A Month in Gaming
Here we are again with another summary of my gaming activities in recent months. Or in this case since last September. It’s been a while but I’ve been on a blogging hiatus until recently. However, I’ve kept myself busy gaming wise and often I find the hunt for news video games, just as entertaining as I do playing them. Perhaps that could be a future blog post. Back to the matter in hand. Gaming wise, pretty much all things related to the MMORPG genre are currently on the back burner. I’ll give specifics later but I am taking a break from these for the present. I am currently looking at trying games outside my usual comfort zone and also trying to test whether you can or cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, the answer appears to be yes you can. Enough summation, on to the specifics.
Hogwarts Legacy: Initial Thoughts
Before we begin let me address the issue of the “baggage” that accompanies anything associated with the author J.K. Rowling. I don’t like it when complex social or political issues are framed as a simple binary choice, usually with one side claiming righteousness and the other being presented as an anathema. I believe in equality and personal freedoms but such matters are often complex and rife with nuance and subtleties. Anyone who suggests otherwise is either misinformed or deliberately misleading you. Hence I won’t be drawn into the arbitrary nature of the protests that surround the “Wizarding World” as they strike me as a Hobson’s Choice which do little to address the real points of debate. I am a great fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, but I reject his position on eugenics. Thus, I believe it is possible to be able to separate an artist or their personal worldview, from their work. But this is a personal decision and people can choose to do the opposite.