phoenix | The Restart Page

Just what you didn't know you needed in your life but truly do: The Restart Page. See restart sequences from old OSes! No, really, this is the best toy.

I'm Santa Phoenix today, so here's another great toy: Black Market, a game where you play a guy zooming from planet to planet making and losing money and fights while trying to figure out how he got another mind in his head and lost his own memories and what that means. I love the writing in this - the side quests are so thoughtful; unexpected little stories and moral choices. It's not free - you can technically play it forever, I think, but your stat increases will be capped at 18. I loved it so much that I bought it as soon as I hit the cap, which should tell you something.

This year, I figure I'm going to talk more about things I like and things I'm into. Both here and IRL. Who's going to know that I'm kind of a neat person when I've got a bag of things too precious to talk about? Like books. Though... that's a complicated one. My experience of reading is very private, very personal. I have my own "language" for how a book feels, something I have no idea how to translate. And I'm protective of reading. It's a huge part of my life and it's been something no one can get their filthy fingers on and spoil deliberately. Not a problem now, no one's out to get me, but the caution stays. I want to protect what I love, but also want to be able to share what I love, and up till now the first has voted against the second.