{"id":626,"date":"2020-11-15T23:35:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T23:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wordpress\/?p=626"},"modified":"2020-11-15T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T23:35:31","slug":"keeping-busy-in-a-slow-and-cold-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/2020\/11\/15\/keeping-busy-in-a-slow-and-cold-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Busy in a Slow and Cold Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the pandemic continues, and the weather turns cold, there are fewer activities Lisa and I can do.<\/p>\n<p>Often, during the winter months, I&#8217;ve taken up some gaming to keep entertained, and have even encouraged Lisa to join in.\u00a0 As I have enjoyed fantasy oriented Role-Playing Games (RPGs) since childhood, and Lisa also enjoys the fantasy genre, we&#8217;ve played some RPGs including\u00a0<strong>Ni No Kuni II<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Final Fantasy XV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With fun stories, great sound tracks, and fun playing environments, that still allow some flexibility with my limited dexterity, it has been fun to venture out in these fantasy realms.<\/p>\n<p>An irony of the times, Final Fantasy XV follows 4 friends on a trip together, as they drive through the countryside, viewing breathtaking scenery, and hitting all the local diners.\u00a0 In a time where stopping in diners is not advisable for me, the game&#8217;s photo-realistic images of food, engages my cooking and dining passions.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, while this is not even remotely the main intent of the game (with a plot clearly derived from Hamlett meets Greek tragedies), it is a welcome distraction.<\/p>\n<p>For a sample of the wonderful soundtrack of Final Fantasy XV:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Final Fantasy XV - Valse Di Fantastica\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2aasu7RADsAivfL00Ivj8A?si=nIsrc_dpSRCxw_yIH25bvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Final Fantasy XV &#8211; Valse Di Fantastica (Yoko Shimomura and Square Enix) on Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the pandemic continues, and the weather turns cold, there are fewer activities Lisa and I can do. Often, during the winter months, I&#8217;ve taken up some gaming to keep entertained, and have even encouraged Lisa to join in.\u00a0 As I have enjoyed fantasy oriented Role-Playing Games (RPGs) since childhood, and Lisa also enjoys the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-humor","category-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}