You are viewing junella —  cynicism personified If there's a
medal for busting word limits, I should be awarded it. Like
totally. 3000 words over the thesis word limit? Yup you can
count on me doing just that.  Anyway, now to get some annoyingly
distracting musings out so I can resume thesis editing. All
started with my new computer game obsession, namely Star Wars:
The Old Republic and the Mass Effect trilogy (which I haven't
played but spent more time than I oughta watching cutscenes
from).  1. Killing NPCs that get in your way during quests and
missions is okay, even encouraged because you have to get
through them. Why? Because they're in your way. And they're on
the other side. IRL, never works that way. Makes me wonder about
video games NPC killcount factoring into your bad karma. I mean
you have to accept them as existent to some extent right? Like
'the real world'?  2. Killing/hurting arsehole NPCs because it
feels good. Does it add to bad karma too? Because technically,
intent counts, even if you didn