'I know this is bad for a piano player, but I wanna clean the poopie of the animals.' by Kara
Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 9:58 AM

I'm not sure if I consider intelligent video games to be just as horrible as intelligent computers. I also don't know if the baddies in Super Robot Taisen MX have always been as smart as they seem now and have just started showing it, if they're learning from me, or if the whole game is really just very Japanese.

Thing being, either they've learned what I'm doing and are doing it to me, or I'm just now catching up to their intelligence level. I'm not sure I like either, because either way, comparatively I'm the dumb one.

I do so love video games that abuse me.

Hell, I do so love video games. The new digs and the extra hour in the evening (not to mention shorter erranding trips, at least when the old place is entirely cleaned out) are encouraging me to budget my time even better than before. Which means I'm finding time to do things like play video games in addition to my real work. My comics are, in fact, an important job to me; take that as you will. But not having to rush back to Williamsburg, not having to make sure essential things around the flat are just barely done, is nice. Having time for games and viewing, though, is weirding me out. I keep feeling like I'm wasting time, until I realise that for the first time in three-and-a-bit years I have time to waste.

So how long will I be playing various Taisen games (and then playing ICO once I'm out of my mecha groove)? I think he's got enough to keep me busy for the rest of my bloody life. Do I mind?

Um. I probably should. But ... I don't seem to. Is this bad?

If you have been, get out from underneath that!