Groo Tries To Grow As A Gamer

[Groo The Wanderer]

btw, nothing wrong with easy mode and resets. It's an interactive story. You didn't like the way the story, so you used editorial power.

Okay, fair point, but my self-criticism is that I've gotten lazy and the pendulum has swung too far in that direction. Refer to my sentence in my opening post about Civilization; Here's a game that I've played many MANY times. The story wasn't new. Any "editorial power" I exercised was just me wanting my own private echo chamber where to only story I was interested in was the one that stroked my ego: "Groo The Infallible dominates the Globe again, film at eleven". I'm starting to think it was just me wanting to assert dominance in the only avenue I felt I could (hashtag armchair psychiatrist)... and the further I ponder that, it makes me wonder if that has allowed a "weakness to grow strong" (a loose quote from the band Hey, Rosetta!), that I have lost my ability to lose, even when all that was at stake was essentially meaningless and forgettable. And THAT, in my opinion, is a big can o' worms.

That's all I've got for now on that point... I'm going to do a quick reply to Kersus' post (really glad I to hear from you again, old friend!) and maybe try an update on Where In the World Is Carmen San Di-Alien.

Peace!