LadyCrimson

Mmm I'm not the most super informed but in brief probably the environmental related and foreign policy stances would be the biggest ones. Not that I think anything changes much in the long term since every President undoes "something" as well as doing "something". Most US elections are a lot of fanfare about nothing, in a way. It's just some years there are better choices for human's endless hopes. Not issues related: Call me age-ist if you want, but I'm personally tired of old farts running for office, especially 1st term's. I'd prefer people 62 and under.

I was going to have the debate on, in the background at least, but I was distracted and forgot until a bit ago. After only about 10 minutes of listening to Trump I shut it off again. Man I can't even stand the sound of his voice anymore, let alone his what comes out of his mouth. I should probably say I'm not a big Biden person either but I'd prefer him over Trump, is all.

@BruceVC I think I might have couched it in terms more akin to: "You're an astronaut and going to spend the next 6 months stuck in space orbit with terrible food. What delicious meals would you pick to eat the day before going up?" Anyway, even with that in mind I'm not sure what I'd pick. I find as I get older that while there are those meals/foods I will order over and over, if I really start thinking about ultimate fave meal/s I come up blank. I'm not enough of a gourmet or variety eater. As long as my taste buds are happy, I'd be happy.

As much as I love food, if I knew I had one day left to live, I don't think mealtime would be top priority on my list of personal time wasters. I'd probably just have some jerky and fave candy/energy bars/fruit etc. on hand, and demand that my hubby spend his entire day cuddled up in bed with me. Either that or go to the beach or woods, build a campfire and watch the sunset. I dunno, eating would be the last thing on my mind.

Some companions/chrs have annoyed me here and there, sure. Some I choose not to continue with and/or always avoid on replays (if possible). I don't think I've ever put a whole lot of thought into it tho. A companion or character either strikes a chord/resonates with me or doesn't, and then I move on. That said, Gladio in FFXV is a prime example of chr. personality tropes that do NOT resonate with me. I had a mod once that made him invisible but sadly it couldn't muffle his voice. Edit: at least in the Eng. script/translation. I heard he came off a little better in other translations.

Speaking of Dune .... ...VHS, baby! (yea I still have a player too) ...(busy clearing out old things again while hubby is sawing a board)

Hm, "CrimsonAcid" sounds like a good forum handle, I'll have to remember that.

Hubby and I trying to figure out/plan the l-desk for my room. Think we can reuse my current huge desk for part of it and that would mean might be able get it done today if we get off our butts (or next few days at least). Then I can think about a new gaming TV.

I'll try a different environment. This time I won't even dismantle the ship pod and will scout around a bit for a good build spot first and ... Nooo! ... I suck. Either that or I need to stop exploring. (I'm sure later they're wussies but didn't even have the hand spanner hehe). Did learn you don't lose all your stuff, game drops a crate at death spot. But then you have to find it. But learned you can swim and I got a better look at the tall thingies. It's a nice looking game for an indie but the draw distance is terrible. I wish it went out further before it turned into blurry mush. Ok, 3rd time's the charm, back to it...

Borderlands 2 sample combat music: ...I'd turn down effect/voice sliders so I could hear the music better. For me one of the better "firing while dancing around like mad" in combat OST's. Borderlands 3 sample combat music: .... while BL3 has fun/decent vocalized tunes and some OST tracks are reminiscent of the previous games, overall much of the OST you hear while playing is too night-rave-disco or something for me. At least when longer than 10 seconds and repeated. It's more like having sand in your pants, rather than pulse-pounding/inspiring. Just imo, ofc. I have the music totally off, at this point. >.>

Glad to know, if I was in the market for a 30xx, that I wouldn't be the only foolish idiot wanting a 3090. Not that I'd wait in line for one. I prefer waiting six months (or whatever). To me buying gpu's (or any expensive tech item) is like buying games, now. You wait for the patches/upgrades first. hahaha...

I just now realized "Content count" is not the same as actual total "post count." Either that or the "content count" is only posts since the new forum style was implemented and my 16k "post count" is everything. *confusion* I still always wonder what my post count would be if you included WoT posts from back when I posted constantly. Scratch that, maybe I don't want to know. Anyway, going to try some more Satisfactory this afternoon. Maybe I can not die in the first 5 minutes this time and actually build something. I usually avoid "Early Access" these days but I'm bored enough and it looked ... open world-roaming/builder/graphic-ho'ing enough ... to say "why not."

Yeah I'm the same. Which isn't to say there aren't some extensive awesome mods that alter or even add mechanics/items (eg will change how you approach/play the game significantly) or even add areas or something - but that type of mod is pretty rare. 90% of mods are more along the lines of texture/model reskinning (or weather/filter/graphic tweaks or...) or user discovered bug fixes. Nothing wrong with that ofc, I like cosmetic changes sometimes. Or dance mods. I like the dance mods, all rpg's should have them.

"I cast off my spacepod shell and step bravely out into the unknown to build a factory empire!" "What is that tall creature in the distance??" "What is THAT?" ...I then proceeded to walk around, scanning for ore. Was mining said ore by stabbing some rock with an icepick when I was back-butted by a couple mean armadillo-like thingies. I broke my hand-spanner trying to defend myself and promptly died. Respawn and reload both put me in a random different spot with nothing, not even the required block apparently needed to build the starter HUB. When I tried to go back to menu to start over, game crashed. Early Access... But it looked utterly gorgeous on the 4k TV/Ultra! Edit: Game title, "Satisfactory", on Steam

I was going to say "nothing," but then I looked up some lists and ... ...when did these two happen. I'll probably buy the Evil Genius one when on/near when it releases (Steam page only says "2021") just to check it out. Stronghold Warlords I'm more iffy about (maps again look small vs. 3d structures and I didn't like SH2 or SH3 all that much) but I might check it out too. Maybe it'll at least be a bit better than SH3. Dunno if it'll have a sandbox mode tho.

