Urban Decay, Operation: Dirty Rice, Roleplaying Games

.: Urban Decay
So I’ve got a LiveJournal account, which I’ve registered to Urban Decay. It’s all horrible, but all beautiful at the same time. Living in the Netherlands, the second or third most densely populated country, depending on who you believe (Bangladesh being the most densely populated country in the world), where every piece of ground is incredibly fertile, we bicker and argue and plan and control every square inch of our precious soil. This means we have no real natural wildlife, or rugged areas, which bothers me sometimes…but it also means we have no abandonned areas, no rundown mills or factories just gathering dust and slowly collapsing in on itself. The ground is too precious, too expensive.

.: Operation: Dirty Rice
Last night Eva and I – well, mostly I – made dirty rice, after a special, yet stunningly simple, recipe from my mother. The operation was a clear and overwhelming success. Eva and I even improved. It was great. We ate it while watching Band of Brothers. I can’t believe we actually ate in front of the television. :)

.: Roleplaying Games
It’s itching again. Call of Cthulhu will most likely come first. Perhaps after that an entirely new Shadowrun campaign. Done my way. So it will be more cyber- than manapunk. Cyberpunk with a dash of mysticism. I won’t make the mistake of high fantasy in Shadowrun again.

I’ve also been wondering what a Dune or Warhammer 40K roleplaying game would look like. A space-opera-like game has never appealed to me, because it’s very much dominated by Star Wars…and those who know me won’t be suprised to hear me say that Star Wars can suck my sweaty nuts. Dune and WH40K are far darker and edgier. Strangely enough I’m drawn to that, but not in a Goth-ee type way, but because those environs tend to make for better storytelling. What a shame that Obsidian was such a disappointment. “Sorry Micah, but you have a nice concept, but bad execution. Stick to making music, which you do very well.”