LadyCrimson

Probably about 50/50. There's a few things involved for me: ---lost interest/enthusiasm in things that entertained me for 45+ years (books, films/tv, games, parasocial net, music, camping, parks etc) ---a desire to find things that take me outside of the house for at least a few/several hours a week but don't involve other people, and exercise reasons ain't it (EDIT: that one is the easiest to attempt in a way, by visiting new places/shops/events around town etc) ---no desire for ever more physical/material piles of things, thus no interest in anything that would create such, or require tons of material prep just to do 2nd Edit: While this has been going on slowly for a while, I do still feel like it accelerated after the diabetic almost-coma. By that I mean, the feeling that nothing triggers much emotion/reaction, hence it's all neutral reactions. Sometimes the only strong reactions I seem to get much any more are visual cue ones, and by strong I just mean that I notice. Like a field of flowering cherry trees.

The wanna be assassin apparently didn't spend enough time at the shooting range. There, I said it. More seriously, as much as I don't like Trump - or Biden at this point for that matter - no one would "deserve" that. I'm only surprised, with the state of things for a long while, that no one tried a bit sooner. And I don't think it's faked/set up. The next 10-20 years of US politics is going to be nuts. I keep wondering about civil war/internal terrorism potentials lately. Depressing.

Relying on childhood memory watches again: (the first few seasons I probably saw in syndication, I was a bit too young for 1st run etc )

^ ok, thanks, sounds like it would update me to next-gen automatically then. What made people feel ripped off tho? Quick search makes it sound mostly like a graphical/performance/bug fixes (the latter being always in question re: Bethsoft) update with some added quests/outfits.

I am slow brained - if I bought the release version of FO4 and that's it, but I'd have to reinstall the game because I already uninstalled it ages ago, what version of FO4 would I be playing? Is it like Death Stranding where there's a "new" version of the game and the original release store page is delisted, but if you bought that older version, it's still there/that's what you'd download, if you didn't pay/opt in for the update/new version? Edit: not that I'm sure I'm interested in this London mod either, but knowing my options are nice.

^ I don't even know what I'd do with a net speed that fast. I suppose in 10 years we'll need it to download games tho. >.> ========== Unrelated: my search for entertainment these days mostly has my face doing this. I don't know what to do, guys. I'm not depressed. It's just still that syndrome of being an introverted, non-social, recluse where I just find nothing interesting to my tastes (or tastes have changed?)/been there done that/too similar or predictable. The brain just doesn't light up and I don't care. You know how some experiences are just once and done, never care to repeat it in any form, even if you liked that singular experience? It's like my whole life is currently like that. I keep trying different things and it's just ... no. So I sits under the porch and watch the birds fly by. Maybe the ducks will show up in the pool today.

Based on what I've read/seen people comment on, there are two main reasons for Gamepass: ---you would buy/play a lot of games per year vs. only a few/several at most, and generally don't care about replaying them (once and done) or that they might get yanked off the available list in a few/several months (thus the monthly would still end up cheaper) ---you want to be able to try any new games out for "cheap" to first decide if you care enough to fully buy it ---you're console only anyway and/or need the MP/online functions so must pay on some level anyway (?). Me, I never paid/signed up for the PS sub that gives you online access stuff. I don't need it, don't care. I still have zero interest in Gamepass, even with MS doing its best to acquire a lot of franchises. "Owning" a game may be ever more of a precarious illusion in these days of non-physical media, but I still like what illusion there is left.

This seems more my current speed than Pacific Drive. It's by the same people who did Above Snakes. So I expect it to be nothing special but fun, fairly simple and relaxing.

Me with 7 Days to Die: --*create several RWG maps* --*some hours/same evening later* - "This seems like a good map, and this base I made is awesome. I'm digging it. But I wonder" --*fiddles with .xml files* --*create several RWG maps* Repeat forever. I don't think I've played a save of 7 Days for more than 4-5 hours in years. ...wouldn't mind if Manor Lords had a big patch soon. But I think they're upgrading from UE4 to 5 (because Xbox won't take UE4 anymore, I hear), so it might be a while. >.>

To be honest, after Another 48 Hours (which wasn't as good as the first, ofc), I think the only thing I've seen of E. Murphy's that I liked since then (besides "DONKEY!") was Tower Heist (2011). Coming to America2 was ok but eh. But yeah, from that perspective what I saw of BHC/AxelF was one of the better things from him in forever. Doolittle, Nutty Professor, Daddy Day Care etc - no thank you. I haven't seen Dolemite. After Daddy Day Care I stopped paying him any attention outside of "DONKEY!"

...at last, a city that might be big enough. ...unfortunately I don't like the way the RWG generator works anymore - well, for stupid mega cities anyway. It's still "ok" for normal maping. But even there they come out a lot more ... generic ... then in past versions. The illusion of the random is disappearing. Just simlar splat patterns and repeating/repetitious city tiles.

Also: My parents/family had me liking this version: But the 80's had me also liking this version.

I'm similar. To be fair, despite having a very musical parent who kept trying to get me to play instruments, I was never a huge music/bands is life sort. Outside of the brief age 13-16 stage. Parents got me into their generation stuff. Brother got me into the Beatles. Hubby got me into the 60's/70's rock. I think my interest in general popular hits or even searching for new music waned in direct proportion with how much my PC gaming interest peaked. eg, the mid1990's. Also, I stopped listening to radio because I stopped driving a zillion miles every year, so exposure dropped to almost zero. Hubby and I rarely listen to any music and I only listen to it while gaming or a nostalgia wave hits. ...these day's I mostly only know of music or big popular hits thru films/TV, games, or occasionally a random YouTube recommend or something. And even more rarely, a specific search because I suddenly get a hankering to hear some choir/orchestra or monks chanting or drum solos or ....