^ I remember when I thought a 4:3 CRT 19" monitor was huuuuge. 27" is a good desktop size for majority of people and it's a best all-around task size imo too. "Smoothness" is something I may notice if I think about/look for it really hard, but not to the point where I obsess over it. Doesn't bother my eyes/vision at all I guess, as long as it still feels smooth enough and isn't jerky or blurry to a point of constant noticing. etc. Hence why a solid 60fps is still just fine to me. I have enough "issue" with wanting clarity/resolution/size and monitor color accuracy, if I also "had to have" high hz/fps I'd go insane.

^ I sit 2-2.5 feet from a 43"+ TV (on my desk) while gaming and I still think that's too small. Not for watching movies (I sit further for movies), but gaming. If it was 80-100" of course I'd sit farther away but probably not even 5-6 feet. I like peripheral vision to sorta be "blocked out" as much as possible by the screen when gaming if that makes sense. But I do use controllers a lot more these days if I want to sit further back. Or a cordless KB/mouse on a board across my lap. I don't play too many "twitchy" games that need precision/timing either. Hubby has an expensive 55" 4k he's using for work (instead of 4 monitors like he was doing). It sits on his desk and when I sit in front of it for a while, it doesn't seem too big at all.

I (still) feel like games - especially games where it's not the main story/chr focus - typically are not a great medium for romance. It's usually too perfunctory with not enough build-up or emotional persistence over the entire playthru and thus I feel little resonance/belief to a supposed "romance" - or it's too overtly "let's get nekkid!" (which by itself also has zero resonance with me) I mean, one day a game may change my mind but I'd guess such would be an exception not a rule even then. At any rate, doesn't matter to me if there are such options in a game. I know romance is a popular request a lot of the time. As long as I can ignore it/not go down those paths if I think it's been done terribly. But yeah...I also wouldn't want that job.

But I don't want to game (or watch video/TV for that matter) on a 27" or even 30" monitor. It's way too small. To me these days, 4k PC monitors are pointless. I'm not into VR (yet) but I do like giant massive screens. I'm also one of those that likes to sit really really close to said screens, hence it has to ideally still look really good up close. No sitting 10 feet away for me. So it ain't the resolution so much ... it's the size I want. Super size and super clarity. Gimmie. ... but not for another 3-5 years I'm sure. Still not worth it today except as a tease....

FUUUUUuuuuUUUU..... I want it. I put it at YouTube's "8k" on my 4k TV and oh man even with YT's lousy compression I was drooling. Can't imagine how good it must look in person. It even looked ok dropped to 1440. I could sit one foot away from the screen! Should I do it? Hubby won't mind, right? It's only money and you can't take it with you! Sigh ... well, maybe when the 4090 comes...

I guessed I missed this news. Not that I'm surprised. Pretty soon all media entertainment of all forms will be owned by some giant, single, mega-corp created by buying/merging everyone else into it. "All restaurants are Taco Bell," indeed. As to Obsidian and Fallout ... it'd be nice but I doubt it'd happen or be/feel the same even if it did. Still - I'd be curious what would result if by some miracle it came to be.

Classics? Depends how you define that. Old? Mmm. I used to revisit (PC) stuff from the late 90's/early 2000's a few times each year, but the past 3-4 years that's dwindled and it's now pretty rare. I haven't even turned on Dungeon Keeper 1 in a few years I think. If I do go back to one for a short while, it's mostly city-builder/management games where I'm not sure I'm playing so much as goofing off with certain fave levels via old saves (yup, I keep game saves for decades!). And Diablo1 is always good for a day or three blast of the past.

The last of a smallish batch of spaghetti for lunch: not visible but also has finely grated yellow squash in it, which adds more fiber/veggie but is hardly noticeable texture-wise. Wheat noodles work/taste fine. I actually probably like them a bit more than typical "white" egg-noodles... The day after grocery shopping day is the bulk-cooking day. (edit: the beef is just top round, it's fine for stir-fry when cut very thin) - putting meat in the freezer for a couple hours makes it easier to slice. I don't eat much protein per meal and just mix a bit of the cooked beef into whatever veggies I'm using at the time so that tub lasts all week. I use other veggies too, ofc, but they don't go with this mix so they're separate, for change-up.

I have almost zero interest in the topics this guy seems to cover, but his voice and presentation style is intelligent, comprehensive and for some strange reason rather soothing. To the point you watch/listen a lot longer than you expect for a topic you have no investment in. If all my teachers had sounded like that I might've been a better student.

Played Caesar 3 up to one of the early levels (first one you can open a trade route/sell goods in) where once I set up basic stuff I let the level run on its own, racking up the currency over some hours. This is so moving forward, you carry this over and have a big advantage starting each next map because ... oodles of money! Then I became bored of that and turned on FFXV again for 1st time in months. Started a new game. Still like the combat visuals and animations and the clarity of the overall 4k graphic look. Still wonderfully hilarious/fun telling Ignis to cast Mark over and over and over again while beating up on rhinos and giraffes. Then I became bored of that. Looked through Steam's new release list etc again. Nothing. Hmm....