Damn you, ADD!

No, not that AD(&)D. I'm referring, of course, to my gamer's ADD. It has been discussed at length about books and movies inspiring us. I hate it when I'm not just inspired, but my whole gaming mood gets freaking hijacked. See, I had a nice little thing going for Alternity again. Nothing major, not quite enough to post about yet, but I was trying to coax the embers into a flame. Then, my wife spake the fateful words:

"Do you want to watch Immortals on pay-per-view tonight?"

 So, naturally, my mood swung instantly to Mazes & Minotaurs. It was on my mind only a couple of weeks ago, so traces of that mood were lingering. All it took was about 15 minutes of the movie to bring M&M right back to the front and center.

 

Not that it's a bad thing, I mean it is a really awesome game. And Minotaur #10 did just come out. Not only is it a fantastic game, it makes use of all the range of dice, meaning all my recently-found collection can be called into action.

Oh, the movie, you ask? It wasn't bad for what it was. The lighting was rather dark and sort of murky looking. I'm not very much of a Mickey Rourke fan, either. I can take him in small doses, like the smarmey lawyer in Man On Fire. Principle antagonist gives him too much screen time for me. The movie most definitely inspired me to want to explore over-the-top Hellenic adventure gaming, though. It did that in spades.

I'm curious, though, which is sort of the point of this post. Do any of you have a certain movie(s) that is(are) sure to fire up a certain gaming interest/mood?

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Just 17 short days ago I was happy to reach 4000 page views. Today I am ecstatic to note 5000 page views. Once again, I really want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. A friend of mine once told me that we all crave external validation. We may not need it, but we most certainly want it. I've said it before, I started this for me, just to put my ideas out there, to give me a chance to step back from them and get a new perspective. I didn't need an audience, but I definitely wanted one. Thanks to all of you for giving me that.

Now that I have 4shared going I plan to provide more for download. It won't all be original. I plan on collecting things like the Alternity Fast Plays into one central, convenient location, for interested readers. I will share my original crap, too. If there is anything any of you would like to see in the share folder, be sure and let me know. Now that I do have an audience, I want to keep things fresh and interesting, and give you all a reason to keep coming back.

Now, let's get started on that next milestone . . .