Personal Update at the Start of 2016
This will be quick, but I want to avoid starting the year with a Sunday update, so I’ll just say that I’m still quite in the air when it comes to the antivirus, but largely settled on Emsisoft and am currently exchanging some e-mails with them. Unfortunately, I didn’t exactly like a few answers, but the person who replied said he sent everything to the developers and some of the answers were directly from them as well, plus that the very fact that the replies have been thorough and, well, human, as in obviously written by a real person who read the messages and replied to them individually, not copying and pasting templates, makes them stand out.
Otherwise, went to see the new Star Wars Monday, but wasn’t impressed and don’t think there’s much point in seeing it in a theater at all, so rather feel that I wasted the money and at this point have no intention of making the same mistake with those that will follow. At the moment I am interested in Warcraft, however, even though the story seems to be one that has been done countless times before. If it’ll be done reasonably well and the effects will be worth watching in a theater, which was one thing the new Star Wars definitely failed at, I guess that will be the next one I’ll go see.
As far as games go, playing a little more Tropico 4 and just got to the tenth scenario of the original campaign last evening. Starting a scenario is always the tedious part, as it’s more or less the same struggle to somehow make ends meet and keep people from overthrowing you until you can throw something at least somewhat functional together, which is made even worse since it comes right after enjoying your island working like a well-oiled machine at the end of the previous one, but I’ll take it one by one and see when, or if, I’ll finish everything.
Should also mention that I was given two more games on GOG.com, and even though I also donated two last month it still feels terribly awkward. In fact, I was nominated twice more before, but refused those nominations and eventually accepted Morrowind GOTY Edition about a week and a half ago, if only to have a DRM-free copy on top of the retail one I purchased back in 2007 and perhaps also as some incentive to get back to playing it, as I started in 2008 and then suddenly dropped it, picked it back up in 2012, knowing exactly where I was and what I meant to do next and continuing for a while before once again suddenly dropping it and not picking it back up since, so I guess having another go at it in 2016 may even fit the pattern. The second game, received today, was Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, which was in fact one of those I was nominated for before but refused, so I guess it was time to accept it after all, though I have no idea when I’ll actually get around to playing it.
No, I didn’t run again, even though Monday it was still warm. Got colder after that, and these days it’s actually finally well below freezing and we may even expect a little snow, but this won’t last long. Shouldn’t get warm enough to comfortably run again too soon though, so I should see about getting my running shoes fixed, but since I may well not run again this month, and maybe not until spring, I’m in no hurry. May yet fix them myself though.
