It was my grandmother’s sanqi—the third-week ceremony after her death—and the same few people from the first-week ceremony went to her grave to pay respects. Let me mention my uncle, the 'devoted son.' At the grave he didn’t set out offerings or burn paper. He just stood off to the side like a lord. I kept wondering: did you come to visit your own mother? You could search a hundred li around and probably not find another person like him. These days I let most things go. He can do whatever he wants; it’s not as if we’ll have much to do with each other from here on.
I feel like I haven’t updated the blog in ages. Mostly I don’t know what to write. Nothing seems to hold my interest anymore—maybe it’s age. Twenty years ago, I could turn the smallest nothing into a whole post.
Not much has happened these past few days. My spare time has gone to Diablo IV. Besides grinding, I’ve been pushing my own game forward. My Blog, the game I’m making, is moving slowly, but I’ve reached the main quest. I should finish developing all the quests by the end of this month or early next. After that comes the UI art, then some sound effects. I hope to put out a playable test version in the summer.
I’ve played the Diablo series from II through IV. Blizzard really does make classics. There are plenty of games around now, but most younger players aren’t into this dark style anymore; they prefer Honor of Kings and PUBG-style battle royale games. Middle-aged and older players like me still go for it. It had been a long time since I played something completely new. Going in without guides, feeling my way through on my own—that’s been a lot of fun. I hadn’t had that feeling in a while. Diablo IV is fairly complex: skills, gear, runes, gems, paragon, aspects, and so on. Each class can be built into different styles, so it stays interesting.
Maybe the reason I can’t get interested in anything is that I’m too deep in games? Haha. Still, life is short—enjoy it while you can. If you wait until you’re older, you may not have the same passion for games that you had when you were young. As a kid, I was taught not to get addicted to video games. Now that I’m grown up, I find there are fewer and fewer things left to get addicted to 😂. Being young is good. Cherish it, friends.