Something good to read while you wait for me to stop being a slowpoke: Past Present and Future · 3:15pm Sep 1st, 2015
So this is in the feature box at the moment:
Past, Present, and Future
It's written by a very good friend of mine, whom I also co-wrote "Feels Like the First Time" with. I've probably mentioned it before, as I've been editing for him since it started, though there was a bit of a hiatus for a while, but it just came back to life and continues to be phenomenal so I thought I'd mention it again! Basically Spike meets another young dragon lady, which rekindles his desire to learn about his personal history and origins, and goes questing to the dragon lands when answers at home are more lacking than ever.
I might be a little biased obviously but I really really enjoy this story a lot. It's building to a climax now and I'm really excited to see it to the end. If you're interested in a story about Spike and dragons and adventure, give it a look.
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In other news, Growth Spurts chapter 7 continues to plod along with my usual habit of spending way too much time on elaborate buildups. Match-3 games are distracting me far less than they once did, although I seem to have traded one addiction for another the moment I gave XCOM a try. No idea why I didn't try it sooner, I love strategy games. I also just got back from a little vacation to Seattle for PAX Prime, which hijacked my productivity for a while as well, as fun as it was. But I digress; Growth Spurts continues to not be dead, I swear.
Expect a long-ass chapter with a whole lotta smut, though.
Like, a LOT of smut. Damn.
I just played X-Com for the first time a month ago, despite owning it for almost two years. It is a great game, huh? I just started my first classic ironman game, and so far I haven't lost one country, and only have an ingame month left before I have all countries as a sponser.
Anyway, it's nice to know that you're still working on Growth Spurts, I'll be sure to check out PPaF at some point.
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Very nice. I'm on my second game, beat it on easy mode with no real trouble, nearly done with normal with only one country lost. I am definitely gonna try iron-man mode next. I saw a panel about XCOM 2 at PAX as well, and I'm really looking forward to that.
3363378 My first game was on normal, and I lost four countries before I figured out I needed satellites. My second game was much better. Didn't lose a single one. Now I am on my third game and I am actually way ahead of where I was in the other two, even though the difficulty is higher. I am losing a lot of soldiers though, even if my satellite situation is much better. By a lot, I mean four. Although, I just lost my only medic colonel because of a very bad situation.
[anticipation intensifies]