The following Dodgers have been smited by the JDK for their crimes against Jam:
All the girls! for picking on the JDK and damaging his already delicate self esteem!
The Basserd Who Nicked Copper's Stuff For the offense of nicking Copper's stuff. You are a tw*t, whoever you are and we all hope you get run over by a tram in Nottingham. Or Liverpool. Or whereever else they have trams!
Copper For the crime of playing with her Wii instead of her Jammie pals!
I am a 6 foot cat being in purple robes weilding a blunt katana and looking a little lost!
Rawwrrr .... purrr .... stroke me, I like it. *cough*
Anyhew ... yes, so then, Oblivion (what did you think I was talking about). I'm not going to review it ... it just got me wondering about a few things and I thought a long and partially witty rantette was in order.
So, Role Playing Games then. What is it about them that draws us in so much? Some say it's the freedom, that ability to do whatever you like (within a very strict set of parameters) that makes them addictive. I have a different take on them, I think it's the very fact that they are, for the most part, rather tedious affairs that need at least 60 hours of constant play before anything really gets going. And there in lies the addiction ... it's not that the game is revolutionary in graphical concept, or that the free roaming nature of these games is liberating ... it's that you've spent 60 bloody hours getting to where you are now and if you don't finish it would have been a complete waste of a week. But of course they never actually end.
There are differences of course, on the online ones particularly ... with the advancements in VoIP software you can talk to the people you are playing with/against ... which re-introduces the human element and friend making aspects ... however the solo play ones are effectively a very efficient means from extrocating yourself from society and becoming little more than some kind of hi-tech hermit. The take out bills rise as you realise it doesn't cost a penny extra to have Spice34 deliver than it does to go and collect a curry ... but it'll save you 25 minutes where you could be spending your time hunting down that last piece of Monkshood root you need to complete your "wistful feet" spell, and if you order a dry curry you need not even stop while eating. Of course, if you could reduce your food and water intake dramatically you should be able to halve those irritating ablution breaks we all need every day. Then there's the family ... they demand constant attention ... is there anyway that time could be reduced? Well, I'm killing people all the time in here without any real repurcussions ... but they're my family and I kind of ... no, need the time, and the patio is nearly finsihed, it'll only take a few hours to .... a few hours? A FEW HOURS? I could be at the gates of Oblivion by then! I'll lock the doors ... and baracade it, that'll be quick I can just lean back and pull that ... shelf ... dow.... *CrAaaSSSssHHHH* ... yup, that's done it. Ah ... now to find the sword of Eodaininium tp slay the mud crab of Anteroch ... ha haaa ... there it ii.... NOOOO, NOOOOOOOOO! It's crashed ... no .... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
*sounds of wrist being slit with convenient propelling pencil*
Another life ruined by role playing games. If only he'd spent less time on Dungeons and Dragons as a kid and more time running around, drinking and getting laid.
Still ... who am I to comment .... I still can't find that mud crab I'm meant to kill anyway .....
Mt brother's flat mate's parrot starved to death because he couldn't tear himself away from World of Warcraft for long enough to pour some birdseed into the cage.
I'm not sure I could find the time to play an MMORPG these days. I bought me a new game for the playstation this week and haven't managed to play it yet!
Henglegert Rinkerdink wrote:If only he'd spent less time on Dungeons and Dragons as a kid and more time running around, drinking and getting laid.
When I was a teenager I saw 2 groups of people. Those who played D&D and those who played instruments. The ones who played instruments had girls hovering around them... alot.... I bought a drum set - job done.
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"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face" - Mike Tyson
- job done.
