Nethack Has, Once Again, Taken Over

Yes, while the rest of the world has been forcibly taken by that Halo 2 game, and video games in general, I have found that my old friend Nethack has re-entered my life and has made me into the saddest game playing fool out there.

I am sure you are all well aware of the game of Nethack since it is by far the best and most challenging game ever made. But most of you have also probably passed it by in favor of things that sparkle and shine on your big goofy tv screens. Things that have realistic blood spray and convincing sound effects. Nethack has none of these things, but I think that's one of the reasons that I like it. It causes you to use your imagination. So that you really DO feel terror when you see the tiny letter g enter the dungeon room made of hyphens and periods. DEEP terror.

Good times.

Other than that, I have also been trying to get together the Christmas Gifts. As I am an impoverished type, I am making a lot of my friends and family small paintings. It's nice, but much more time consuming than impulse-buying some store item that would probably be as equally-unwanted. But them's the breaks!

I do have a bit of spending money for store-bought gifts, however. And that is what I shall be doing for the next few days: Shopping.

:(

That's right. I am going over to my friend's house for the next few days, and we are going to go to various out of the way antique stores and junk shops in hopes of finding little treasures for cheap. Nobody has to know where you found it or how much you paid for it, just as long as you thought of them. And it's the thought that counts. Right? Right?!

Ah well. Expect to see me back around Fridaytime. I will miss your demanding, expectant faces and words. And I hope to have an article or something written soon. So that I can stop the guilt feeling that I have every once in a while. Well, it starts about 10 days after my last offering.