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All I know is I'm suddenly grateful I haven't played the new South Park game OR Okami (I know!) so I can finally enjoy these at last on the wonderful Switch. Otherwise what I'm most hyped for is Octopath Traveller, which was a really cool demo, and I might even buy the Crash Bandicoot game AGAIN so I have it on handheld. There were a couple other announcements that pleased me as well. 

Sometimes I have dreams at night about imaginary books I've apparently written in other universes. Last night though I had a spectacular one about a book that I'm inspired to turn into reality. It's called "An American Sebastian" and is inspired by the old TV show cartoon "Belle and Sebastian".  In it, a young man is searching the world for his mother, who has disappeared for some reason (she's not kidnapped or anything, he knows she's on the run for some reason). I don't know how I'm going to incorporate the dog side of the story, but I know he will have a dog, and over the course of the novel, the dog has its life and finally passes away, all while he's looking for his mother. I'd like to write about the relationship about a man and his dog from adoption to the dog's death. 

I've actually been playing a lot of video games lately, if you include mobile games (and I do!).  First of all, I quit smoking camels and am rolling Bali Shag, a more natural tobacco without all the crap. I feel better already, and am smoking less and feeling calmer. So while I am still struggling with Writer's Block, I have been spending my time doing some gaming, as I've been more relaxed. 

With the advent of the new century, so came the Sega Dreamcast, a harbinger of bullshit to come. Me and Gregg moved out of the ghetto in the late 99 and eventually found a home in the Sunset area of San Francisco, near the beach. We were both making good money and could afford to pay out the nose. For that Christmas my parents blessed me with a Dreamcast, and I returned home with it and Sonic Adventure. 

Our next inebriated adventure takes place in 1998/1999 when I was living with Gregg in a shithole apartment south of San Francisco during the Dot Com boom. I wasn't doing a lot of drugs then, but we would go out and drink, and when we came back we would play Smash Bros on the N64 all night. 

Like I said, I didn't play a lot of video games in high school except occasionally, so that pretty ends my teenage years with Gaming Under the Influence. My next episode comes after high school in summer of 1996 when I was living in Minnesota, and my friends Gregg and Rob came up and visited me. Gregg brought weed, and we went out onto the lake and smoked, and then returned home to play Star Control 2 multiplayer. 

First of all, I grew up in Delaware and became an Eagles fan, but the last time they went to the superbowl I lived in Philly and it was an amazing experience to see the city come together. In fact, I went to a Sixers game the day of the Super Bowl and the fans were chanting "E-A-G-L-E-S" during the basketball game. Kinda fucked up, but a lot of fun. Then the night of the game, the Eagles lost and it was a big let down. It was a tight game but McNabb just couldn't cut it. I'm very glad now that the Eagles got their Super Bowl, but I didn't always give in to hope that it would happen. Now that it has, I feel relief and joy. Anyway, on to games...

Hey guys I missed BaD yesterday because I had to finally say goodbye to my dog Taco Belle and put her to sleep. It's ok, I'm sad but also relieved because it was time. But tomorrow I will have my second "Gaming Under the Influence" blog.  Thanks. 

Put on your BaD-O-Vision goggles, ladies and gents, cause it's that yearly time of BaD again! Woohoo! This year I plan to various series of blogs based on some ideas I have, and my first series is "Gaming Under the Influence," where I regal you with tales of inebriation and hallucination!

That's right. BaD is approaching. And while I know we are all busy it's always great to get people participating even if they don't blog every day. I'm trying to think of a theme to do for the blogs, but I haven't come up with anything yet. It's pretty amazing we've been here on Pixlbit for what - five or six years now?  Life is crazy. And while we don't have the traffic like 1up, I feel this is a more intimate place, and I've gotten to know all of you much better.