Oog.
Tired. It also feels like it should be Friday. On the up side, I had some degree of success yesterday afternoon, so I'm not as grumpy and frustrated about work as I was in the morning (even if things that should have been done last night weren't).
The Leaden Key in Pillars of Eternity has finally been revealed as eeeevil in my playthrough, though I still say that narratively takes far too long.
WoW Tokens are out - which can be purchased for $20, sold in-game for gold at a somewhat market-determined rate (originally 30k, but closer to 20k last I looked), and redeemed for a month of subscription time. It's an interesting addition, offering some alternative to third party gold purchasing and a potential way to play without paying real money. I'm curious to see how things develop.
Another police shooting? Good grief. There are so very many factors at work, but one that comes to mind is one I've used in discussions about the Jedi - what makes a good soldier is not the same thing that makes a good police officer. Soldiers are trained (even broken down and reforged, in some ways) to be able to fight "the enemy" to win a war. Police - effective police - have to deal with problems among citizenry, most of which are best resolved by going out of the way to avoid escalation. It makes things more difficult that police do have to deal with a wide range of situations and they do have to be prepared to defend themselves, but applying a militaristic "they're the enemy" approach frequently just makes things worse all around.
The Leaden Key in Pillars of Eternity has finally been revealed as eeeevil in my playthrough, though I still say that narratively takes far too long.
WoW Tokens are out - which can be purchased for $20, sold in-game for gold at a somewhat market-determined rate (originally 30k, but closer to 20k last I looked), and redeemed for a month of subscription time. It's an interesting addition, offering some alternative to third party gold purchasing and a potential way to play without paying real money. I'm curious to see how things develop.
Another police shooting? Good grief. There are so very many factors at work, but one that comes to mind is one I've used in discussions about the Jedi - what makes a good soldier is not the same thing that makes a good police officer. Soldiers are trained (even broken down and reforged, in some ways) to be able to fight "the enemy" to win a war. Police - effective police - have to deal with problems among citizenry, most of which are best resolved by going out of the way to avoid escalation. It makes things more difficult that police do have to deal with a wide range of situations and they do have to be prepared to defend themselves, but applying a militaristic "they're the enemy" approach frequently just makes things worse all around.
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