This week Adam provided a question at the last minute. It goes a little like this: I was recently involved in an online discussion of Role Playing Games, and one participant began rhapsodizing about the latest Final Fantasy game for the Playstation 2. The rest of the participants in this discussion were old-school, pencil-and-paper gamers, and the sneer in response to that one guy’s description of a video game as an RPG was similar to the reaction you’d get for bringing a bottle of “Night Train” to a wine tasting. So here’s what I want to know, my Sinful Little …
Month: April 2004
The Language of Dispute
I suggested to Lime that once the “honeymoon phase” of our relationship dwindles down, we may find that occasionally we’ll have arguments, like any couple. But, I reasoned, using either English or Korean would be unfair, as it would give one of us an unfair advantage. Given that we’re both quite smart, and both quite good at our native languages, and at arguing, I think we need something to even out the playing field…
Paucity Expected
I’m expecting a few days of very low-content posting here. Why? I’m gonna finish writing my essay “Waxing Fanonical” on the forces that shape relationships between Koreans and white foreigners in Korea sometime this weekend or next week. I’m working on a post for New Sophists’ Almanac as well, about genre and art. If you’re curious to see what I’ll be responding to, see Marvin’s recent post over there now. It’s worth a gander. I’ve got to do some sax practicing this weekend, a little anyway in order to prepare for the studio sessions I’ll probably be doing on Tuesday …
My Fortune (According to the Tibetan Astrological System)
Myoung Jae surprised me the other day when he came into the office bearing the following tidings: “You have a letter waiting for you in the office.” I was delighted, upon retrieving it, to find it was from Men-Tsee-Khang, which is the Astrology Department of the Tibetan Government-In-Exile. While in Dharamsala, for entertainment value more than anything else I went ahead and got my Tibetan horoscope processed to see what kind of news it offered me. The page begins with an invocation and homage to Lord Kalanchakra, whomever that might be, and gors on to tell me the following: I …
My WOD profile
WOD (World of Darkness) was a roleplaying game I used to play back in undergrad in Canada. While I had the main books for each game in the series, I usually ran the ghost-stories game, Wraith. However, it seems that according to these quizzes I completed, I am more naturally tuned to a different game in the series: Changeling: You are one of the forgotten ones, thekeepers of dreams that spread light and joy ina world of darkness. You are a fairy caughtwithin a human shell, using your body to keepsafe from the cold disbelief just outside yourdoor. Your kind …