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30 Days Of: Gaming

30 Days Of Gaming, Day 5

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Day 5: Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)

I’ve kind of hinted at feeling an affinity with Chiaki Nanami from Danganronpa 2 on a previous 30 Days Of entry, but my pick for today is Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4.

Like me, Yosuke spends most of his time trying to fit in. His high school years are not great until he finds Yu, the person who makes him accept himself. I can relate a lot to this. Until I found the right group of friends, I spent a lot of my time in secondary school closing away parts of myself and pretending I wasn’t interested in certain things (mostly video games, but see also comics, movies, music).

Yosuke is also a huge nerd, catastrophically clumsy and a total failure with the opposite sex. This resonates far more than I’d like it to. He has a great sense of humour and doesn’t take things too seriously, unless that’s what the situation calls for, then he’s your guy! I would like to think I share those traits too.

He is also, in case you were wondering, best guy in Persona 4.

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30 Days Of: Gaming, Day 4

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Day 4: Your guilty pleasure game

I spent a lot of time in secondary school feeling guilty about the things I liked because I didn’t fit in with the other girls in my class, so as an adult I’ve taught myself there’s no point in feeling guilty about the things that you like. You either like them, and that’s great, or you don’t, and that’s great too. You should never let anyone make you feel bad for the things you like, and if I’d learnt that at school, I’d probably have been a lot happier!

That said, my entry for my guilty pleasure game does make me feel guilty every time I play it. Not because I feel guilty for liking it, but because every time I play it I lose track of hours of my life.

No game makes me as unproductive as The Sims does. I play a lot of games, obviously, but I can always find time to get up, go for a walk, make dinner and generally be a functioning human being. But with The Sims, I’m just rendered useless. I can spend hours on there not even doing anything, just creating families and building houses and before you know it, I’ve been on the computer for 14 hours.

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30 Days Of: Gaming, Day 2

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Day 2: Your favourite character

I have spent far too long thinking of the answer to this question, and I don’t think there’s a singular answer that I can give.

The immediate answer that jumped into my head was Prompto, from Final Fantasy XV, but that’s probably because I’ve been in FFXV hell ever since I started the game back in December and there’s been little else that’s run through my head since. Prompto is the best of the chocobros, the one who makes me laugh the most, the one who I feel I relate to the most and the DLC I’m most looking forward to.

Thinking further back, I would also cite Chiaki Nanami from Danganronpa 2 as one of my favourite characters. On a personal level, I relate to her a lot; any character that’s socially inept and obsessed with video games resonates a lot with me (see also: Kozume Kenma from Haikyuu!!). She’s a key part of Danganronpa 2, and the game would be much poorer without her in it. I’ve even cosplayed her in the past!

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Going back a bit further in time, I’d probably give Crash Bandicoot the title of my favourite character, purely for nostalgic reasons. There’s nothing relatable about him, but I have the greatest memories of playing as him in games, so he has to get some recognition somehow!

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30 Days Of: Gaming, Day 1

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Day One: Very first video game

Way back in 1993 (ish), ma and pa saw fit to buy me my first games console; a Sega Master System II. With it, I inherited a whole bunch of games from the brother-in-law of my aunt, but these were mostly beyond my skill level and didn’t have a whole lot in there to keep a four year old captivated.

It was the built-in Sonic The Hedgehog which I spent most of my time playing, and I also have the fondest memories of. When I first got the console, I would use my arms to try and control the game. Going right meant that I would pull my arms as far to the right as possible, often pulling the controller out of the console. If I had to jump, I would fling my arms in the air, also pulling the controller out of the console. Thankfully, I grew out of that habit!

Here’s a picture of me enjoying a spot of Sonic, complete with mid-90’s decor and adorable pyjamas.

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30 Days Of

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2017 isn’t just a year for challenges, I also want to make it a year of improvement.

It’s not really a secret that I’ve kind of neglected this blog in the past (despite paying out for a domain name), and this year is the year I turn that around! I also want to improve my writing. This idea came to me the other day whilst browsing Twitter (though I have also seen and participated in something similar on Tumblr in the past, just a picture version).

The concept of a 30 day challenge is usually that there is a theme, and then 30 questions which the participant answers based on that theme. Normally the answers are pictures, or quite short, but I’m going to use them as prompts to write a short article, therefore creating quick content and (hopefully) improving my writing skills in the long run! And my readers get to find out all sorts of useless information about me! Everyone’s a winner!

First up is “30 Days of Gaming”. The questions are below, and I’ll be posting answers every day at 8pm.

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