LadyCrimson

Some old horror movie from 1977 called "Rituals" (or at one point, known as The Creeper). Shades of Deliverance (backwoods vacation guys, hunted by a disfigured, crazy nut), except it's more straight-up horror vs. just horrifying, if that makes sense. It actually wasn't too bad, with enough characterization to make it interesting. The ending was silly tho. But mostly, I was impressed with Hal Holbrook. Considering the type of movie, he did nicely as the type who refuses to let his humanity be compromised even if it might save his life. Also watched Blackfish. I remember when that trainer was killed, it was all over the web news-wise. As a kid I recall seeing some killer whale shows at Marine World (when Marine World was still MW and not Six Flags) so I understand the viewer-appeal of such. But as an adult - yeah, so not happening.

Baconator! ...changed my main armor for stats, which was ugly, so then transmuted to something else, which is slightly better. I've been sticking to whitish/red/blck trim scheme, couldn't make it acceptably whitish with what I had and ended up with the below. But then I started to feel too much like Spiderwoman or something, so I scrounged a dye from an alt to make it all silvery, then black on top of that...now I can't decide where to have the red. I must have a bit of the red, it goes with my hair! These things are important, you know! If I can't make this work, I have to start all over again. I'm leaning towards the middle one...

Hubs: "Torchlight 2 is free this weekend I hear." Me: "Oh yeah, I haven't played that in ages, never finished." *turns Steam/TL2 on, loads lvl38 chr.* Holy pistols, I barely remember how to play this game. I don't mean the "whack things until dead" part. I mean what/how to's of all the skills, spells, items, the gems, hotkeys, what the heck was I doing with 100 gold fish in my stash (up to no good I imagine!)...and I have mule characters. How did I mule? Oh yes, shared stash. Wait, how did I stand still while fighting? Shift isn't working. Wut? Oh yeah, I mapped it to E. Fishing hole? Oh yeah, fishing! *Man I should start a new game at least temporarily to remember stuff* Hey! New pet options, that wasn't there before. Must be some patch Steam D/L'd ages ago and I never looked. And you can mod. Must...get...pet mods... ...forget hubby, I'm playing this game again, with or without him.

Is the dentist related to the car accident?

I tend to prefer my Main to be a class that isn't available as a (scripted) companion, at least the first time, so I can check out as many classes at once. And since we're still not sure how many companions there will be in the final game .... I haven't really decided, and probably won't until I can actually view the chr. selection options. In rpg's I typically enjoy ranged classes and/or monk's (or fighter/mage types - not Paladins - when available). We'll see.

I still think anyone who truly believes NWO is P2W doesn't know what P2W really means. ...due to selling off some stuff, I was able to get a lot more blue and purple Leadership workers (they're really cheap right now) which makes tasks fly by .. and I still have 10 million AD. Now what. Turn it all into Zen and just let it sit there until they have some cool new stuff? Or I could just leave it alone...but such a habit to at least do Gateway, for the past 8+ months, hard to totally stop that, even when I don't need any AD. lol. Too bad you can't take Zen out of a game server to another of their game servers. If you could, I'd try one or two of PW's other MMO's just for the lark.

I tried to watch some of Avatar when it was on Netflix (don't know if it still is, haven't looked) during a period when I was trying out older animes. It looked ok but I didn't watch enough to get pulled in. That said, I definitely do like and still enjoy some "children's" programming, along with great fondness for the things I personally grew up seeing (Warner Bros, Tom/Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Underdog, Flintstones etc). I tend to not be as interested in the stuff they make today, but I think that's mostly because I often don't "get" the references/humor or (what I see) as distractingly odd visual presentations. I liked Tangled a fair bit but most Disney films (not including Pixar) since Beauty and the Beast haven't entranced me overmuch and were just "ok". As awesome as CGI animation can be, I still find it somewhat ... cold ... for lack of a better word. At least in many cases.

Fleshing out their personal relationship is fine, but the way they did it works better when you have a season of 13-24 episodes to work with. When you only have 4.5 hours it starts to feel more like extraneous fluff because it could be done a lot more succinctly then they've been doing it. Edit: To repeat myself, it's not that it's not quite enjoyable, what they're doing. But when I watch something called Sherlock, I typically want to see the "great mind" pitted against some intriguing/mind-baffling mystery ... that which attracted me to the Sherlock stories/mythology. Not a humorous romp about relationships.

....never heard of it (or that there's another one coming), and doesn't sound like I'd be interested in it even if I had. And not because of any boy-toy visuals. Not really into Hollywood treatment of Greek mythology, except Ray Harryhausen. I had/read a lot of ancient myth children's books as a kid...always seemed to be the types of chrs. that work better on paper than the screen.

I've never even heard of 95% of the titles that made the final list, but that's not surprising, since that's my norm with such lists. Although I think a few of the indies are in Steam Early Access now, so I may have seen titles/vague descriptions from there. Not enough to really make an impression, however.

Send me some, so I can try it and then tell you how much better (my shop's) beef jerky is. ....actually based on what I've seen around the web, I'd probably like it all right, depending on flavor/spices and moistness (I don't tend to like moist jerky). But I have a feeling I'd still like my thick US jerky more. I get pretty stuck in my ways.

Bah. Need a new game. Or a new hobby. Re-arranging furniture on a weekly basis doesn't count. Bringing science into it, that's no fun! ... I think I'm just going to blame my cat. He's probably putting hexes on me for not feeding him in a timely manner. Yes, that's it.

