LadyCrimson

I can relate, although for me it's been a little longer. My waning gaming interest in general may have something to do with it...less concerned about some stuff, so I put up with more stuff. I still don't love Steam, but they can be terribly convienent. I just see them as ... not as terrible as they used to be. The DRM/their method of such never really bothered me too much, it's other things.

Well since we're all giving opinions of the Codex ... I've never registered but I have lurked around time to time. They have some good threads/convos and I've seen some good/intelligent members, like anyplace else. But while my skin is fairly thick, it doesn't mean the general "atmosphere" or accepted style/s that I tend to see displayed there is something I personally enjoy/respect/find endlessly entertaining, so I have no desire to dive-in on a regular basis. Even just lurking there for an extended period makes me feel somehow a bit unwashed. Not worth my time, for me...not a personal fit. I can find game news/opinions elsewhere.

I can hear the "ding" of that temporary disappoint from way over here. Hope the Asian fusion is equally delicious for you...never know!

One of them is apparently already missing a finger, so even harder for him. My brain goes "wow, that's a crazy amazing physical feat, fantastic" while my vertigo goes "holy bleepbleep are you nuts why in the world etc. "

Ok, unless the other tiers below are sorta "attached" to mine, I think I just get two copies. The digital one + boxed physical. Totally forgot about the boxed copy, haha, I'm such a goof. At the time I largely was just "take my money!" ... wasn't thinking about rewards much.

I keep forgetting about that backer portal site. Does this mean, if I get lots of copies, that I can give some away? Or are they all tied to me. I have no idea what I'd need more than a couple copies for, myself. I tried that once...there was some reason I didn't like it, but I can't recall what it was now.

Yeah...to be clear what I said in my above post re: copying game directory before letting Steam patch it doesn't mean you can play it without Steam. Only that if you wanted, you can then copy that "patch version" of the game back into the Steamapps directory.

I can't even remember if I get multiple copies of the game. Was that one of the rewards? Not that it matters for me much. @Ieo - not sure about Steam's installer, but far as I know, patches aren't separated from the Steam installed game, so no. Only way I've found to separate patched versions is to copy game's full install directory elsewhere, every single time, before you go "online mode" to get a patch. Which of course = a big pain in the butt and disc space if there's a lot of patches. If you want to move Steam or install a new O/S etc you can circumvent repeated, wholesale downloading of all your Steam games by copying the Steam games directory (steamapps) elsewhere first, but then after copying it back it needs to update/verify files on Steam and each game. At least, that's what happened when I did it a few years ago.... https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

I think most other teen girls of that era would agree with me when I say ... no.

The last 3 Obsidian games I purchased were on Steam, so I may as well keep it there (don't care about/nor like "the cloud"), and I have no problem buying another base copy from GoG if I decide I want a non-Steam version later for some reason. But I probably won't. This isn't a game where I'd likely get finicky about being able to switch patch versions or something.

Some made-up slang I get, but... At first glance I thought it was a badly misspelled word. Learn something every day, I guess.

Save the food....always first priority. But glad your elbow/rest of self is ok, as well. ...speaking of food, that's about what I'm going to be "doing today," next.

"otherizing?"

Drat I wasn't around when this thread was going. So with Gromnir's post in mind, I say ... March 28th!

I don't have any gorgeous nature shots to share, but I was doing the photo album thing again, and ... uh ... guys? Remind me to never get a perm ever ever again. Friggin' 80's...

lol. I'm guessing it's the gel hand sanitizer stuff that's so popular these days, not soap, per se. I can't stand the stuff, dries my skin like mad.

I still find it rather awesome how the forum can be almost "empty", so to speak, and then 15 minutes after a PoE update post, the active user and online list grows and grows and grows.

That was an interesting video, a nice peek in, thanks for that. I was also amused/encouraged that even with all our current hi-tech, you still can't often beat a simple pen and a pad of paper.

Release date! 49er's! What is that...thing? Oh, a pipboy! *hubby calling me* Shh! I'm busy! *goes back to watching video*

Beef/bell pepper strips over rice. Yummy. I love bell peppers. As long as they aren't over-cooked. Well, the one time over-cooked bell's are ok is when they're stuffed and oven baked, but that's a different thing entirely. ...I don't like over-cooked vegies. So hard to get them just right. That not raw anymore but still crispyish to bite for that nice texture in a meal, stage. Since I'm not Chef Ramsey, I usually cook/saute them a bit in a pan first, set aside, then toss them in at the very end.

I am surfing the net via laptop while "exercising" my knees via pedaling on my pedal thingie while also watching a film called The 100 Foot Journey while thinking about a possible fortress design for the 7DtD game. Nope, I don't have attention span issues. Not at all. Why do you ask?

The cover pic isn't mine, but I do still have the magazine, along with some others.

I'm always a little surprised by the intense division re: Bioware/DA games et al. Maybe I shouldn't be. I mean I know what it's like to want to have faith and have the faith trampled on, but eventually it's time to move on and get over it. I haven't been interested in a Bioware game in quite some time and don't have much vested there, but I still get a little sad when I think about Peter Molyneux...it took me forever to realize he's never going to go back to being what I personally used to "see" in him. Maybe some of it's because these things go back to the time when we had "gaming gods." You don't see that much any more. Not that there aren't still some awesome/great companies/individuals in the industry, mind. I just mean...well, the business has changed and it's a more jaded/cynical era than before, perhaps.

Neighbor in back building a partial 2nd story addition in an area with almost no 2-stories. At least there's big trees between us and them. Woke up gasping with the bedroom smelling like tomcat pee. Not just a little, but skunk-strength levels. No, not my cat, he doesn't have the gear for it. Hosed off the whole area outside, opened windows, burned candles ... still stinks, but not so bad. Hopefully it won't happen again (near bedroom at least) until next year.

Ah, Hulkbuster armor. The more sunken-in head/helmet is a good idea, then. Harder to punch in/down/off what's already tucked away. Hehe, that's amusing. Not that I don't get why they'd want a contingency plan. I am looking forward to seeing what they do in the sequel...just haven't been impressed with many trailers lately.