LadyCrimson

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.

I can't eat potatoes/stuffing anymore. Well, maybe a bite... Makes me miss Boston Market. We used to go to one for Thanksgiving. They've mostly disappeared here tho. I used to cook (small) turkeys just for us but became fed up with the frozen store things that took 20000000000 hours to thaw out. Plus our current gas oven sucks. Anyway ... when I was a kid at the family dinners my mother did this thing where everyone would get a card and we'd write down a few things we were thankful for that year, and then she'd read them all before dinner. So ... ---I'm alive, fairly healthy, not quite wealthy and ... wise. Well, 2.5 out of four ain't bad... --the camaraderie of this forum that makes it a place I like to hang out is always appreciated, too. Cheers all. *raises glass*

^ I don't like xbox design/the way the joysticks aren't on the same "line" - makes me hold it not evenly, plus they're fatter. Small hands/short fingers + thumb/forefinger grip arthritis. Xbox makes the arthritis hurt a lot more. The way they changed the PS5 controller to be fatter and look more like xbox in a way, didn't make me happy. The Speedlink looks more my speed, it's $35 on Amazon I think. Hm. I'm guessing some of the center touchpad functions of the ps4 one wouldn't work with it but would work for most games. Might try it, thanks. Edit: actually seller prices vary from $8-$45. I can't tell the difference. EditEdit: Is this the one? https://www.amazon.com/Speedlink-Strike-Ergonomic-Gamepad-Black/dp/B01N9HJO8I

Health insurance is a big reason hubby keeps working, he worries about it a lot. That and he has this cushy job where they luv him to death and where he can work remotely even if there was no covid. And hubby's the sort who is afraid he'll drop dead if he's too idle. We're not old enough for Medicare etc, and now I'm "sick" and need semi-regular stuff, too. Pffft. Speaking of which, I spent all week taking only one insulin shot per day (in the morning), to see what would happen. Morning blood sugar stays the same or sometimes a bit higher but still "fine." So I think I'm going to do that most of the time, as long as that remains so. If I over indulge food one day I can always take a shot for that one evening just in case. Even varying the shot location, my belly sometimes feels like a bruised pincushion - it likes not being punctured twice a day. Edit: also, late evening is when I'm most likely to forget a shot anyway...

Sounds like a convenient controller, wish I had one.

I'd probably like that one because of no frame line/image separation. It's not big enough, tho.

Does GoG Galaxy have "native" controller support with games or do you still often need 3rd party to get them to work? Because it sure didn't work with Outer Worlds when not using Galaxy.

You could get a bunch of those and sit in the middle! Put up an avi wallpaper of some beautiful environment and spin in your chair with arms flung wide like an actor in a movie. Like this, only with curved's. Of course, for me who loves huge screens - I need one of these!

Are these massive and long-lasting shortages all around due to demand or to covid and manufacturing issues? Or combo? And I think most people realize that the 3090 isn't worth it to a gamer/average user at that price. In fact sometimes I wonder why nvidia keeps up with that tier - do the few people who buy it for non-gaming use make it profitable, or is it more a 'look at us" marketing thing - and if the latter, I feel like it doesn't work very well anymore.

If I had 2 curved I'd probably want them on top of each other to maintain a single curve aspect. Also ... blue is the best RGB/backlight color.

Pretty soon, at the rate they're going, Netflix is going to cost me more than HBO+Starz ($24 thru Prime) combined. I know they offer more variety than a "movie channel" but If they start getting towards $50 five or so years from now, I may finally draw a line in the sand. I do use them the most however, and I like the 4k/multiple user plan. Edit: also, Netflix's player is still the best, imo. Prime video's player still rather sucks.

^ Mads!!!

I watched episode 5 and I'm starting to change my mind a little. There's still aspects/parts I like but they're shorter and shorter as the fairly nonsensical romance aspects kick in. It's nonsensical because so far they haven't bothered to explain at all why the male lead (he's a "god" basically) loves/wants to protect the female lead so much in the first place (she has amnesia - arrgh - due to an evil spirit and is living as a human) so I really couldn't care about any love triangles. Anyhoo, I'm guessing later episodes the action/plot will come back but in the meantime, I think I FFWD'd thru 70% of the last episode.

Short-form: was playing Kotor2 and lurking the forums a while. Eventually registered and started posting. Been here off and on ever since. Edit: I was on the very old BG1 boards (with the threaded style posts) but I didn't really follow all the moves from there, outside of lurking occasionally, and I used another nickname anyway etc... It was busy and fast-paced, and felt more casually social in some ways, in those early days (the WoT shenanigans back then...). There were days I felt like I practically lived here. I was a mod off and on a couple different times until I finally deduced I'd much rather be an ordinary forum peon instead - I was also absent for long periods two or three times. These days sometimes I only lurk, sometimes I post a lot, sometimes I'm not very involved at all, but I always check in at some point. As to why I'm still hanging around - some of the very long-timers may be gone but there are still some around, as well as plenty of "newer old-timers" that have become part of the community that I find fun and interesting and it's always nice to hear from/see now and then. I tend to get most of my gaming news from here (and a couple other forums). I like that some people at least vaguely "know my name." I'm also old, and places like Steam forums etc. don't fit me very well, so I don't tend to travel very far outside of here and a few other places. So basically ... it's comfortable, like your favorite t-shirt. Or like hanging out in the backyard while talking over the fence with familiar neighbors.