Okay. I know I was supposed to start
posting more this year, and I really haven't done that...yet. The
biggest hurdle that I currently have is motivation. I have not had
much motivation in the last few years. Mostly since I moved to Corpus
Christi. I haven't done much in the way of writing since then. Oh, I
have thought of ideas. I have plotted several stories during that
time. I have taken world building notes. I have even started working
on plans to start up a company to encompass all my plans (see
previous two posts). But still I have been having trouble getting
myself motivated. So, in an effort to push myself back into writing,
I have come up with a plan.
As my friends know, I love fantasy. I
love RPGs. And so, I am going to combine my love for RPGs and my
desire to write together. I have decided that I am going to play one
of these games all the way through and write posts as to what happens
in these games as if from the viewpoint of the character. The only
thing is is that I am not sure which one to start with (and this is
another one of my hurdles I have to contend with, but more on this in
a latter post. See, already getting ideas for other posts). So, I
have decided to create a poll and ask my loyal readers (or reader,
not sure if I have any at all just yet) to help me decide.
I am going to list 5 games to choose
from. Some of them I have already played most of the way through (if
not all the way). But for this I will be starting with a brand new
character. I had contemplated on having you all (or just you) help me
with creating the character but I changed my mind. Can't have you
making all my decisions now can I. Just follow the link to the poll
and vote for your favorite game, or the one you think will give me
the most challenge.
I decided to create the poll at
Writing.com because I haven't figured out how to make polls on
blogger yet (or if I even can, any help would be appreciated for
future reference). Right now the games are just for Xbox 360. I will
probably add my PS2 games later if I can get it hooked back up. My PC
games are mostly for older Windows versions so I am not completely
sure how well they will work on Windows 7, but I will test them out
and may add later if I can play them. I am still toying with the idea
of adding MMORPGs. The thing with them is that they may be harder to
do this with as most of them are continuously being added to with new
chapters. Though I could just add each chapter to the polls
separately.
I will most likely be making these
posts on Wednesdays. This will allow me to play the game on Sunday
and then give me a couple of days to write out the entry. After I get
to the end of the game, I will post a review of the game. It will
mostly be my thoughts on the game; likes and dislikes, what I thought
could be added to make it better. This is going to help me in other
ways also, as I am wanting to program my own games in the future.
Well, that's about it for today. I am
going to give the poll at least a week to run and see how many votes
I get. You are also welcome to check out some of my shorts I have
posted on Writing.com and tell me what you think. You can either
leave a comment here or a review at the site. It is easy to make an
account there and there is no charge for that. As a bonus for
creating an account you will be able to check out thousands of other
great writers there and if you get the writing bug the account lets
you post up to 10 stories. All for no fee. Just a thought. Write at
ya later.
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