A scattered dream just now. Fragments:
– wandering an immense, dark video game arcade full of games with no controls and/or especially cryptic gameplay
– being kidnapped by a skinny old evil English artist who wanted to Make A Tarot Deck; his deck in progress was nothing more than the structure – a long list of how this card would correspond with that one, notes on how it would correspond to playing-card suits. He had it nicely-printed but all it was was glossy empty symbols on black, no art anywhere. “Sure, this could work,” I advised. “Start drawing, be prepared to completely abandon a few finished pieces for it if they don’t work.”
– a field full of little tents with tiny fires in front of them, each occupied by a small girl. Then they started singing in unison.
– A ticking that exactly resembled the ticking of the timer I use when making myself Get Stuff Done.
I woke up right after the timer, with a conviction that it’s time to get some serious drawing done. I’ve been spending the last few weeks wallowing in video games and moodiness.
Yesterday I unlocked the last main story mission in Dragon Age Inquisition. I don’t know if I want to bother playing it; much of the game had me really feeling kind of bored but playing anyway. Its lack of compelling side-quests really hurt it; I’m usually much more interested in fucking off and becoming an assassin or joining the elves or whatnot than being the Designated Hero Who Will Save The World, and DAI really just has a bunch of fetch quests for me rather than any real narrative. All its narrative is invested in the main story and the side quests of your companions. It’s pretty but ultimately it really felt empty to me; I may well sell it off without finishing the last main quest. I have just stopped caring about it. Anyone want it? PS4 version, in box, $40 plus shipping.