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Sep. 18th, 2003 12:06 pmOkay, so I've been amusing myself as usual. Up too late playing video games and denying the fact I'm not getting any younger. Feels great, 'cept for the realization I'm going to have to get up in a few hours.
Been playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms all night. That and Dynasty Warriors make up the body of KOEI's historical simulation games from the era after the fall of the Han dynasty which resulted in the clusterfuck known as the Three Kingdoms. It's something I knew absolutely nothing about before, but have been informed of over the course of the last three or four weeks in a variety of fashions. In DW, I take the part of one of the great warriors of the time and whup ass myself. Cool in a variety of ways, it shows not only the style of combat of the era but the kind of tactics used by the generals and a feel for the mental state of the populace. In ROTK, one takes a more strategic view and has to manage the politics of being part of the fall of the Han and what comes after. Much different, gives one a feel for the land-management issues and a more overall feel for the campaign styles.
Both of them teach you who the players in all this are and what's going on over the course of the history. What I wonder is if, armed with all this preparation, I might find interest in actually reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the monster of a book which is actually the source of all this stuff. I certainly am contemplating taking a copy to PV3 if I can find it.
Now, irrelevant links: Oh, god, it smells worse than a fitness club full of tuna-clad yetis in here!
Got up late in order to catch a package I was waiting for, now into the office, after I eat lunch.
Been playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms all night. That and Dynasty Warriors make up the body of KOEI's historical simulation games from the era after the fall of the Han dynasty which resulted in the clusterfuck known as the Three Kingdoms. It's something I knew absolutely nothing about before, but have been informed of over the course of the last three or four weeks in a variety of fashions. In DW, I take the part of one of the great warriors of the time and whup ass myself. Cool in a variety of ways, it shows not only the style of combat of the era but the kind of tactics used by the generals and a feel for the mental state of the populace. In ROTK, one takes a more strategic view and has to manage the politics of being part of the fall of the Han and what comes after. Much different, gives one a feel for the land-management issues and a more overall feel for the campaign styles.
Both of them teach you who the players in all this are and what's going on over the course of the history. What I wonder is if, armed with all this preparation, I might find interest in actually reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the monster of a book which is actually the source of all this stuff. I certainly am contemplating taking a copy to PV3 if I can find it.
Now, irrelevant links: Oh, god, it smells worse than a fitness club full of tuna-clad yetis in here!
Got up late in order to catch a package I was waiting for, now into the office, after I eat lunch.
