Check for collision with player

    if (
        player_x < enemy[0] < player_x + player_size
        and player_y < enemy[1] < player_y + player_size
    ):
        pygame.quit()
        sys.exit()

    # Remove enemies that go off-screen
    if enemy[1] > HEIGHT:
        enemies.remove(enemy)

Life would be so much simpler if it was possible to kill off your bad emotions this way.

Leave me the f*$k Alone in the Dark

Like a busy buzzing bee, I’m drifting around trying to settle back into my gaming grove. Firstly finding a “safe” place to get my game on is tricky. A clean, spacious area with no interruptions would be bliss.

Naturally, some titles are just not right to play at the moment…Green Hell (now deleted) seems to mirror life too much as I struggle with odd continuous physical ailments. Division Survival (now deleted) is really empty and my usual running mates are nowhere to be seen online.

Looks like solo game runs are going to be the thing to do as I’m only done with 20% of Ghost of Tsushima. Extremities have forced me to tackle a 2 hour return train journey to get game time but it’s not working as I’m constantly interrupted and the game play quality is very poor.

In the meantime, my writing quality has gradually got worst.

My writing quality is taking a nose dive…time to pump up the volume on my brain

My fault? ….really?

Like a sponge, I absorb all the things that are wrong in a situation. I become accountable by default and cannot shift the responsibility even though there are so many things clearly out of my influence. It’s a flawed personal trait which constantly damages me.

It’s amplified when I try to assist. Sometimes, I can find a solution and all is well but mostly things fall flat bringing me with it.

Solution: Normally, I’d dive into Div 1 or something and go shoot things in the face but for now the best is Isolation Mode with near zero human interaction.

Result: 12 hours later: Emotional state restored

When was the last time you felt needed $$$$?

The formula for an emotional exploit has been around for centuries and is still pretty effective. 

  • Basic step-up question: Do you Love me? 
  • Basic exploit question: Can you send me some money?
  • Decision 1: Say No and expect the “You don’t really Love me ” comment
  • Decision 2: Say Yes and know that you are betraying yourself as a sucker

The strategy to just to create time pressured confused and emotional conflict. This makes it tough for the target to make a rational decision, in fact the wrong decision will often seem like the absolbute right and justified thing to do.

Exploiters with finesse blend their attack with subtle time pressure and set-up friendly history and established heartfelt trust where they have actually given money to the target.

Honey trap or tasty treat?

Thinning the herd

Credit card debt, alimony, personal requests for money and World War Z throw endless fast paced adversaries at you.  When the hoard spots you then you have no option but to cut them down with all you have, no rules just kill everything.  I’ll be following steamers of this title closely and it’s great to see that the game creators have been true to the movie.

In the meantime, I’m walking in silence alone in the dark.

Out of warranty, uninsured and not supported

It’s pretty hard to convince an individual to invest any time into a Personal IT disaster recovery plan.  Even if they have experienced some IT loss, folk simply think their gadgets will continue working forever,

A visit to an Apple genius bar will see a constant flow of disparate anxious end-users who are there because of some kind of IT failure.  As an engineer, it’s great solving problems and putting out fires but most incidents can be easily avoided.

Did you backup today?