Rottweilers left in a yard without proper leads who are trained to jump, growl, and bark. The idea that there is a secret second Pope out there who is conducting unknowable secret papal business. Spiders. Really big spiders creeping into my home. The thought that if there were actually spiders which piloted humans around like giant robots, we would be told exactly the same thing as if those sorts of spiders didn’t exist. Loud noises. Not being home when the kitties get scared.
Being fundamentally unlovable. Getting an asymptomatic ailment that is getting progressively worse without treatment which I won’t realize until it’s too late. Knives. Needles. The fundamental sinking assertion that my life as it has been lived is a testament to wasted potential and I’m going to wind up homeless, that every indulgence means I deserve to die alone and unloved in a gutter. Loud motorcycles ridden by actual bikers (not dentists in Harley Davidson jackets).
Coming up with What Are You Playing introductions that walk the line between weird, morbid, and just plain unsettling. Sitar music. Centipedes.
​Andrew Ross (@dengarsw): I’ll be recovering from a convergence of student testing, project grading, creative punishment, and a recent dip in the weather. (I’m from Southern California! Snow was only a game mechanic at best before I moved to Japan!) As always, I have research and articles taking most of my time, but I’ll squeeze in some Hearthstone and show a special someone some more Wii U games (local multiplayer’s both a blessing and a curse!).
Brianna Royce (@nbrianna, blog): Diablo III for me. Still working my way through the season on my Monk and the expansion on my Demon Hunter. Having a great time, and a huge number of my guildies have swarmed the game to boot, so it’s become social even. Didn’t expect that to happen!
Eliot Lefebvre (@Eliot_Lefebvre, blog): My main goal this week has been clearing out the Bounty Broker week in Star Wars: The Old Republic, so it’ll be that plus some roleplaying there and in Final Fantasy XIV. I’m not sure if I need to pick up Rise of the Tomb Raider just yet – I’m looking forward to it, but I already had to wait two months from when the review embargoes lifted until it finally released, so I can wait a bit more.
Justin Olivetti (@Sypster, blog): No huge plans, just a little more of Final Fantasy XIV and Diablo III. I do need to do the new missions from the last issue of The Secret World, hmm…
MJ Guthrie (@MJ_Guthrie, blog): I am on the road again, so gaming time will be limited while I focus on whom I am visiting instead of fraternizing with friends online. However, I happen to know that I will be left to my own devices at times, so I will sneak in a little ARK: Survival Evolved. My gaming laptop also has Lord of the Rings Online, and I am pretty sure I can talk my host into joining me there. What good is a visit if you can’t get all the folks in your life gaming?
I really want to get back into HEX, but I promised to wait and show the new PvE campaign on stream, so I may have to resist. Unless we can talk Bree into letting me stream it five days a week!
Thatchefdude, patron: Playing Rise of the Tomb Raider all weekend; it just came out on PC, and it’s one of the more beautiful games I’ve seen in recent years, excellent graphics and beautiful scenery… just a great adventure game. There’s always some room for FFXIV though.
Your turn!
