LadyCrimson

I really have very few memories/nostolgia, let alone memento's, re: Xmas. It wasn't that big of a deal in our house. The two main things were running around with my siblings "catching" tumbleweeds that we would stack by three (we left them round like snowmen), spray paint white, and turn into our Xmas tree, and the electric train on a board that it was placed on. I loved that train, had headlights and noises, a tunnel, etc. I don't have any pictures of it tho - unless I pulled out some old slides of my father's and transferred them to digital somehow maybe. But the sight of similar on TV or in stores always makes me nostalgic. Oh and there was a nativity set we kids hand-crafted that mom set on the fireplace mantle every year. I have no idea who ended up with the train or that nativity set - it wasn't me. By the time I was eight both bro and sis were in college and we stopped having any kind of tree altogether, outside of this tiny potted pine mom had in their bedroom.

Edit: also, this one

We've been under a 10pm-5am curfew recently. initially until near Xmas (could get extended tho). No you won't get arrested if you want to walk your dog or buy milk at 11pm. Probably a response to rising cases as well as trying to curb holiday gathering. No theaters, no gyms, other indoor gathering business etc. At least I don't need to stock up on toilet paper again.

Being sensible won out and I only ordered the 2TB ssd for games. It's not the same feeling as buying a TV that has an everyday wow-factor, visible use. The main thing I'd like all-ssd for is noise/heat and space reduction - otherwise little benefit (vs cost) for storage medium. But I might change my mind in a few days.

...my mind went to strange places.

Been sitting here for a while, staring at the Amazon page for the Samsung 860 Pro 2TB sata3 ssd ($379). Hubby just bought one and I want one tooooooo....I need one for more game installs, my 1TB main nvme only has 330GB free right now - stupid ginormous games nowadays. But ... should I also get a 4TB one ($710) to replace one of my 4TB HDD storage? Or replace both HDD's (they can become external storage!), and to heck with it I'll just do video writing/editing to ssd? But the price for all of that! Gah! (hubby went thru same and chose being more sensible...) *mouse cursor trembling*

I'm not sure where to put this. It's more musical than anything. Likely posted before at some point but I only saw it a couple weeks ago. Anyway, it's by the same guy who did a popular Data & Picard video w/the same concept. Takes sound effects and dialogue from movies/shows and turns them into a song. I like the way this one slowly builds and by the time you get to the axe thru the door and "play with us Danny" bits I feel like I've seen something majestic.

Sadly, the BT clearing doesn't last but 5 minutes or so. I think I put around 350 hours into DS on console (2 playthrus). I bought it on PC and still haven't reached chapt. 3 on it. I'd like to replay it again with the uber nice graphics of PC but I guess twice is all I'm in the mood for, at least until another year passes maybe. As to what I'm playing ... nothing. I guess I'm just not in a gaming mood so I'm going to stop trying for a while. I've even downloaded free demos and games just to check stuff out without cost but nothing takes. But ... they sure do look (briefly) great on that OLED TV!

^ Sure, especially if it's the 6GB one (3GB would be ok too but... ). Even 1440/60 in many cases. I think it's about the equivalent as the 980 or at least very close to it.

Isn't Natalie Portman like, 5 foot three or something like that? Maybe any taller than 6 foot male lead would make it too difficult/PITA to get her and him in easy scene-framing and shoulder-resting/kissin' distance. They probably had her standing on a box occasionally (or at least platform heels out-of-frame) as it was.

On another forum, a thread went "Darth Vader passes away!" or something like that, and half the reactions were "I thought you meant James Earl Jones!" Anyway ... RIP to the man behind the mask.

^ I sent my cousin-in-law a funny-face picture a while back, when I first got the callphone account. Just a close up of my forehead-to-chin, sticking out my tongue, and she didn't recognize me - thought it was some random wrong number text from a ... teenager. Even tho I understood it, kinda (pic was a bit odd, ok), somehow/strangely I felt a tad affronted.

Oh, forgot about NWN2, South Park and Outer Worlds ... although I haven't played any of those very long/much. OW is currently on the "need to play it more one day soon" list.

I definitely liked FO:NV the best of the Obs games. Kotor2 probably 2nd. PoE was all right except the combat became excessively annoying by the end. DS3 was ok even if it was nothing like the original games. I had fun with it at the time anyway. *scratches head* I think that's all I've actually played. Lost interest after PoE1. Avowed might interest me but there's still basically no real info on it so who knows.

