Psychedelic drugs
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
You need a hobby. Obviously not writing as that's already your vocation. Try music. Or learn to draw. Something creative that you can just enjoy without having to feel you either need to master it or make money from it.
Or get a motorbike and be one of those guys who is forever taking it apart and tinkering with it and getting covered in oil and stuff.
luka
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Ive tried this recently but my puritan ancestors make it impossible to truly enjoy
luka
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Barty was trying to tell me to get a hobby, learn to play the keyboard but it's not me. Ideally I would like mates who want to work on things, make things, do things. So you have projects on the go. The reality of writing is you have fallow periods. You can't just spunk out masterpieces non stop. Your sac shrivels up and goes dry
I've a problem with Saturdays. Too many people about, mindlessly buying rubbish or watching sport. Extrovert's day. Give me a Sunday or a Friday evening any time.
Do you have a bicycle? That's a noble diversion for a bored man of your age.
And didn't you used to hang around canals? You're probably a closet fisherman. You might find contentment battling carp in the evening.
A few years back my car broke down once on the M25. I had a long conversation with the recovery vehicle driver on the way up the M1 and he swore by carp fishing. He'd been in bomb disposal in Afghanistan and had also spent days sitting at an artillery post on a mountaintop giving fire support to the base Prince Harry was staying in. He said that was OK, peaceful and contemplative between the shooting and shitting in a bucket, but nothing squashed the PTSD quite like carp fishing here at home. It was that or drinking to self-destruction.
Gaming is the worst. My son's life revolves around it, I hope he grows out of it in his teens, like I did. Nothing can or ever will match the glory of Ocean's Batman, I hope he too can find such perfection and call it a day.
Do you have a bicycle? That's a noble diversion for a bored man of your age.
And didn't you used to hang around canals? You're probably a closet fisherman. You might find contentment battling carp in the evening.
A few years back my car broke down once on the M25. I had a long conversation with the recovery vehicle driver on the way up the M1 and he swore by carp fishing. He'd been in bomb disposal in Afghanistan and had also spent days sitting at an artillery post on a mountaintop giving fire support to the base Prince Harry was staying in. He said that was OK, peaceful and contemplative between the shooting and shitting in a bucket, but nothing squashed the PTSD quite like carp fishing here at home. It was that or drinking to self-destruction.
Gaming is the worst. My son's life revolves around it, I hope he grows out of it in his teens, like I did. Nothing can or ever will match the glory of Ocean's Batman, I hope he too can find such perfection and call it a day.
They're on their phones all the time in the gym too! Can't go a minute without a screen.
Mate, while you're scrolling through Mumford & Sons albums on your soyPhone, I'm waiting to use that bench.
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sadmanbarty
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reynolds said he'll do a skype in on the first episode of our podcast. just waiting for corpse to free up an evening to record it.
luka
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Thanks barty. Do you know corpse is a fairly serious bodybuilder? He could pick us both up by the scruff of the neck, our legs kicking desperately in midair. He's got bicep peaks like the Matterhorn.
I used to play oceans batman. But it was on an amstrad pcw which meant it was all green on a black background which added to the atmospherics.
I used to play oceans batman. But it was on an amstrad pcw which meant it was all green on a black background which added to the atmospherics.
Same. Amstrad cpc464 with green screen and integrated tape deck.
Psychophysical reasons. The eye can perceive more shades of green than any other colour.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Really great video games have the ability to draw you into their world just as much as the best literature. I loved stuff like Lemmings as a young kid but it was the Doom and Quake games that really captivated me as a teenager. And they're all about the action and the atmosphere with very little in the way of narrative, but later with the games like the Half-Life/Portal series, Halo, Deus Ex and so on, the narrative element really came to the fore and a whole new dimension opened up. I've recently enjoyed Amnesia: The Dark Descent and SOMA, which are totally narrative-led and based around stealth and puzzle-solving with no combat at all. Both absolutely brilliant, totally absorbing and atmospheric.
pattycakes_
Can turn naughty
Original GTA, Westwood's Bladerunner and OG Half Life remain the most absorbing gaming experiences for me.
HL2 was shit.
HL2 was shit.