Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Games, Fantasy, and everything else.

So every once in awhile I feel this great desire to blog. Like now. I've been spending quite a lot of time doing nerdy things, which is something I've always loved. Nothing like holing up with an awesome fantasy novel or playing RPGs late into the night. I used to do quite a bit of that as a kid, always loved SF. Then I turned 17, and I decided to be all grown up and only read serious books (or trashy ones written by friends) and I forgot all of it. Writing fiction became almost impossible. When I sieved through my old compositions (you know, the stuff they make you write in Secondary school) last Christmas, I remembered thinking, 'gee... I wonder where I got all those crazy ideas from'. They were good too.

Then, at some point, I 'grew up' and started wondering what the point of all this fiction was. They were set in other non-existant universes, they had no bearings on reality, they didn't aspire to be um... politically or socially critical. I stopped reading or watching anything that I felt wasn't educational in anyway. Studying animation didnt' make it better. Imagining things, and creating art became work. And so I forgot how fun these things could be.

Then somehow, Dani persuaded me to play this game called Dragon Age:Origins. I was totally against it at first. What a waste of time! But I think about SF differently again. It isn't a waste of time. It sparks something in me; almost forces me to want to imagine other worlds. And I've started writing fun things. Not like that stupid memoir I never wrote (which I supposed would have sold resonably well back during Belle DeJour days).

ThagothA friend of mine (the DM when I was playing D&D in Singers) started reviving his book, Thagoth. Phil had told me many times before that it was brilliant, and I'd always wanted to read it, but I don't have a kindle, so I never got around to it, until now. I guess part of the reason why I read it was because I wanted to stay in touch with a friend. I was really surprised at how good it was. But then again, he'd always make up really interesting narratives when we played D&D. They were always very... human.

Anyway, I'm rambling. I'll try to post more often. I keep saying that. Life is good. Dani and I do surprisingly well, admist all the failed relationships we see around us. We really take time to make the relationship work. Especially him.

10 comments:

  1. All animations courses I know seems to have high expectations of your drawing skills - they all want a portfolio, most of the times including some sketches and drawings, and often they take only a small group of the very best people. I think animation in and of itself is a skill. That skill will continue to grow no matter which medium you practice and each could be complimentary of the other. I just think from a technical standpoint, the computer is a much more forgiving tool to learn.

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  2. Thanks Iz, glad you liked it :)

    Fantasy & SF, the stuff that makes you think, has always had an edge over traditonal lit in that its free to make you think because, in a way, the pressure is off. A writer can delve into the deepest issues and then pull back and say 'but hey, this is all just made-up stuff, don't worry little buddy'. But the seed has been planted. Heilein was a master at it, and Harlan Ellison, and many more besides. The one book that took me by the throat was Ursula Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed'

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  3. Hello Party Girl, my name is Andy and I am happy to meet you.
    So you tried DD, what character were you playing? I played a lot when I was a kid as a dwarf and then played tournaments in my home country, Italy.
    I am planning to travel to Singapore on the 22nd of August for two weeks, unfortunately is for work but I should try to get some days off. Would like to show me around in Singapore...:-) My email address is andytopesc@hotmail.co.uk
    Looking forward to hear from you...:-)
    Un bacio
    Alberto

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