Day whatever:
Haven't updated in a few days - and I know you're all thinking that's a tragedy.
Anyway, I'm constantly surprised by the things you can find out about people just by poking through their profiles. I don't know why I'm surprised, particularly, since I've long since learned that everyone is different, and has their own unique interests. And yet, sometimes things still catch me by surprise.
I've got a fucking geeky job, really. Game designers and halfway there comic book writers aren't exactly rockstars, and I'm pretty used to most of the people who enjoy the things I do being hopeless geeks.
That's why it's always pleasant to see well adjusted gamers, and comic fans. I know they're out there - hell, most of the other writers and designers I've met (with some really scary exceptions) are much less nerdy than the average fan, and my wife has never been geeky a day in her life - but they tend to be few and far between, especially online, and especially the ones I have to deal with as an admin.
So, anyway, to get to the point: I've been looking around, and I've seen a pretty good sized chunk of people here who are gamers, comic readers, or both. And they're all normal, or pretty much normal anyway. That's a pleasant surprise, and helps get rid of some of my burnout.
And that's a really good thing, because my writer burnout has just about hit it's peak.
Anyway, this is just a stream of consciousness thing, so I'll just end with the inside cover of a game I'm designing: The Summerlands (the women sitting on the rock are my wife and her girlfriend, btw. And three of the kids are ours, and two her GF's):
Haven't updated in a few days - and I know you're all thinking that's a tragedy.
Anyway, I'm constantly surprised by the things you can find out about people just by poking through their profiles. I don't know why I'm surprised, particularly, since I've long since learned that everyone is different, and has their own unique interests. And yet, sometimes things still catch me by surprise.
I've got a fucking geeky job, really. Game designers and halfway there comic book writers aren't exactly rockstars, and I'm pretty used to most of the people who enjoy the things I do being hopeless geeks.
That's why it's always pleasant to see well adjusted gamers, and comic fans. I know they're out there - hell, most of the other writers and designers I've met (with some really scary exceptions) are much less nerdy than the average fan, and my wife has never been geeky a day in her life - but they tend to be few and far between, especially online, and especially the ones I have to deal with as an admin.
So, anyway, to get to the point: I've been looking around, and I've seen a pretty good sized chunk of people here who are gamers, comic readers, or both. And they're all normal, or pretty much normal anyway. That's a pleasant surprise, and helps get rid of some of my burnout.
And that's a really good thing, because my writer burnout has just about hit it's peak.
Anyway, this is just a stream of consciousness thing, so I'll just end with the inside cover of a game I'm designing: The Summerlands (the women sitting on the rock are my wife and her girlfriend, btw. And three of the kids are ours, and two her GF's):
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Anyhoo. I was amused by your comments in the "man hating crime" thread and figured I'd drop by to see who was responsible. And you're right: it is surprising to see what you can find by poking through profiles.
"Thorn" or a derivative would be interesting. I'll have to give that one some thought. The main reason I'm clinging to the one I've got now is so that nobody else will be able to accidentally take my character name, as is so likely to happen. Yes, it's an awful reason. (I'd put the blush emoticon here, but frankly that one has always seemed a little creepy to me. It looks like it has three eyes.)
Re: geeks on SG, there are a lot, and in every conceivable geek specialty. It is a little ironic that I'd find a game designer not in the Geek Brigade or Gamer groups but on the main, public-viewable message boards, though.
Okay, time to get ready for skool now.