Corwin is back to playing StarCraft again. Matt has the new version, StarCraft II and Corwin wants to play it but I won’t let him until he finishes the original and original expansion. He’s been working his way slowly through the missions. Charles has tried it a bit as well but it doesn’t have a difficult adjustment so it’s been a bit much for him. Corwin should be able to handle it but he doesn’t seem to get the spirit of the thing. He wants me to just give him a recipe for each mission which will ensure victory. The sense of playing doesn’t seem to be catching. He doesn’t like to try things and see if they work if there’s a chance they won’t. Despite his pleas I limit my help so that he has to do some work himself and so I don’t spoil the plot, which is one of the better parts of the game1. Besides, it covers up what I’ve forgotten and also that I still remember mission details 15 years after I played the game myself2.
1 Corwin does that with movies too — even for mysteries and suspense / thrillers, he wants a complete plot synopsis before he watches it. That seems somewhat counter productive. Maybe it’s a time saving thing.
2 Mom thinks that perhaps I might use that sort of detailed memory for other things. Like stuff about those kids in the who’s names escape me at the moment.