Heh. Sorry for not posting in so long. I’ve been somewhat…preoccupied (and my last post said “building momentum”–ha!).
For this past week, I’ve been GMing a game of Werewolf on the Quark website. Werewolf is a forum roughly based on Mafia, but much more complex, since the online aspect gives it some very interesting dynamics–makes lying easier, gives it more strategy, more player roles, like “assassin” or “detective” or “necromancer,” etc. I’ve been playing for about a year now, and it’s lots of fun!
On the last round, about two weeks ago, I became the dirty lawyer (ie a traitorous innocent playing for the other team) for the assassin, a role that’s almost impossible to win. Previous to that round, it had only happened once–once, in almost four years of Werewolf rounds. Well, long story short, WE WON! Yeah!
So, having cut my teeth on the game (I haven’t played that many rounds of Werewolf, and some of the players are much more shrewd than me), I decided to GM the round. Out of a spontaneous impulse, I decided to theme it off of Final Fantasy 6, one of my favorite RPGs of all time.
Let me just say, that was either the best or the worst decision I’ve made all week.
I’ve been completely absorbed in this game. Completely. It’s been awesome, moving the story along, throwing in just the right cutscenes to represent different actions taken by either side, getting into character, showing Kefka’s gradual descent (or, should I say, ascent?) from deranged lunatic into Evil Force of Nature, etc etc. It’s been glorious! Absolutely glorious!
<sigh> I love Final Fantasy 6. It’s been years since I’ve played it (well, only a couple, since I was a college freshman when I first played it <blush>), but GMing this round has brought back all the old feelings for that game.
It is epic! Truly epic! The best game in the Final Fantasy series–so emotional, so poignant, so cliche and melodramatic BUT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY!!!!!!
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So anyway, I have a confession to make: that round of Werewolf totally absorbed my life this past week. That’s why nothing’s happened. I’m debating posting some of the best moments of it on this blog, but I don’t know. Maybe I’ll end up doing it.
In totally unrelated (and a little bit more professional) news, I got an internship offer with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy a few days ago. Looks like an awesome place! I’m seriously considering accepting it. Dr. Bowen tells me they’re pro-Israel and right of center, but at the same time, very moderate–not the kind of partisan place that’s going to lock me into a Republican-only or Democrat-only career for the rest of my life. Also, I hear they’re extremely influential with policy makers…could be interesting, inshallah.