*Pulls out piece of meat and a fry pan* - "I need to cook this before it goes bad, but first need to use the bathroom." (in the bathroom) "...the soap dish is gross, I'll just clean that out." "Is that mildew around the sink drain? ... it's so dusty in here ... I've neglected the floor grout too long. And..." ...two hours later... Hubby poking his head into the bathroom: "So, can I take a shower now?" Me: "OK." ... *flounces off to couch, plays slots on the tablet* ...an hour or so later... "I feel like I'm forgetting something." This is LC's brain.

I Saw the Devil (2010, S. Korea) Based on some reviews, rented this one via Amazon. It's basically a revenge movie. Serial killer randomly offs a dude's fiance, fiance goes after him. There is hardly any characterization outside of a few moments here and there of the trope-y setup kind. Extremely brutal/violent, some great but brief h2h fight sequences, good acting/camerawork. But the protagonist goes way beyond anti-hero into someone I was completely unsympathetic with by the halfway point (this was probably the point, but it's hard to watch). This is no Hollywood style Taken or similar with one-liners to break mood occasionally. I don't know ... can't say I truly liked the movie, but it was well made and compelling at times to say the least.

I don't really have any, outside of that it's less dislike then "it's not generally my type of game." When I bought the very first Metro ages ago, it was largely as a new system/gpu game test. Looked great at the time, my new rig (back then) ran it like a champ - I played it a little bit, ran around like a chicken with no head like I do in most 1st person shooter combat outside of Borderlands (haha), got kind of bored, then never picked it up again. So ... it's kind of the same thing here.

Ok, I bought Metro Ex, Control and No Man's Sky. After doing the intro bits of all three, I feel like the only one I might spend some moderate play time in is No Man's Sky. If I can get a starting planet that doesn't immediately poison or burn me to death, that is, when you're a nub that has no idea how to play/avoid such. Metro ran w/RT at 4k and DLSS at an easy 60fps and looks nice on the OLED. But awesome looking scenery seems like the only reason I'd try to run through it. Control is one of those games where even if it looks good in a way, it has this constant greyish "haze" type of filtered lighting over everything that drives me insane. It might be interesting combat/play tho, I'll have to play it more.

Now you see it, now you don't... ... I just can't get into the RT/reflection fuss. I mean chr. reflections could be used in stealth-based games in interesting ways I suppose, but other than that it just doesn't do much for me, especially for performance cost. Even when you're out on the street with more of those kind of reflections I hardly notice. I guess I simply don't look for/notice reflections much even in real life, like walking around downtown San Francisco. The 2080ti/9900k combo, with all max and max RT settings, managed a whopping ... 30-35fps at 4k (no DLSS) with this game. But it was actually a pretty smooth 30fps. Turn RT down a bit and other settings down and FPS went up to maybe 40fps. lol. Didn't try in DX11/noRT at all.

If it really does end up at that price (granted, the EVGA version I'd likely want might be a bit more) ... as I said, I'd be tempted, if it's enough better than vanilla 3080 that is. Of course, I probably couldn't get a hold of one for a year or something, anyway ... probably for the best.

Yeah, the delays/lack of stock etc are terrible if you want to build a new system right now. I'd be horribly frustrated if I was in that situation - and I'm an extra impatient person. :( Hope you can get the stuff when you expect/want, at this point.

My current "problem" is I'd like to play with a controller when possible, and while I did order one that supposedly would work outside of Steam-bought games, I'm not 100% positive of that yet and won't for a few days. So do I buy on GoG and hope, or buy on Steam where I know my dualshock works, and would work today? No Man's Sky is half off too, with all the patches etc. I might give that a whirl now - I hear combat is fairly avoidable in that one,too. Eh ... can't decide. Also, I need a bigger SSD.

When a few games you've been eyeballing, mostly out of idle curiosity, are on 30-60% sale but you're not sure you'd actually play them. --Control --Metro:Exodus --Deep Rock Galatic --Hades Hm. Maybe I'll just wait for Winter Sale...

Tukoni - cute freebie click/point adventure/light puzzle game. Nice art style. Not very long.