Not studying, assessing a favorite industry

I've been reading blogs of lesser-known game developers (the actual designers and engineers unlike Tornquist as writer) blogs, most in response to various happenings at last week's Game Developers Conference. It makes me understand exactly why my dream, for so long, was to be a game developer before I realized making it independently in the industry was even harsher and stressful than attempting to succeed in the film or, amazingly enough, journalistic/creative writing industies. In addition, it makes me wish to eventually be in a position with enough clout to secure a pass to a future GDC and E3--the famous names in game development are a helluva lot more interesting to read about than average Hollywood celebrities.

They aren't a fraction as wealthy as their motion-picture contemporaries, but what they say never fails to wow me. Names like Warren Spector and Will Wright. People that lead carefully connected artistic teams to make titles like Deus Ex praying that consumers will enjoy their genius. I'd rather sit down with Pixel, the enigmatic Japanese character that singlehandedly made Cave Story, or Richard Garriot, father of the Ultima series, than Tom Cruise or Will Farrell.

Suffice to say, I didn't really get any work done today. I moved my syllabi and the books needed to start my homework from their scattered locations around my house to the hub/shrine that is my bedroom, and that's about it. I also sent Hurtig an email--I'll be visiting Creative Writing this Friday, though we decided since today was Senior Teach Day that revisiting my excercise for CW from last year would better be dealt in late May. Since CW is 5th period now, if Fridays aren't 34 days, I might be able to visit the Symphonic Band, too--I hope so. Hopefully Fridays are 12 or 78 days. I can't remember what they were from when I checked everything out over Winter Break--so I'll need to check again before Friday.

Shadow Hearts 2 is holding my interest very well, even though two consecutive dungeons in the first 10 hours were mines. I guess that's to be expected considering the setting is Earth--in particular, Europe, where there really aren't obligatory RPG Magma Cave, Ice Mountain, and Eerie Swamp all within 100km of each other.

Hopefully will find the will to start working tomorrow--my workload is too hefty to keep ignoring as I have been. Finish an English essay I had drafted just before getting sick and read maybe two or three Philosophy readings. I should be able to do that.

Especially if I get enough sleep.