There's a wonderful diary element to blogging.
Apart from performing the role of a random place to spout nonsense, it also serves as an aide memoir regarding what was happening at various points in the life of the castle.
Nowhere is this more interesting than in the field of New Year's resolutions. Looking back there is a clear pattern that reflects my desire to rein in spending on games and to reduce my overall collection.
Of course the resolutions are met with varying degrees of success (although I was spot on with 'one in one out' this year) but the fact that I keep trying to make these commitments is pretty telling.
I guess it's the same for everyone. We all have our weaknesses.
So in the spirit of "if at first you don't succeed, try try again", I am plumping for
1) Reduce my games collection.
I'm even going to set myself a target. I currently have 164 and would like to be below 150 by the end of the year. I'll never do it but, if I can fight off a Hill Troll armed only with a small leaf, I should be ready for anything.
2) Read more, waste less time surfing the internet.
I am armed with a Kindle. I am a Kindle bore. This one is a breeze.
3) Play the games that come my way.
Don't actively seek out new ones just for the sake of it, enjoy what is there.
I have enough games in my collection to last me a lifetime (unless I am hugely successful at #1). I need to stop seeking the Holy Grail, because it is already in the castle, probably behind my unplayed copy of Heroquest.
These are my nuggets of wisdom for 2012.
Or maybe they are fool's gold.
2 comments:
My experience over the last 10 years with a variety of "converged" devices (from PDAs, pre-smartphones, smartphones and now iPad) has led me to this essential truth.
No matter what else the device can do, if you can read a book on it then that trumps all other activities.
Even though I have a number of pretty good campaign-based games on the iPad that would work well on a commute I always end up reading. The only exception to this is a very narrow sub-genre of tactical JRPG that I completely helpless to resist - though it is out of favour now. But Disgaea, Final Fantasy Tactics, Jeanne d'Arc and (yes) Pokemon managed to provide some competition before eventually crumbling.
So a Kindle, as a (mostly) single use device, is a fine thing to have.
I would rather read on a bus/tube (or plane) than play on an iPad.
I agree, it trumps other activities.
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