First Post

Why have I started a blog? Well I guess its because its better than talking to a brick wall. No one likes the sad realisation that no one else really cares what they think, a blog saves us from this with the perhaps vain hope that someone somewhere will read your thoughts and be inspired. This is what I hope =)

So in this fantasy world I have chosen, it seems apt that my first smattering of cerebral goo on the internet is about fantasy worlds. From the age of around 12, I have wasted huge chunks of my life on fantasy RPGs. In particular Runescape. I quit around the time the infamous trade restrictions were put in place. At that point (another) sad realisation hit me, it was just a fantasy world, and all that effort and all potential future effort was being wasted on changing integers and string on a server somewhere. You see, the delusion of actual value of your virtual character is vital in maintaining the motivation to play. Every attempt to return to Runescape is (thankfully) thwarted by me remembering that fact. My point to this perhaps long winded post is that: how is real life any different? Apart from the fact that its the most important known reality, it really does make you think. What if we are just moving matter and energy around that ultimately has no real value?

PS: I apologise about the downbeat tone of my first post, I hope it doesn't set a standard for the rest =)