{"id":2432,"date":"2018-10-15T00:34:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2018-10-15T00:34:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:34:18","slug":"change-of-plans-good-and-evil-twitter-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/change-of-plans-good-and-evil-twitter-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"change of plans, good and evil, twitter milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a whole series of plans for a productive Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which is unusual in itself – I\u2019m more a \u201cugh, no\u201d person when it comes to a day off.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was going to get up early and finish my painting, then get some breakfast on the way into the office for a bit. \u00a0Next, over to Good Life tattoo and body piercing for some new jewelry and finally up north to half price books.<\/span><\/p>\n

Annnnd I slept in. \u00a0Not a lot, but enough to throw me off. \u00a0So, I skipped the painting and went into the office expecting to have pop tarts there. <\/span><\/p>\n

But, my card swipe didn\u2019t work and I can\u2019t find my key. \u00a0And Good Life didn\u2019t open til noon. So, I instead headed north to the bookstore. \u00a0My friend George lives \u201cnorth\u201d but not really the part of north I was at. But, I figured since I don\u2019t get to see him often, I could go a little out of my way and invited him for lunch after my bookstore trip. <\/span><\/p>\n

After lunch, I headed back to Akron and got some new jewelry, (SHINY!) then home. \u00a0I worked a little bit from home, but that\u2019s tougher to do. I did some laundry, worked on a couple of projects, and had a quiet evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday had less formal planning and it went a little better. \u00a0I ran some errands, did some reading, finished my paintings, and worked on a cool paper project. \u00a0And I cleaned my garage since that seemed like the thing to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not as productive as I had planned, but still a busy weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been playing some games recently that have moralist systems. \u00a0You can play as a bad guy or a good guy and the choices you make impact the game. \u00a0I played Dishonored 2 as Emily first, the young empress, and used stealth and non-lethal means to get through the game and rescue her father from his transformation into stone. \u00a0So, Low Chaos and just being dang sneaky. <\/span><\/p>\n

And it was a lot of fun, but it took a while to play through since I had to be careful. \u00a0Once I beat the game, I played again as her father Corvo – the royal protector – in a High Chaos destroy everything and kill anyone that stands in his way of rescuing his daughter. \u00a0It felt consistent based on the character and while I personally would have gone the stealth route if it was me – I got into the character and his motivations. \u00a0We ended the game on a dark note, but it felt \u201cright\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had played another game with a similar good and evil system – but this time Devlen from Infamous Second Son (smoke powers in Seattle ) was the same guy with each play though. \u00a0The first time, he was the hero and saved the day. The second time, playing as the bad guy, I\u2019m making the \u201cwrong choices\u201d and sending him down a path of evil.<\/span><\/p>\n

And it feels\u2026 wrong. \u00a0Not just that kicking civilians or beating up street musicians is wrong – but that it feels wrong for him. \u00a0He\u2019s not driven by a changing story or hunger for righteous fury and vengeance, he\u2019s just…well, an asshole.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good and evil are more than just not punching babies or saving a bus of nuns. \u00a0There\u2019s always context. What drives a person – or a character – to act in the way that they do?<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m going to continue with Devlen as a bad guy. \u00a0He\u2019s supposed to be a hero and playing against that just feel disingenuous. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, there\u2019s something wrong with my controller and if I\u2019m not pushing him forward he tends to wander backwards and vaguely left. \u00a0There might be something to that, but I think I\u2019ve already pushed the metaphor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m at 201 tweets and I\u2019ve been doing one haiku a day since June 17th. \u00a0That\u2019s a lot of poetry to write and I\u2019m still plugging away. It\u2019s a good mental challenge and I find myself thinking in syllables even when I\u2019m not working on a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, time to wrap this up and find the next one for today.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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