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After a breaking from games for a while, I've felt like playing something. Not sure what, if anything, I want to commit to, so I've been briefly revisiting some old favorites I've had on my mind, and trying out some titles I've been interested in, through demos or...other means

 Or not. I don't believe there can be one best of anything, but when I start a game of Terraria, I want to play nothing but Terraria. It's like everything we imagined we wanted in a side scroller as kids. 

Long time, no blog.

I've put 26 hours into Hitman 2016. That would be a healthy amount of time for any action/stealth game. But I've spent that just on the first episode. And there are 7 or 8 of them. Needless to say, I like this game. I've always liked Hitman, since I was introduced to the series with Hitman: Silent Assassin, the second game in the series. On PS2, in an age when games like this (aimed at the PC puzzle solving and immersive sim crowds) were not that common on consoles.  But back to the new game:  26 hours playing the same level over and over again. Not only can you spend a lot of that time figuring out your own way to pull off assassinations and mastering the lay of the land, item placement, NPC schedules and behavior, etc. but there are a host of developer assigned challenges to complete. You'd think after 26 hours and dozens of mission restarts I'd have everything figured out, and I mostly do, but some of these challenges throw you real curveballs and have you going back to pay attention to things you completely overlooked.

And the answer is: quests.

"Omg another Mario game!!! Why can't Nintendo do anything new?!"

Games: Time is precious, and I just don't have the desire currently to spend much of it on video games. I am become kasual! No more ambitious lists of what I will play in the new year, as they never come to fruition anyway. Will stick to one or two games at a time and probably only play a few hours on the weekend. And only what games interest me at the moment, not what everyone says is the hot new shit. So....

So I'm no stranger to exercise, but I got the idea to try something a bit different. I'm calling it the Big Boss Workout. Inspired by  Venomous Punished Snake in MGSV. He is one of the most dynamic characters you can control in a video game yet. A sneaking, sprinting, climbing, crawling, shooting, dive rolling, CQCing badass. I already do a weights workout, but I want to tailor that to help give me functional strength that would benefit me on the battlefield of life.  I know I'll have to really upgrade my cardio, Snake can haul ass in the game. Also work on pullups and other climbing-beneficial exercises.  Maybe train martial arts? (with throws, joint locks, boxing and whatever else he does in the game). Looking for suggestions, so any of you were in the military, sports, have experience in rock climbing, martial arts, etc. feel free to advise me. So far I have this: