LadyCrimson

Previous incarnation Since the last thread derailed slightly as well as reached the post limit, here's a fresh new thread for all our random gaming news. ...not that I have any to report, myself, since I'm still in the stone ages wishing for a real Dungeon Keeper 3.

This thread is also reaching that post limit range, so this seems like as good a time as any to close it and start a new one.

I think that sometimes (not always, but sometimes) that comes about because some women feel doing such is a path to getting more attention/getting the job/fame they want and/or will make them feel better or more confident about themselves etc. Which becomes more of an issue of body self-esteem and the possible negative influences that media over-saturation may have on said self-esteem, rather than that an image is morally offensive. Such pressure applies to both genders and to more than just big boobs (face-lifts, neck-lifts, the whole beauty/image industry etc). I don't see anything wrong with people voicing their dislike for not having more body-image options. If the game companies eventually then want to change things here and there, because they believe enough of their audience for their game would like to see some different approaches, that's their decision to make, just as it's their decision to change some combat mechanic because of some user-poll....

Still a bit of Torchlight 2 now and then. I found a mod that increased the town shared-stash inventory to 1600 slots for each tab (items, spells, fish/potions tabs) and that's helped my sense of being able to just bash monsters without thinking about all the mule characters I want to make every 10 minutes. Like, one for every Set. So that was good enough I made new mod-save chrs so I could use it. Not that I needed 1600 slots, but that's all I found in shared-stash only. Most mods increased all stash/chr. inventory/store inventory etc. and that apparently causes some mod-compatibility issues here and there. Anyway...

Going to close for length. Not sure it merits a new thread at the moment, but we/anyone can create a new thread next time we're in the mood to post a lot about the game.

I've been watching "Band of Brothers." I remember hubby watching this a while back, and I caught bits and pieces of it but never watched the whole thing. So far (4 episodes in) what I find is that it's a stellar cast/acting job and well done combat scenes/great cinematography, etc. But I find it a bit confusing in terms of characters - after the first episode only a few really stand out and the rest seem to enter and disappear with me barely knowing/connecting about them. Sometimes I can't even place face with name when they do have a line or two to say. Then again, I'd imagine that happens in combat wartime so if it was one of their aims to capture a certain sense of confusion, then...it does well. But it tends to make me not care much, dramatically.

Edit - oops wrong thread.

Closed for length. Feel free to make a new thread to continue to discuss all things Russia.

Previous incarnation. ...The days have been quite nice here the past week. But today I'm stuck in the house since hubby's van is running funny and he took my car. So...a little winter yardwork this afternoon. Then probably some gaming.

Post limit. "Just when you got on a roll...here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again..."

I'm pretty sure I tossed a little money towards it during their KS, but not enough to get into the alpha/beta tiers. I can wait.

"Cold Comes the Night" - the Bryan Cranston movie I mentioned earlier. It was ok, but nothing special. Not particularly thrilling or intelligent enough to turn it into something more than a by the numbers crime tale. Cranston and Alice Eve do credibly well with what they're given and the film is short enough to not wear out its welcome, but slow and doesn't engage you that much. I'd give it a 5.5 or 6 at most. Bryan Cranston's accent still makes me giggle tho.

Discovered the fave Chinese restaurant that I grew up with and continued to return to occasionally, off an on, all my adulthood as well, finally closed. Knew that would happen sooner or later (been there close to 30 years). Owners sold it/retired. A new Chinese eatery is in its place, but not sure I care to try it, especially since we haven't lived close to the location in some time. It makes me sad, tho. Time passing and all that. My fave local pizza place has been there forever, too, which means they could close shop anytime now too. Thus I ordered a pizza. Edit: two really late nights in a row. I think I'll be going to bed super early tonight.

Yes, he ends up as the main character and I'm sure the idea was he was the main/important character, since his visual ability is what helps them survive. But I, at least, felt at least a few of the other characters were just as important at making Pitch Black stand out from the average low-budget horror thriller. Ensemble cast sometimes has more meaning than "just a bunch of people for a star to bounce off of action/plotwise." I mean, in most Stallone vehicle films, it's all about Stallone, even if he's surrounded by other actors or even absent for a chunk of the film. That's what Chronicles/Riddick makes me think of, while Pitch Black doesn't. And yes, Pitch Black isn't a masterpiece or anything like that. It was just a surprise, I think. One went in expecting a marginally watchiable cheapie b-grade flick and while it was that, it was also a lot better than most.

