I’ve started to really like just mustard and sauerkraut on my hotdogs and racing games over FPS because they’re a little slower paced.
I’ve started to really like just mustard and sauerkraut on my hotdogs and racing games over FPS because they’re a little slower paced.
Spicy foods! When I was younger, birds eye chilli in my meal would spoil my meal as a teenager, and I grew up in a spice loving family. Nowadays I love the kick that chill adds to foods, and I’ve even dared tiny bites of a Carolina Reaper (and have survived to tell this tale).
Gaming wise, I don’t prefer FPS games to my old standbys of strategy and turn based RPG games, but I actually find some enjoyment in playing them now, even though objectively my reaction time is worse. I just accept I’m a mediocre player, haha.
When it comes to books, I crave reading more sci-fi and fantasy books. I don’t avoid ‘heavy’ topics in these genres, but I don’t find contemporary literature appealing and prefer a bit of escapism. Maybe I’m just looking at the wrong book recommendations.
I used to avoid spicy food too. I couldn’t handle all of the heat.
Then I came down with COVID, recovered, and later went out to a restaurant called Dave’s Hot Chicken with my brother and some friends. We got their Carolina Reaper chicken and I was hooked. Before I knew it I was making my own Carolina Reaper hot sauce and loving the burn.
I’m not sure if it’s due to the COVID or just changes in my preferences but the timing sure was coincidental.
On the FPS front, I used to love playing games like Call of Duty and I was pretty good at them, then I moved to slightly slower paced shooters like Battlefield, and now I don’t play much FPS games at all.
These days I’m more a fan of slower paced games that make you think a bit. I really enjoyed Factorio and also had a lot of fun with Stormworks. Making microcontrollers and getting to write my own Lua code to power my vehicles is a hell of a lot of fun.