Ok, I watched Intelligence over lunch. I don't think it gave me a b-movie film feeling so much as a 90's sci-fi show feeling, only with better CGI sequences (when they try to show the "net-computer" brain working) and camera lenses. I think the main problem - outside of the concept being rather 1-note gimmick - is the lead actor (or his chr) doesn't have much charisma, far as I'm concerned. Better than a stick of wood, but not by a whole lot. He's a handsome enough fella with some quirky lines to say, but doesn't engender much beyond that. By that I mean, for me, O'Neill *was* SG-1, (not to take away from the rest of the good SG-1 cast which bounced wonderfully off of him), and without him in a leading role it was never the same. That's missing in Intelligence. I did like the female bodyguard chr. tho. And could improve as we get to know the chrs. more.

"Soooooolllllllldddddd!"

I find, as the years go on, that this is how I feel about 98% of TV and films, even when they're mega-popular with a zillion professional kudos and fans. Sci-fi/fantasy seems to be particularly vulnerable to this "been there/cliche" syndrome. Maybe because it's harder to suspend disbelief and just accept common (and often fairly unavoidable) plot and character cliches and familiar actors in settings that already require a lot of suspension of disbelief. I'd forgotten about this show ... I'll have to check it out now.

Gives me a bit of the early System Shock2 vibe, in the creeping around wondering what's around the corner dread, while knowing what's around the corner is very likely to rip you a new one. The interview sections in the vid were boring, but the bits of game footage have promise. I'd agree with Keyrock about the motion tracker - if that's your main tool and used well to give a sense of anticipatory dread, it could be cool. I was not terribly pleased, however, when they brought out ... the flashlight. I had enough of the flashlight in Doom3 or Doom4 or whatever it was. In small doses it's fine/cool ... but if it's something that feels too fabricated and you end up feeling completely dependent on it the entire time, so there can be a plethora of 'total darkness jump scares' it gets old. Depends, of course, but in action games I tend to find it a cheap trick after a while. And of course, Alien the franchise has not had good luck in the game genre ... kinda like the Star Trek franchise. So while this early bit looks intriguing, it's a very long way from making me go "yeah, this is it!"

Hubs still feeling poorly (less to do with the cold he had and more to do with general malaise I think), Mr. Black still thinks he's a dog, and I still feel as if there's not enough time in the day. Oh and I'm more and more annoyed with middle-age's desire to seemingly turn me into a bearded woman. Men get hairs sprouting out of their ears and nose, or whatever ... I seem to get a new chin hair to pluck out every year. What is it about aging that makes hair run amuck? Are there still circuses in town? Maybe I can join one in another decade or so.

Still keeping up with Almost Human, at least via VoD. It still feels like a show that has a lot of promise but isn't quite there yet. I haven't kept up with Agents of Shield or whatever it's called...maybe in another few weeks I'll try watching a couple more. 2nd episode of Sherlock was sorta the same as the first, with a lot of lol humor but no mystery. Well, there is a mystery, but it's almost incidental. Which is still fine, because of the main content/setting, but I hope they go back to being more about the problem solving. Is there just 3 episodes this series as well, or did they extend it to be more? Because if it's just 3, I'm a little confuddled what the 3rd/last one would do to feel like a closer.

No preference.

lol...yeah...if a stranger wanted to pay that much for one of those...well, that's called taking the money and running. So I'll check the AH for something by you in (my) mid-afternoon, then, unless you say something different.

My level of stick-with/patience for story/consequence decision making is not what it used to be (versus "what armor to wear" decision making). I might get to a spot where I agonize over (or altogether avoid) a decision (this faction? that faction? benefit/con?) for so long I end up going no further in the main plot for ages. I know it's nonsensical since I can try it one way first then another way later, but my brain just gets stuck. I've always been like that to a degree, but was better at pushing through it back when then I am now. And while I've always spent a lot of time playing action/hack and slash (along with deeper rpg's and strategy), it's become a lot more dominant lately ... so I understand what you mean. Along with less energy to sit for long sessions, especially the past year or two. But I know Obsidian can make interesting choice and emotionally involving games that I enjoy and finish, so I think the odds are high that once I start playing, after the first hour or three of feeling like I have to get into the swing of things again, I'll be fine. It's also pretty much the only game on my "super looking forward to" list so by the time it comes out I'm going to be itching for something new to play.

Well...oops. Turns out I think you still can't trade AD directly. I could swear I saw it there in the window when messing with hubby but when asking around everyone says you can't. We can still try it but ... if it doesn't work then the only way is using the AH like the farmers do - you'd post a tiny heal pot or something else no one would want for 1-bid/2.2 million Buyout (AH cut) and I'd purchase it, sending the AD to your mailbox etc. I'm fine with doing that....whatever you want.

I'm not sure I'd use the word "strange," but unconventional companions are always a plus. That is, not a human/elf. Whether like the talking skull or could even be a plain animal (dog, aardvark, bear, whatever) that doesn't have speech per se. If something too non-humanoid is more work than it's worth in this instance (not saying it would be, I don't know), then something at least like ... oh I dunno, a semi-deranged troll who yet doesn't want to be the "bad guy" anymore and thus is willing to join your party. Regen/heal bonus. Maybe needs a vigorous slap+1 now and then to remind him/her what side their supposed to be on. Ok, that's probably cliche too, but you get my drift.

Seen on back of truck: "Want more gun control? ... Try using both hands." Also, they had the coolest his/her or father/son lacquered wood canoes on the top rack. Ok, not as cool as carved-from-one-piece-of-solid-wood canoes perhaps, but they were still neat looking. Wish I'd had my tiny vid camera with me. *off to stuff face with Chinese food and watch TV

*sticks a PostIt note on her monitor* ...sounds fine.