Here's the thing about Pitch Black ... Vin Diesel wasn't the main character. Ok ok, he ends up as such I suppose, but what I mean is the ensemble cast, most of them were important in some way. The young girl. The pilot woman. The bounty hunter. etc. Riddick wasn't completely interesting of himself (outside of his eyes), it was the dynamic/struggle between him and the others and their different skills and personalities/ethics to survive (or not). Do we trust each other, can we trust each other. Film used that formula pretty well. Chronicles and Riddick on the other hand, are all about ... Riddick. How marvelous he is. How super-human he is. Which isn't inherently bad for an action pic, mind you, but in this case, for me that's largely meant .... zzzzz.

What exactly is the definition of "blant"? I tried Googling it, but all I got were crappy urban dictionary entries that seemed to have nothing to do with the subject at hand, as well as one entry that basically equated to "bland".

Sliced steak on fresh sourdough bread topped with lettuce and bacon. It was tender and delicious and cat approved.

I vote sword. Swords don't need bullets to be useful. Plus you can look bad ass wielding it. Either that or slice off a toe. Either way. I keep dreaming of owning some far east blade collection, mostly just to admire (since I'm of the "slice off a toe" sort) but sadly I probably won't ever get around to it. Plus, I'm not rich either. ---- Stayed up way too late last night with a friend, so had a late start today. Chores, dinner, now what. Hm.

Hm.....and now I'm reading up on this MMO. As always, highlight for me is "can be done alone." I assume I can buy it outside of Steam, since I don't like using Steam for MMO's. ....I like that it's not medieval fantasy. Not that I don't like such, but something different is always nice. The UI comments kinda scare me tho. I can get used to quirky UI's sometimes, but if it's really unintuitive I find it tends to put me off too much, even if I might like the game otherwise.

I have a ... thing! A headcrab that bounces like a spring. ... it's cuter when it's moving. :/

I remember the fishing in Torchlight2 being more productive, over the long haul. I'm guessing they nerfed some of the fishing percentages...which is too bad, I liked the fishing for when I didn't feel like monster bashing. I'm also remembering why I probably stopped playing TL2 - it's great fun in short doses but it's too monotonous gameplay/area wise, even for a loot-fest game, and becomes rather uninspiring before long. Can't quite put my finger on it, but yeah. Still, it is fun to revisit once in a while.

Being tired just makes me slothful. Being bored and mentally inactive is what will make me munch all day long.

Hopefully not to much. They said April 2014 on Kickstarter during the campaign for the basic version before we blew past that funding level. Kickstarter, I believe, requires you to put up a projected completion date in order to even put up the KS for people to fund. Thus I think a lot of them are huge guesses, since they often don't know exactly what they're going to end up with, project size wise, for various reasons. So from what I've seen, not making the original guesstimate date is pretty common, unless the game/thing was practically finished before they even did the KS. But yeah...I'm hoping it won't be much past Xmas 2014 or something. Mostly because I'm selfish and impatient.

So based on your last post, I took a look at that Elven Battle enchant and decided to experiment with it. Thankfully, its graphic is limited to glowy arm shield looking thingies, which is better than weird shifting glows that totally negate any armor dye job you spent time creating. >.> Anyway, I bought a Lesser, thinking I'd level it up. Which I did, but then I realized I needed another Lesser to upgrade it, vs. only variations of marks. Didn't check, but I'm assuming now I'd need a 2nd "regular" version to upgrade it to Greater (or maybe 2 Lessers...). Then yet more to get it to Perfect. Not that I need a Greater/Perfect, personally - I was just experimenting. But that was when I realized it's also that's way for the regular enchants too, once you get past r8. I guess r8 is as high as I'm going, then. There's no way I'm leveling up multiples to high levels just so I can create a single r10. Ha.

Despite my slight grievance about too much focus on one particular thing (even if there was an eventual point), I wasn't disappointed with Sherlock. I think for a 3rd season they did fairly well at trying to branch out even further from the typical Holmes. eg, I saw it as trying to grow into their own. Some aspects of that worked, some didn't. I still like the 1st season the best. The 2nd season was good, but I was not overly fond of the Hounds episode myself. Not that it was terrible. It just wasn't great. I'm also not fond of the giggle-insanity version of Moriarty (he's more Riddler...), but it worked well enough when it counted and that actor was funny/good at being such, so I can go with it. I really like the dynamic between Sherlock and Holmes - the two actors play off each other beautifully - and it's likely I'd keep watching even if they can't keep up the pace mystery-wise, over time. Kinda like why I kept watching House, MD (House/Wilson).