This past month I only posted once because it is hard to compose a blog post when you are feeling wooly minded from the lack of sleep due to insomnia. I just started getting back into a normal sleep pattern and then wham the time change occurs which kind of threw me off. Thank goodness it is cold out which makes it easier to sleep at night the only downside is I want to eat more during the day!
During this month of insomnia, I played Facebook games heavily. I noticed after a while of playing them I started getting very annoyed with some of the games. A lot of the games hamper a user’s progression by demanding they have so many friends playing or pay real money to advance past a certain point in the game. I neither have the money nor can I beg enough friends to join me in playing some of these games. First they get you hooked on a game than they throw road blocks in your way by stipulating you have to have so many friends playing the game before you can expand your lot, complete certain quests or win in fights.
The only way around this is to pay real money to buy more fictional friends or an expansion on your lot. I think the friend’s stipulation should be thrown out and the paying of real money should be for only really cool looking cosmetic items that enhance your characters looks or place or an item with an extra special ability. Having to fork over money or cajole enough friends into playing should not be integral in playing the game to the end. I just deleted some games because I hit a dead end. I couldn’t go any further because I didn’t have enough friends and I don’t have money to be forking over for fictional friends and virtual real estate. Maybe it is just as well since I have already sunk too much time and effort into playing them when I could be doing more productive things with my time.