Not a Completionist
It's no secret that I like video games. But did you realize that I (seemingly) rarely finish any of them?
I think I've started more games than I've finished, and even fewer I've done the whole 100%, collect everything nonsense. The only two games I know I've gone 100% are Legend of Mana and Pokemon: Ruby. Or maybe it was Diamond? Hell if I remember. Long story short. One of the Pokemon games I actually completed the PokeDex.
I've seen the final boss or ending cut scenes of few games. Maybe not. It just seems to me, right here, in this moment, that I've not completed a lot of games I've bought.
For example, I've been playing Dragon Quest VIII for the better part of a month now (and letting it disrupt my work) but tonight, just maybe an hour from the final boss, I hit the wall and thought "Man, I'm bored."
That's what usually happens to me with games. They get too long, too complicated, too whatever and I walk away.
So to me it's a miracle that I've finished three books, a handful of short stories, NaNoWriMo twice, and edits and whatnot. I'm not consistent in the least.
It's also a miracle that I read books to the end. Maybe because it's easier? Who knows. I'm a strange beast.
Right now, I'm doing edits on Run for Me. In the vein on consistency, there's a lot of INconsistencies. Characters disappear and reappear, events are mentioned twice. You can tell I was writing it half-assed using a Bluetooth keyboard on my phone at work.
But the hope is that I can fix it. So far, so good.
As long as I don't get distracted by all the wonderful video games coming out that I won't finish.
I think I've started more games than I've finished, and even fewer I've done the whole 100%, collect everything nonsense. The only two games I know I've gone 100% are Legend of Mana and Pokemon: Ruby. Or maybe it was Diamond? Hell if I remember. Long story short. One of the Pokemon games I actually completed the PokeDex.
I've seen the final boss or ending cut scenes of few games. Maybe not. It just seems to me, right here, in this moment, that I've not completed a lot of games I've bought.
For example, I've been playing Dragon Quest VIII for the better part of a month now (and letting it disrupt my work) but tonight, just maybe an hour from the final boss, I hit the wall and thought "Man, I'm bored."
That's what usually happens to me with games. They get too long, too complicated, too whatever and I walk away.
So to me it's a miracle that I've finished three books, a handful of short stories, NaNoWriMo twice, and edits and whatnot. I'm not consistent in the least.
It's also a miracle that I read books to the end. Maybe because it's easier? Who knows. I'm a strange beast.
Right now, I'm doing edits on Run for Me. In the vein on consistency, there's a lot of INconsistencies. Characters disappear and reappear, events are mentioned twice. You can tell I was writing it half-assed using a Bluetooth keyboard on my phone at work.
But the hope is that I can fix it. So far, so good.
As long as I don't get distracted by all the wonderful video games coming out that I won't finish.
Published on May 30, 2018 20:10
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This is the semi-official blog of author Nick Bolock. I'll write here about my writing, some things around me, ideas I've worked on, and some other things along the way.
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Keep checking back! This is the semi-official blog of author Nick Bolock. I'll write here about my writing, some things around me, ideas I've worked on, and some other things along the way.
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