LadyCrimson

Hmm. Is Fallon a BTS fan? I don't like the first minute of the song but the rest is ok in that typical "I'm going to bop energetically around the middle of my room for a while" way, as much kpop is. I like their "Dynamite" single better tho (note: I barely know a handful of their songs). More importantly, in my eyes, at least this time they aren't wearing outfits made from 1960's/'70's couches and curtains. ...yup, I think Fallon wants to be a member of BTS.

I'm currently playing - some music, because I fired up Death Stranding and realized the last patch (supposed to add "Ultra DLSS" for 8k) made the DLSS option completely disappear from my menu. It's simply gone, no DLSS for me apparently. Not vital, it runs fine without DLSS, but my annoyance at forced (I don't need "Ultra DLSS") and glitchy patches made me turn it off and I went for tunes instead.

Or a tech hardware engineer. Or both at the same time. But don't worry, I've met at least three, maybe four, people on the internet who aren't engineers of any type. We do exist. Edit: rest deleted because oops, realized not the thread I thought I was in.

My favorite companions are the ones that kill everything for me so I don't have to do anything.

I can't tell what the game is about or even what type of game to expect from that. Is it weird? Yes. Does it work, as a teaser trailer, to entice me re: the game itself? Not really. The few images on the game's Steam page (release date: "2022") are fairly generic, but look nice I suppose.

From what I understand that requires a mod tho and doesn't allow dlc items or something. It's not "native" to the game, (edit) by default it always has an internet check/can't be in Offline Mode. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=954145015

Conan Exiles is an online game right? Or you have to at least be be online/in a private server to even play solo? I try not to get into those anymore. Me too. Used to happen to me for a month or two once every 3-4 years. Then once every 2-3 years. Then once every ... you get the idea. I think we're up to about once every 4-6 months, now. When it occurs every few weeks I'll quit gaming.

Well I managed to survive long enough to place a HUB in Satisfactory. Then I upgraded the Hub a few times right off the bat. Placed what I think is an auto-miner bot. I guess one needs a lot of fuel and right now all I have is leaves and twigs, apparently. Now I'm supposed to scan for copper ore, which of course will lead me out into the wild again. I have the feeling almost all ore sources are going to be "guarded" by beasties. Bets on survival? ...also reinstalled DIablo1 for the umpteenth time and poked the Butcher full of arrows. Using the Hellfire version, haven't done that in ages. ...I need another expansive, open world-ish, shiny but somewhat mindless/simplistic rpg. It's too bad I don't like "shooters."

This evening I spent some time measuring for clamping desk extensions (for KB/mouse), footstools, tv's, a curved board that can rest on chair armrests, and various other things. Which as usual results in my conscious awareness of my childish height. On the bright side, I don't have to bend over to rinse my hair in the shower and I've never hit my head on a ceiling fixture. Edit: unrelated - I also learned today that some non-US KFC's sell fried chicken skin. No chicken, just the skin. Urgh, why even.

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.