Being a Better Writer: Why Writers Should Play Games · 10:56pm Nov 6th, 2017
I’m back!
Yup, got my replacement ethernet port installed and I’m back in business. I actually did get a pretty good amount of writing done too. Two weeks without internet notwithstanding, as Jungle isn’t in any position at the moment where it requiresinternet. Okay, well, it required some worldbuilding documents on Google Docs, but those I could skim on my phone.
Jungle, by the way, is still in the finale. Everything’s blowing up, similar to Colony, and that’s not really that much of a surprise as this is a sequel. Hopefully I can be done by the end of this week. There are only a few chapters more to go, and everything’s coming together pretty well. Editing is going to be a chore, but … that’s the writing life!
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Okay, that’s all out of the way. Now how about I get down to today’s topic. Which is a bit of an odd one, sure, but one that’s worth bringing up. Today, we’re going to talk about why writers should play games. And no, I’m not talking about the kind of games where you find a maybe significant other and lead them on. Not those games.
And now I feel slightly bad that my character in City of the Spider Queen is an intentionally stereotypical dorf barbarian. He's just along for the drow-slayin' ride. And the loot, of course. He's part of the Guild of the Lowest Bidder, who had been contracted for the job of stopping the drow raids on the surface.
I blame the rest of the party for the interesting parts of the story.
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Hey, I did say straightforward characters could do a lot too!
Eve Online is, in my opinion, one of the better video games to play. There are just so many things to do.