Movember, and other life updates

So yeah I've been doing Movember this year, so given my way of doing stuff I have gone for it. Nothing more proves this than a lovely picture

Oh also, if you laugh pretty hard at this, my page is http://mobro.co/Mattstebbings

I would happily accept donations (not currently on my knees begging much...)

However ignore the glasses revel in the brilliance of the shirt. Oh and I am Still 21, I would like to point this out. 

I think i look sort of smooth and dignified. However this opinion hasn't exactly been shared. It has been said that i look like I am preparing for a 70s cop show throw back. I dont see it though, mainly as i can't ride a Vesper.

Either way I like it, and donating my face to charity is a good thing. 

In other news, nothing much has changed. It feels weirldly that I am becoming more awesome yet more naturally cynical of life to the point of ranting about stupidity. It is fun though.

I am enjoying life these days, meeting new people. I like conversing with people who have interesting things to say. Probably stating the obvious pretty heavily there really. But also I have learnt things from speaking to new people, mainly that I use/make up brilliant stupendous, refulgent words. Mind this has lead to some rather interesting conversations about favourite words. It's almost leading me to write the most 'interesting' list i have ever considered writing, a ranked list of my favourite words judged on usability, commonality and intelligent-soundingness (ok that one isn't really a sensible name for the category but it's my list). In general I don't make any types of list because they seem far too much like organisation and I like to keep things easy.

But aye feel free to chat to me

Gaming and it's enthrallment

I know I have talked about gaming before but a recent game deserves me bringing this back

Skyrim

This game has single-handedly altering not only the life in the flat but the style of conversation, natural reactions and thought processes....

For those who haven't had their lives completely remolded by this game, it was released just over 2 weeks ago (although total household play probably already amounts to around over 250 hours (as usual incase my mum is reading, only about 10 hours of that is me... Honestly)


For those who have escaped the grasp of this game thus far, it is a RPG style game set in times when nords existed and swords and shields were the weapons of choice (or the most advanced) and magic was not only believed in but also possible. This might not sound like a particularly good game at first with the pretence but what if i threw the thought of fighting dragons! Now do I have your attention?


I think reading that back I should give up on  being a game reviewer...


Anywho back to what i was saying


Skyrim is one of those games that can completely take over your life, the map is huge.... I will try and give you some scale, it takes a good 20mins to walk across from one side to the other in real time, well closer to 4 hours by the time you get repeatedly distracted/attacked/pummelled by a giant/ set on fire/ had an ice spike fired through your shoulder/picked up all the random bits of foliage to see if it is good for you/looked for a shop with some gold to buy stuff off you/ WAIT FOR ALL THE BLOODY LOAD SCREENS. Gets pretty deep


But the most worrying thing is it does change how you see the world around you. an example of this is I was working in the lab in uni last week when someone picked up a glass stirring rod behind me. Now this is a standard thing to hear in a chemistry lab so no one really reacted, well I say no one, my natural instinct got me to pick up my steel dagger (ok spatula but play along) and prepare for a fight.... Also there are far too many game references popping up in day to day conversation. My flatmates no longer say that I am a chemistry student, but a potion master apprentice... And walking along the street seeing flowers in other people's gardens is making me want to 'harvest' them in order to eat them on the off chance I will get a stamina boost.


It's times like that which make me consider whether the game is addictive or I have mental problems.... And no I am not asking for you to suggest which is true.