Weekend wrap-up and ChatGPT in video games

I’m feeling great today after a good weekend. On Friday, Sophia and I had a nice date night at one of our favorite restaurants in the city, Rich Table. Saturday was a full but chill day. I had the best driving range session in recent memory to kick things off, and then a few of us went to the Union Street Fair.

I played golf on Sunday and had the best round in a long time. It wasn’t perfect, but my two swing lessons have gone a long way. I’m back to feeling confident sitting over the ball and my swing is feeling smooth. It’s a great feeling and golf yesterday was a lot more fun compare to the last few times when I felt like I was at rock bottom. I finally feel like I have something to build off of.

This weekend, I also bought the pre-release of Diablo IV. Diablo II had been my favorite game as a kid. I’ve been off the video games for awhile and missed Diablo III, but I figured that I take full advantage of this time and hop right in. My friend Chris and I decided to stay in Saturday night to kick things off.

The game definitely delivers. Like many other RPGs, the world is massive and there are no shortage of fun things to do outside the main story line. The one downside to games like this is that you can spend a lot of time traveling and grinding while traveling from point A to point B. It can be a time suck and when you have limited playing hours before the wife and life starts calling, you want to maximize your time.

At one point I thought to myself that someone needed to make a ChatGPT for Diablo IV players so they can figure out the best routes and angles to play the game. Of course, it sort of defies the point of the game which is to learn and explore things as you go. So maybe this is one area where Generative AI should be stopped.