Andy Pressman @andypressman@friend.camp

@nzle oh glorious day!!

What should I get at Dairy Queen, I haven’t been to one since 1992

I mean maybe I’m digging too deep but I read the name “Polaris” (the otherworldly deity/being sharing the mind of the protagonist) being a pun for “players”

I’m on to chapter 3 (or so) and I think my initial hunch that this is all high meta (like, a story about stories, a game about games, etc) is feeling more and more correct

Is the uncanny valley stuff intentional? Some of these humans are aliens

Anyway I hope it’s more complicated than that

I’ve been reading old grant morrison stuff again, which maybe prompts the thought

Gut guess is that this is all a meta commentary on the experience of gaming

15m in and it feels like a conscious attempt to make a prestige television AAA game

Maybe I should change my strategy from “wait until an organization I agree with politically recognizes my unique skill set and approaches me”

Looking for a job is weird because most of the time there’s nothing to do except think about how there should be something to do

Relevant to your interests @courtney!! http://halcyonrealms.com/books/ani-man-llust-tatsuyuki-tanaka-art-techniques-book-review/

@whoisgina @ellen Not how I'd originally imagined it!!

Comcast guy came to the new studio space to set it up and started talking about science fiction (good point of entry) and then cake baking (detour, but okay) and then "I'm not racist, but boy, making cakes for gypsies" which was so unexpected that I didn't know how to deflect or investigate

This whole week has been lost (snow day, Leo sick day, now me sick day) and I have this feeling that I cannot shake: maybe I’ve forgotten something, or let something go, or have somehow _messed it all up_

But I think it’s just not working that makes me feel weird

Love you bye

Whenever I talk to someone on the phone for longer than like 15m I have to fight the compulsion to say “okay love you” right before hanging up

Also I can go a solid hour before realizing that a battle is lost, which I absolutely love because I’m a video game masochist

I think the best thing about Wargroove, which I love, is that I begin every round feeling overwhelming odds against me, but end every round feeling triumphant