.
I don't know, I don't know. I've had my log in for the NY Times almost as long as I've had my yahoo email address. It's a weird relic of my nearly two decades of internet time.
Speaking of Dragon Age II, I am trying to rip through to the end. I desperately want to play in the fan community but I've avoided it because I didn't want to spoil myself. Even recently when I made some ridiculously difficult choices, I withstood the temptation to consult the game wiki. I'm one of those people who wants to unlock every possible outcome so I often save and play through scenarios more than once. But I'm working at making all my choices in the way I imagine this character would make them and not because I suspect they would be good choices for me as the player. It is really so much fun.
Oh Anders. My love for troubled mages will never cease. Yes, I played through that romantic subplot twice because the first kiss was so thrilling in a completely crazy way. Awww.
The NY Times announced their impending paywall system a few days ago. I'm really torn about this. On one hand, I spent some time in journalism and it profoundly shaped me. I think journalism is important and I want to support it. I read the NY Times often, because I remember my fifteen year old self's idealized vision of going to work there. I also know the world has changed, the way journalism works has changed, the NY Times isn't what it used to be or what I imagined it to be. I'm also annoyed by the ham fisted approach to getting online users to pay for content they are accustomed to reciving for free.
I don't mind paying for things on the internet. I do mind paying for things on the internet and also being annoyed by advertising of increasingly vexing nature. (Which is one reason why I don't subscribe to Hulu plus.) I also have a limited number of dollars and wonder what will best serve me. During much of the past two months, my knowledge of breaking news hasn't come from traditional media outlets. I would read articles in the Times the next day, mostly for the photography and more to help put everything in perspective. BoingBoing has given me more news about Japan than many of the major media outlets.
I don't know, I don't know. I've had my log in for the NY Times almost as long as I've had my yahoo email address. It's a weird relic of my nearly two decades of internet time.
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Date: 2011-03-19 07:44 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-03-21 12:09 pm (UTC)I just realized that they're including ap stories too which seems ridiculours to me
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Date: 2011-03-19 07:53 pm (UTC)I deeply love but know I'm going to end up heartbroken over his relationship with my mage. It's such good storytelling. She'll excuse so much for him and his beliefs but I know that she'll have a breaking point...
What's the fan community like? I tend to be wary of "fandom" on the whole, let alone gamer based.
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Date: 2011-03-20 06:08 pm (UTC)I have no real idea about the fan community. I know there are some LJ communities and a lot of fic. I just read fic and ogle icons.
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Date: 2011-03-20 06:20 pm (UTC)Mmmm, icons.
Their story makes me miss wizards.
If you write fanfic for mage/Anders I must real it!
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Date: 2011-03-21 06:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-21 10:56 pm (UTC)