...or, putting the Murder Simulators to good use.

So what do lonely people do when they don't have friends to play with? Fire up their Nintendo Wiis, Create Mii characters of people they obsess over and go play Wii Sports or whatever, happy to see that the other characters are cheering them on or playing in the same team. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating the geekiness - a) I am a geek, and b) a lot of people who actually have a life do that too, so it's actually good fun for the whole family! So here I am, turning my painstakingly created characters into Miis...

From left to right: Cassandra, Facyr, Faira, Gnedrnygr, Quirierle

Well, as far as I can tell, these guys look pretty close to what I'm envisioning them. Not perfect, of course, but recognisable, and that's what really matters.

Hooboy, here's one thing that has been floating to the top of my mind lately...

I generally picture myself as a nice guy. And, of course, I don't really make any secret of the fact that I let my personality affect my characters.

But I'm starting to think that because I am a nice guy, I'm really really having problems creating people with credible negative traits. I can't easily think up a nasty villain.

Sure, it's one thing to say that here we have a peasant-murdering, cottage-torching, tax-grabbing feudal lord... but I tend to mentally complete that somehow, saying "okay, I bet he still likes his dogs, so he's not really a completely bad guy."

(Come to think of it, I can't easily imagine the other extremity either. I can't think of a completely pure hero either.)

In short, I don't really believe the negative parts.

This is something I really need to spend some more thoughts on. It's a problem I need to get out of.