Hey there generic, 5 person audience for my blog, sorry about not posting in here as much as I should, I've been looking after my other children ( Updated Tuesdays, For Hire and whatever mini project is the flavor of my month) amongst other things. I know usually I'm reputed for being lacksadaisical and apologistic towards repairing that trait, but sometimes I really do feel like looking after multiple side non-jobs gets towards the work effort of a real job, and likie a real job, you will forget things.
I guess the the Ranthole got the end of that stick this time. Anyhoo, when the UT website is finished and up (probably shortly after EXAMS) I'm gonna see what I can do to roll my Interblag the UT Interpipes blag. We'll see.
So I was having one of those existential moments, the ones I get every so often when I'm by myself (which is now frequent in my new home), I began thinking about WHY I even bother doing things like a webcomic or a Source Engine mod. I mean, it's not like webcomics nor cooperative games have never been done before. They have, alot, covering many aspect and angles. I know I'm probably not original for taking the routes, and it's debateable whether either of the two of my "kids" have anything that will add to the collective of either arena.
Still, "why?"
So after mulling this for a little I came to several realisations -
One - I don't really care if either Updated Tuesdays or For Hire "succeed": or "fail" in the end, I am right now quite enjoying working on them, and the end product is more or les jsut extra icing
Two- Even though the idea to start a webcomic wasn't origianlly my own, I'm really into it now. It's become it's own beast, which is great because if 12 months ago you said to me "You're going to make a webcomic that isn't failing", I'd have looked at you funny, especially if you told me it wasn't For Hire related. It's challenging me in a way that is different to the way For Hire challenges me too ,which is really handy, I suppose.
Three - They balance each other out in terms of my sanity karma. For Hire is balls to the wall accuracy of the realism variety, which is countered by my loose interpretation on reality in Updated Tuesdays. I guess one is like cerebral atonement for the other's.
Four- One thing's for certain - my art still sucks, either way. I am also fine with this.
Anyhoo, again, a post written post midnight that has a loose purchase on what could be considered conscious thought, I'd write these earlier, but to be honest, I'm not in a writey mood until like 11:50 pm..
So uh, yeah. This probably was a little too self0-indulgent of me, but I dunno, I just felt like writing it. I guess it had to be written or something...
Oh and check out http://updatetuesdays.blogspot.com and http://www.moddb.com/mods/for-hire at your own expense, and I'll try to keep you blaggers up to squick when I can.
Toadie Out.
