BIG GAMING SURPRISES!

Before I begin, just a reminder: I am on a break from writing. And this does not count as writing, and if it does then tomorrow I will do no writing. Minus some at work.

The first big surprise of the week is: I am still playing Day Z (the great multiplayer mod) singleplayerly. For some reason I want to badassify a character. Or: I want to make a character that will impress all my friends, if they were to suddenly appear on the same server, in the same place, at the same time, aka suddenly care about Day Z. So basically I'm preparing for the not-going-to-happen. Yeh!

Plus I want night vision goggles. Something about being in a zombie apocalypse and having night vision goggles (at the same time, in the same game) makes me happy. At least thinking about it makes me happy. I don't know if it actually happening will make me happy. Maybe I will get my night vision goggles and then suddenly be killed....

Anyways! The second big surprise is: Diablo III hardcore coop is actually kind of fun. With a friend. Plus there's the patch that makes the monsters not more damaging just because more players have joined the game. This patch precludes enemy damage spikes (i.e. instant player death). It also makes the strategy of play-the-game-in-the-non-hardcore-mode-to-be-ready-for-the-hardcore-mode no longer promotable. Yeah it's still true that the practice in the non-hardcore mode will make you less likely to perma-die, but, unlike the past, it is not THE way to beat Hardcore mode.

All that is to say: Hardcore Mode Diablo III seems fixed. Plus not many people are playing Diablo III, making the servers not lag.

In conclusion, I am not writing. Not rewriting. Will not write tomorrow.