LadyCrimson

I think at the moment computer game environments are still rather limited in being able to express a developing romantic love. It's not just whether dialogue is written well, it's the whole question/response/rep systems available/often used in crpg's. Even if I like/appreciate the effort (vs ignoring it), it's not going to evoke emotional response from me. Too perfunctory, not in-depth enough. It's not romantic. My own imagination making up who gets to hook up with who, is still better.

7DtD - a little annoyed how, even with zombie spawning off, when you're mining 35+ blocks underground, using no torches/fire, and are supposedly "undetected," screecher zombies randomly pop in and still know you exist, and start attacking above-ground fortifications near your location to flush you out. So you either: one, take minutes to climb all the way back up to fight the horde they'll call if you do expose yourself to be officially "detected", or two, wait it out and let them turn everything above you into rubble, or three, exit/reload and they magically disappear for a while. So far, they never seem to stop/go away once they spawn, so I exit/reload. And yet, if I'm not digging underground and wander aimlessly topside at night, no screechers, ever. They apparently have super-spidey senses that are only attracted by digging sounds.

In the future, let's please leave out ethic/religious group debates from the game suggestion/idea threads. It tends to be off-topic and may lead to thread pruning.

Oh I'm sure there are better board games, many of which I've never heard of/seen. I was just joking. I've rarely liked board games when it's not in-person, tho. It's just not the same for me. Plus I stopped playing board games in my early-mid 20's, too, so anything new is over my head. I remember way back when there were people who wrote some scrabble-imitation games, back when there wasn't an official software version, which the company didn't like... I still mean to learn Go someday. When I was a kid, instead my parents got me something called Pente. I liked the colored glass stones.

When are they going to get Drakan:Order of the Flame? I wouldn't mind fighting while flying on a dragon again. Maybe my disc would still work on XP... @Keyrock - squee...Xmas rodent.

I don't see RISK. Or Scrabble. I'm such a fuddy-duddy.

I could tolerate Anton as young Reese, since he was young Reese. Although I didn't think Anton was quite right for that, either. I do like Jai Courtney in what I've seen him in before, but ... sigh. We'll see. I assume Arnold is playing a Terminator with his aging chip turned on.

I wasn't fond of Salvation, but I didn't think it was the worst (T3 for that role). I tend to watch almost anything that Arnold is in, because I like Arnold, even if it's just to giggle at/with him. The trailer....my personal problem is T1 is one of my favorite all time movies, and unlike with some other reboots, I will not be able to get past the fact that Kyle is played that guy, even if I do sorta like that actor. Those brief rebooted scenes...he is not Kyle Reese. Nope, no, no.

Must have gotten some bad take out last night. I feel terrible. The kind where it's not enough to make you hurl so you'd feel better faster, but the sort where you are just nauseous and headachey for hours and hours. Blargh. I kind of like the swirl, although I think it should be shorter (not extend past the bottom part of the A) and maybe a little thinner, so it's not competing for eye's attention over the AP as much.

I am starting to think (thankfully minor) physical ailments tend to be attracted to Woldan. It's probably because he's in such good health and the wellness gods just like to mess with his head. ...nothing to report on my end. Stay up too late, sleep too much. Occasionally pat the kitty on the head. Normal state of affairs when I obsessively play a game for too long.

Is that woman trying to pull the leg-hose out of her butt? ...it's a nice chr. character, actually, but I'm disappointed because most of the male heads shown are kinda fugly. Maybe it's the hair. I'm picky about hair.

It does'nt really have a nice ring to it, does it? Another good one is ixquick. Neither are data-mining you like google, bing, et al. Thanks, gives me another option. ...and yeah, duckduckgo is an odd name. But I haven't actually used google's search engine in ages, so I started thinking I should stop saying "google."

Spaceballs was awesome. Corny, but awesome.

