November 24, 2018

My dear daughter, Now that I quit video games (again), I’ve been reading a lot more. I have also put new strings in my acoustic guitar and went back to playing it. I play for you now, you seem to enjoy it, even though I’ve only recalled 3 songs so far. I have managed toContinuar lendo “November 24, 2018”

November 23, 2018

My dear daughter, Every time I finished a Dark Souls game I would tell myself it was the last one and there was no reason to keep playing for a new game, that I would focus on other things. But it was useless, I would end up doing again what my brain was already accustomedContinuar lendo “November 23, 2018”

November 22, 2018

My dear daughter, The Dark Souls series… you could call it an action RPG, it has gothic themes, it’s somewhat inspired by the “Berserker!” manga and it’s considerably more difficult than the average game nowadays… it has a steeper learning curve, it’s more challenging. There were plenty of older games much more difficult than DarkContinuar lendo “November 22, 2018”

November 21, 2018

My dear daughter, Because of the Star Trek groups in Second Life I ended up playing Star Trek Online when it was released. I’ve played it for 9 or 10 months. It comes with no surprise my main was a Klingon Federation Officer. But after that I quit MMOs for good. I went back toContinuar lendo “November 21, 2018”

November 20, 2018

My dear daughter, I came across this really good meme today, which is actually a quote, allegedly by Anne Hegerty. She says “People say ‘you suffer from Asperger’s’ – no. I have Asperger’s, I suffer from idiots.” I have to admit, it’s difficult to keep these letters updated during weekends and holidays. But that isContinuar lendo “November 20, 2018”

November 19, 2018

My dear daughter, I must have started playing World of Warcraft around 2006. I still have the official game box I ordered online from the USA. They were about to release the first major expansion, The Burning Crusade.   I played practically non stop till 2009. During those 2 and a half years I rarely playedContinuar lendo “November 19, 2018”

November 18, 2018

My dear daughter, Now, computer RPG games are really something.  I must have started with Hugo 2 on our 486 DX2 – 66 MHz, but after that I played older games like NetHack and Aklabeth.  Then I spent hundreds and even thousands of hours playing Eye of The Beholder III, the Aethra Chronicles demo, Baldur’sContinuar lendo “November 18, 2018”

November 17, 2018

My dear daughter, I was especially addicted to videogame RPGs. I was already very interested in regular RPG themes, and videogame RPGs had even more elements to hijack my brain, like character leveling, huge digital worlds to explore and immersive stories. After the Mega Drive, at one point I had saved a lot of money,Continuar lendo “November 17, 2018”

November 16, 2018

My dear daughter, When I got a Nintendo NES it was actually a Top Game CCE (from a Brazilian manufacturer). It was nice because it accepted cartridges in the Japanese and American formats. It sucked because you couldn’t remove the controllers, the cables were permanently attached to the console. And they didn’t have the sameContinuar lendo “November 16, 2018”

January 27, 2025

Dear readers, Good day! I’ve resumed writing in here. It was about time. I had stopped because we had a real tough time in my country in general, specifically until the end of 2022. And I went through some troubled waters with Alice’s mom. We almost got a divorce, but then decided to give itContinuar lendo “January 27, 2025”