Since my last post, my girlfriend and I have been on a road trip to see various parts of my family in the west country, south coast and then to Nottingham to see friends, before trooping back up north. It was fantastic, but now xmas is right around the corner and it feels like a big chunk of time just vanished!
So, what has happened during this time:
- I ran some Only War with my brother and a friend. I was really happy to finally be getting into it. Felt a little strange at first, but all credit to the guys I was GMing, they played along well and I think they essentially enjoyed themselves. I'm more chuffed because it felt like finally opening a door. I know I've run a little Star War before, but that was all pre-generated material. This felt like the first time I'd really step into GMing properly.
- I bought Star Citizen! I met some friends from Nottingham, one had a referral code, so I took it and bought one of the limited, reduced priced starter games for Star Citizen. There is also the hope of being able to jump into their newly releasing mini-open universe! The arena commander module is ok, but after playing so much Elite, it doesn't feel like anything very special. But, I can imagine this being a great narrative experience and I can imagine multicrew ships being a big deal! In Elite I'm still unsure how multicrew ships are going to work.
- Elite has many exciting updates coming! Horizons beta starts on Monday, for which I am really excited and I've been starting to pop back into the game and am really enjoying it. I think getting Star Citizen made me realise just how much I missed Elite and how good it is.
- I bought a Play Station 4. I feel a little guilty about this as I'm not currently earning. But, it was a crazy good Black Friday deal and my girlfriend had some ideas for xmas presents, which involved it, so we made the plunge. I do plan to be earning in the not so distant future though!
- Lastly, for now, I bought The Banner Saga. It was on a mega offer for £3. So, for the price of a pint I've just bought what is, so far, an astonishing game! I'm really blown away by it so far, I think my girlfriend may like this one too.
That's it for now on the gaming front. I'm still job hunting; I've been advised January's a good month for some companies, so fingers crossed. I'm also getting back into my Swedish and reading a few books again, so everything's looking up and I'm feeling a bit more productive these days.
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