I'm too lazy to duckduckgo it, so what's the news re: the original cast roles/screen time, anyway? Last time I saw Harrison Ford was in that alien/cowboy movie, where I kept thinking he looked and sounded way too old for this ****, which was very distracting. eg I hope their roles aren't action-y ones.

7 Days to Die conclusion: With zombie spawning turned low or completely off, the current alpha version is most excellent for my sandbox/building desires. Digging, farming, finding loot, forging materials, hunger/thirst, exploring in a map that never stops drawing itself no matter how much you wander. Plus I can change some stuff via the config. files. Hence I've copied the entire Steam folder of the game to backup, because I know 10 versions from now, I'll probably "hate what they've done to the game."

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the appeal of watching other people play games? No, you're not the only one. There are only a few reasons I watch such things: 1--I'm looking to see if the gameplay is something I might be interested in. And then I'll skip around randomly for a few minutes, not watch a whole 30 min. video. 2--the player is more of a comedy performer, where commentary makes me lol a lot. I happen across those once in a while but I don't actively search them out. 3--it's my husband and I can sit on the couch and make fun of him.

Being a family forum, I can't say what that contraption makes me think of.

Sometimes it's best to agree to disagree and let things go. We don't always have to have the last word in. Hinthint. On topic: I, for one, do think the running animations are bit strange. It's not bad, but there is something a bit odd about them that I can't put my finger on. Maybe the way they come to a stop feels a bit too abrupt or something. But I don't mind if they aren't changed....I get used to such things quickly and doesn't take me long to not notice.

I'd like it if at least the trees had some occasional swaying/rustling movement leaf-wise, but I don't mind the grass not moving. I just pretend it's not windy. I've walked in fields of tall wild weeds/grasses and honestly, if it's not windy, you really don't notice it moving that much, except when you touch it. I mean, it probably moves, but when you're walking and looking at the sky/ground/trees and talking to others if around, you just don't notice. My one very small quibble, when I looked at the it, is I feel like the grass is too tall in the game.

What is middle ground in this case? I don't like either trailer and my interest in both films thus far is "I'll wait for it to come on on-demand and even then I probably won't get around to it for a while."

After many restarts and endless exploration within those, I've finally found the perfect spot to make a base in 7DtD. Triangular cluster of 3 stone/brick houses. Place for gardens, even "pools." and fancy furniture/attics. But mostly, I can make a huge base underground w/tunnel entrances from/to the 3 homes, with above-ground being a triangular zone of zombie traps for that 7 day cycle. Too much fun. Also: zombie world disasters: the only time I condone burning books. Gotta clean up that water so I don't die of thirst, hunger or dysentery!

Being the lazy and pampered brat that I am, I'm probably going to spend more of my day playing games. I might run some errands/do some chores. But that doesn't sound very fun. I may go for a walk with the camera in a bit during/when I need breaks. It's been rainy and I do love taking waterdrop macros. Even if most of the time they're not very good ones.

I have the feeling a lot of Americans still just "know" Communism from the leftover flavors of propaganda from the World Wars and Cold War. And of course, the movies. But as always, I could be wrong.

This is probably because, exactly like the very rich, they tend to, at least eventually, become very concerned with losing what luxury they do have. Maybe more so, because they don't have the filthy-rich cushion of having millions/billions in their backpocket in case of bad times. Also, the funny thing in semi-recent years has been how almost everyone that isn't very poor or very rich considers themselves middle-class. On the one hand, the "middle class" is disappearing...on the other hand, "everyone" is middle class.

No, I mean stuff like seatbelt and helmet laws (for adults). Welfare...I think conceptually it's not a terrible thing (helping out a bit when ppl have a difficult period) but in practice it's very lacking. So far I wouldn't want to get rid of it completely but it needs overhaul. Then again, when it comes down to it, I really don't care that much. It's not one of my strong interest areas. I/we are not in the 1%, no. According to wikipedia we'd be in the top 10%. Which doesn't mean quite as much here in SFBay Area as it might in other areas. But we are not poor. And that's with hubby working about half as many hours as the average person does.