Wait, he's part of the Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, in the past and now? Colin Hay still has that voice. The man playing the bass/back vocals was cheery-infectious to watch. Had to look him up, had no idea who he was. I still have no idea who he is, but his name is apparently Hamish Stuart.

The new Beverly Hills Cop, too. Although only about half. I fell asleep. That first half tho - well, it was certainly trying to follow the formula, and in that I think it half-succeeded. Certainly brings nostalgia. But I wasn't loving it - may not finish it. I can still watch the old film today and love it, and to me that's better than seeing something that's new, yet not new. Just me tho. What I saw of AxelF seemed light, homage-filled and entertaining enough, for what it is/supposed to be - not saying I disliked it, I chuckled a few times that first half. I just don't really see the point. Series should have ended with the 2nd one, anyway. *grumpy old and is bored of everything, fart*

...when it's warm enough outside that your house A/C setting of 80F/26.5C feels like opening the freezer door (for the first few minutes you walk inside, at least). ...midnight last night: 85F/29.5C -- 5am this morning: 70F/21C -- Yesterday/Today-currently: 113F/45C Now, no mistake, we're in a normally warm area. So it's frequently 95F-102F/35C-39C in summer regardless. I'm kinda used to that by now. But ugh, could it just stay there and not ever go higher? No? Ah well. Definitely more a of nightowl in summer here than ever before. It's the only time it's "nice."

7 Days to Die - Alpha 22 .... er, I mean Release 1.0 ---fps is a fair bit worse (at 4k anyway), if I try to use all High/Ultra like before, but it's so smooth I didn't notice without a fps counter on. Mostly it's the shadows/object shadowing. I had those up High/Ultra before w/60+ fps still. I had to knock their quality to Low. But now there's hardly any difference visually between High/Low shadows. Only Off looks terrible. So, it's fine. ---Traders are now specific to specific biomes. "Trader Jen" is in burnt forest. "trader Rekt" is in forest biome, because of trader quest "progression". And by default the map generator will not create "big cities" in the Forest biome at all, also in the name of progression/forcing players to expand to other biomes. Which sucks donkey sweat if Forest biome is your favorite biome and don't give a hoot about "trader quests" anyway. Good thing I know how to open Notepad and alter .xml's. There, all fixed, big cities everywhere and multiple Traders in multiple biomes when I want. ---map generator is way way way faster. I can now make 10k+ sized maps in 90 or so seconds instead of take-a-nap amount of time. ---actual gameplay - well, it's 7 Days to Die. Some item/loot/quest mechanics have changed, and a whole lot of new POI's, but it's all largely the same. ---I'm still guffawing at the "1.0 release" for console naming, shenanigans. It's still an Alpha, stop pretending.

*stares at the big banner selling Avowed sweatshirts and such* "Is Avowed out yet? .... ah, apparently nope." *returns to her sleepy/quiet life and lurking*

It works, I like it better than the original, for some reason. More soothing, less sentimental. I haven't listened to John Denver in a long time. I wasn't a huge fan of his but my mom was. I remember him most from that "Oh God" movie (mom "dragged" me to it), actually, haha. I had one of his greatest hits type albums, liked about half of that. Probably my fave of JD's songs was actually this one

Just to say, I also do not have 2FA enabled/used - outside of financial institutions I avoid the hassle of it. This is a game forum, I don't need/care/want. I also do not sign in with/do not have a Microsoft account. Or any other type of account so many sites may ask if you want to login with, these days. >.> Didn't have an issue logging in right now, but who knows.

I'm mostly not interested in another round of the "the xx90 is the only one "worth" buying if they're gonna gimp the lower tiers but not also lower the price enough on those gimped lower tiers." And by lower tiers I mean ... the xx80. ...also not interested in a gpu that weighs more than my head and needs support brackets in a tower case, or an extra gpu cooler stack, or a 3rd mobo slot, or a dedicated home circuit, or whatever else, if any of that comes to pass, either soon or in the future.

The login weirdness issues, reply box issues (including the entire post thread getting visibly put into the reply box), etc. are all intermittently back for me again. I may pull a Keyrock and disappear for a while. It's too frustrating.

All the rumors/"leaks" re: 50xx specs has me thinking I'll be waiting until 60xx. Or maybe 70xx. Or maybe a used 50xx during the 60xx period. Or maybe never.

Godzilla Minus One via Netflix -- the actual few Godzilla scenes were fun. There aren't all that many of them tho. It felt 20 minutes too long and while it's leagues better than the Hollywood attempts,I was left largely unmoved by it overall. But then, I'm not a mega old-timer Godzilla fan, so that's probably part of it. I remember watching some of those poorly Eng. dubbed versions after school when I was a kid, but I barely remember them. Atlas, also via Netflix - well...the robot/mech suit personality/VA was a decent "character" for entertainment value. The CGI looked clean. That's about all one can about it, really.

I'm getting a little tired of Steam's client updates, lately, often reverting my Cloud setting back to On vs. Off. In terms of actual games ... nothing new, still mostly fart around with Manor Lords/sandboxing for a few hours here and there, when I want to escape the heat of outside. Per usual I keep looking for a new simplish/chill game but never find much.