Chess Patch 4.5.2

Hm, power cards and XP sounds interesting. May need to add those to CPM2DOB whenever I get back to working on that one.

Lenten Loopholes

The solution was so obvious. It's been staring me in the face for so long. I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner.

As is widely know, my Usual Lenten Prohibitions include video games. Alas and alack. I've long realized that I need to substantially cut back on vidjimagame time, so for extra penance this year, I haven't played any computer games since the start of Septuagesima tide, and won't even allow myself chess or crossword puzzles on my phone, nor Angry Birds on the tablet (not even during boring homilies at Mass! I know, penitential, right?). Hopefully, this will stick after Lent and lead to more meaningful use of my time, and not just The Biggest Video Game Binge in History come Easter.

But anyways, this leaves me with the problem of, y'know, not being able to play video games. What am I to do with all this time that I should be using doing something else?

Then it struck me.

What I give up for Lent every year:

• Playing video games.

What I do not give up, nor have ever given up, for Lent:

• Debugging video games.

So the solution, then, is obvious. Either a), get a job as a video game tester, or b) write my own video games, then debug them. Then, so long as the play can be justified as falling under the general category of "testing", it's all cool, right?