Mapping Out a Future War (Revisited)

So, those ideas I was talking about yesterday? Here they are.

All the world's a stage... and its citizens mere combatants.

Okay, while this may not be as hilarious as I was claiming to be, it is full of ideas. And by "ideas," I mean "continents." Yes, that's lame (sorta), but I don't think this map quite is. Hehehe.

Quit your yapping - you know this is cool! *smiles*

Uhm... This Again?

I have some ideas for tomorrow's entry. However, as it is tomorrow's entry, you don't get to see it today. Instead, you're to deal with this, so nyah. (Bee tee dubs: tomorrow should prove to be hilarious. And silly. Hilariously silly.)

Leafing Through the Archives

As I keep drawing this world, I keep thinking of ideas and what not for countries, characters, and campaigns that could be staged all over.

Yes, I said "campaign." I once had this idea of making a role-playing world in which my friends and I could do some ol' fashioned tabletop role-playing gaming. Said idea was indefinitely shelved when we stopped playing a few years back (sadly), and I haven't really touched the Microsoft Word documents ever since.

Until now, that is. I'm dusting off the files and giving each of them a thorough read. If I'm getting inspiration for several ideas from out of thin air, then imagine what I could get from other shelved projects.

Good Day

So another Sunday well-spent. By that, I mean I spent it looking at funny pictures on the Internet and leveling my team in Fire Emblem Awakening. Oh, and watching my girlfriend play Valkyria Chronicles for the first time while I work on those maps. Well-spent, indeed.

Draw, Draw, Draw

I'm finding this map-making to be quite fun indeed. Originally, I only had one continent in mind when I was drawing up the map y'all saw yesterday. As I kept drawing and designing, I figured I could make the entire world this story's going to be staged in. Of course, that means I have to make other continents, but hey - this is going to be quite fun, indeed. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to keep drawing this world out.

Mapping Out a Future War

I was taught that characters are the most important part of a story. It makes sense, really - boring characters contribute to a boring story, which contribute to a boring book, movie, show, or what-have-you. To a writer, that would mean that there'd be no one to read it - and to the writer wishing to strike it big (be it monetary, fame, or a combination of the two), a boring project gives them the exact opposite.

And this is how wars are started: by figuring out the geography of the enemy's land.

However, that's not what I'm working on today. Instead of fleshing out characters that will become heroes, villains, or both, I'm drawing out the geographical setting of the world that this story will be taking place in. I already have a semi-decent idea of the characters and what happens for the first part of the story, but I have yet to figure out how the terrain will affect the characters' actions.

Yes, I'm letting the lay of the land affect this story due to the fact that I'm trying to work on a war epic. As such, details such as these miiiiiiiiiiiiiight be necessary for the story. Hehehe.

A Little Too Much There

This day has been claimed by Fire Emblem Awakening. It's getting to the point where if I could, I would publicly declare my love for it, run off to Las Vegas, and get married with it right away. Fortunately, I can't - which saves me the trouble of saving up money for gasoline and a veil.

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A-Anyway, speaking of marriages and Awakening, expect a pseudo-paper-slash-rant thing to come up either tomorrow or sometime over the weekend. I'm just... going to go look less embarrassed... o-over there... *flees*

The Top Twenty: Favorite Video Games

After talking about reviving my writing (as well as this blog) almost two weeks, I told myself that I'd get working on a brand-new Top Ten list and have it up here within the following two weeks. It's just about now officially that deadline, so I figured I'd get to work on it. And after two six day's two weeks' worth of typing, searching the web for good photos to use for this entry, and getting distracted by clicking fifteen thousand too many links on Wikipedia and TV Tropes, it's finally here! (Seriously this time.)

The last time I threw a Top Ten List on here was back in May of last year - roughly ten months ago. After noting that rather large gap, I told myself that needs to be patched up now. So, what to talk about? While there's plenty of subjects and plenty of lists I have compiled for just the occasion, I decided to go with a rather unique challenge: my favorite video games. I say "challenge" because this was honestly one of the more difficult ones to rate. There were so many games that made some kind of impact on my life, many more that gave me joy in my younger days, and still many that I have played altogether. So what to choose...?

Initially, my plan was to write a list of every game I remember playing to date that I love(d), narrow the selection down to ten games, and introduce a new "honorary mention" section alongside the list. Seemed really simple and easy on paper. When it came down to performing the task, however, I couldn't bring myself to thin the ranks. Many of the games I wrote down were games that I carry soft spots for, because they were the games I played as a child, a teenager, an adult. They brought joy, sadness, fury, understanding, clarity - and to deny the most influential games the right to have their name be heard? I couldn't.

So I decided to try two new tactics:

1. Narrow any video game series present down to ONE game.
2. Expand the buffer to twenty slots.

The end result is today's entry and the very first Top Twenty list featured on this blog. Now, I could pay my respects to all of the important games I've played and love(d).

Of course, one question remains to be asked: What twenty games made their way onto my favorites list? You'll have to read on below if you've any interest in finding out!

It's Almost There

I seem to have a habit of incurring "Asian Standard Time" on my blog. I'm pretty sure I said I'd have a Top Ten list for you up and running by Saturday. It's Tuesday. Nice one, me.

That number's not a typo, is it?

But don't fret - it's on the way and it'll be here very soon (I hope...)! I'm aiming for tomorrow, but with Asian Standard Time, ya' never know.

I'm still aiming for tomorrow. *cracks knuckles*

Motivationally Speaking: Powerleveling