Well. I guess it's been a while.

When I played Bard's Tale II and Ultima IV one magical summer, I remember wanting to be a part of that. No, not practical, just learn general programming/keep your grades up instead. Computer courses even revolved around sorting algorithms, anything but just getting out there and finding how to do stuff.

Bard's Tale II fell. Ultima IV--well, solving it became a secondary dream. I got through it soon after leaving college, thanks to GameFAQs, without which I wouldn't be here.

But last month I was invited to help test a game for the Apple II. And I realized, I always wanted to do something like that, but life can get in the way.

You can play it on an emulator, say, AppleWin.

https://lawlesslegends.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/while-you-wait-for-lawless-play-this/

I came in too late to help pin down some bugs--there'll be a maintenance release out there--but retro RPG fans, hope you enjoy. I was also invited to help testing the main project, Lawless Legends, which should have a beta in 6 months. I may not be able to help with coding (that's another dream) but--I got a lot done and helped make sure things were presentable and did work so that programmers didn't have to. I even helped with the story in places.

Anyway, I don't think I'd have done that without a platform to discuss games, whether via reviews, games, or maps. Here or GameFAQs.

Hope everyone else has had fun things they forgot they wanted to do.

Maybe I'll have another post about the stuff I've written in the past few years. I'll see. I was fortunate enough to have the chance to write my own games, and they're games I'd have liked when I was younger. But for now, I'll share someone else's.