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I don't think it's weird. That's been the case for me throughout much of my life, especially the early bits. I'm a pretty damn social person, when in the right mood. I love the occasional party, cherish deep conversation, enjoy quality time, all of that. I adore meeting new and interesting...

This is an interesting topic. I'm wildly inconsistent in my ability to visually imagine stuff. When doing the apple test I hovered around 5, managed to bring myself up to a 4 for short periods of time if I strained a bit. I suspect that's because an apple isn't something I find remotely...

Both excellent, wonderful games, a couple of the best gaming experiences I've had in years. Split Fiction is worth playing just for the wackadoodle storytelling gymnastics it pulls off. It's a game very much about story, about writing, and I think it can be a great bit of inspiration for anyone...

I get an immediate impression of a face, but usually not an actual image. The latter can happen if the description is detailed and distinctive enough to be interesting, and the character compelling enough to want to render in high resolution. Mostly I have a roster of internal "actors" that I...

What makes me happy is the huge amount of loving people I have in my life, for no apparent reason. I could do a much better job of receiving that love, on the whole, but I really do appreciate that it's there.

I don't join competitions very often, as I prefer working on novels and need to focus most of my writing time in that direction if I ever want to see those books finished. But I do enjoy writing shorts and competing. The main appeal is the opportunity to take a break from my usual stuff and...

I've gotten to be pretty confident at this point, thanks to long experience and much positive feedback. I can sometimes stray into either doubt or overconfidence, but for the most part I'm cool, calm, and collected about it. Specifically, I believe in my ability to construct quality prose...

Tried out the demo for Menace, an upcoming military sci-fi tactics game in a similar vein to stuff like XCOM or Phoenix Point. I had a lot of fun with it once I started to understand the systems. Rather than individual soldiers you control squads or vehicles, which can gain perks and stuff...

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth. My first book by him. I'm only two chapters in, but it seems incredibly promising. The writing is lush and lively, and the characters I've met so far have an element of authentic humanity about them, with all the beauty and ugliness that entails. This...

Hells, that's it. Now I remember the scene, and the entire episode. The third series is just fantastic, but then they all are.

Love these. Don't remember this quote, but I think that name points to the third one? Been rewatching Blackadder recently, in fact, for the first time in many years. Doing it out of order, so I'm done with the fourth series and halfway through the second one. The first has some brilliant lines...

My thoughts exactly. I'm thinking it would be nice to have an upgrade even for 40K Total War and Dawn of War 4. My old workhorse isn't the spring chicken she used to be, no sir. That ghastly chimera has served me well, but may be about time for her to retire to an auxiliary role.

Speaking of the PS5, I really should play more with mine. Poor neglected creature. I've been using it mostly to play UFC 5 online. Haven't had an active PS+ subscription for a good while now, but I'm starting to really miss it now. There was something cathartic about jumping into a couple...

If you enjoy Final Fantasy, then Expedition 33 might be a good fit. RDR2 is fantastic. And although I haven't gotten very deep into it, God of War Ragnarok has been great so far; should probably play the previous one first, which is also a pretty great game.

I'm so out of the loop I had no idea that fight was even happening until after it was done, but yeah. Bit of a mismatch, there. ETA: My bad, I somehow managed to not see that this was about Andrew Tate. Had no idea about that. Thought this was in reference to the Jake Paul thing. That'll teach...