LadyCrimson

It's just that video (which isn't a serious gameplay video...) made me laugh, and laughter tends to make me want to play something. I don't know why. Like I said, zombie apoc./multiplayer not typically my sort of game to begin with, so I'm not looking at them with any high expectations about me playing them constantly or thinking they're awesome. That might be part of it. I figure they'd just be games I'd fire up, make a chr, play 30-60 minutes until someone saw/killed me, quit, repeat whenever I feel like giggling. Saw another one last night, called 7 Days to Die. Which looked a bit more my speed as a game I'd play more seriously, since you can play it solo (online but creating your own "server", that's closed to others) and it has some Minecrafty aspects to it.

I was a terrible teenage driver, the first year I had my license. After the first 18 months I apparently learned my lesson and I've had a super-clean record in all ways for ages since.

All I know is they better not reboot Die Hard. I'd rather see "Die Hard: Retires Harder part2" with Bruce Willis than a reboot with new actors. At the least, wait until Willis dies first. In fact, I think I'll pop Die Hard into my other pc right now, to play as I'm busy doing some other stuff on this one.

I'm not sure I drive particularly well, but I do like being able to drive and having a car when I do want to drive. eg, I could currently walk/ride a bike to the grocery store, but carrying giant packages and/or 60+ pounds of groceries (or going to the store every single day) isn't my idea of a good time. Nor do I like spending 1.5 hrs to reach my mother when it takes 15 minutes if I drive myself. But driving in busy commuter traffic always sucks. If I had to work a 9-5 in San Fran, I'd definitely take the train/buses, at least in good weather, even if it still felt like a pita/took longer.

I was just coming here to mention that Banished will be available very soon. I remember seeing a developer vid. for it many months ago. 1.5 more days to be able to get it. And I don't have to Steam-purchase it if I don't want! And no awkward combat-mode tacked on, either. That's a nice review vid, haven't seen that one, thanks. Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck ... altho, at least it'll only be about $20. http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/

Walking Dead - psychotic little girl is going to annoy me to no end, I can tell. Especially when other chrs. are going to not realize and defend her and stuff, I bet. I guess she and her sister are the TV show's answer to the comic's Ben and Billy, perhaps. Which isn't to say they'll follow the comic plot points. Only that they're that type of chr. dynamic. Too many chrs. in this episode, not enough individual focus ala Rick/Carl last time. But it sufficed to show where the rest of the "group" ended up/what their situations are.

Peter Weller will always be Robocop to me. And PG-13 reboots makes me eyeroll. That said, I'll still be interested to see it when it comes to cable. At the least, the general effects will be cooler/better.

I'm not sure whether to put this in funny things thread or in here...so I think I'll put it here. Was looking at more vids. of Rust and DayZ. DayZ is nicer looking, but Rust looks a bit more interesting. But I might enjoy watching the videos more than playing, perhaps (some YouTubers have some funny Let's Plays). Anyway that led me to this vid. making fun of the pk-mentality on some of the busy servers. It actually has me close to buying it. I want a rock! (a bit of language here and there, in the vid, just to say)

If I could still use Netscape Navigator, I would.

This evening, kept trying to watch a movie. Phone rings. Back to movie. Knock at door. Back to movie. Get hungry, make a snack, back to movie. Other than that, it was largely a snuggling with the spouse in a "we're so domestic-happy it makes you want to hurl" kind of day.

Captain Phillips - y'know, at the least, one thing these types of movies do is make me want to Google the event/person that inspired the film. Can't even imagine going through something like that. The movie was ok. The guy playing Muse was pretty good, I wouldn't mind seeing him do something else. Hanks was Hanks, with a little more action. And that was a cool lifeboat. I bet the Titanic would have liked to have some of those.

Thread edited slightly, per request. Hopefully that helps with any earlier misunderstanding/concern. Sometimes it's helpful to reflect that what we text doesn't always convey intent very clearly. Also seems like a good time for a reminder that hate-speech references and the like are not acceptable in these fora, so let's try to steer clear of anything that might lead into that direction.

Typically I would too, only since I hadn't gotten very far at all (seriously) I figured this time I'd try just continuing. I think I'm going to still have to go with complete restart, tho. I think I found the early challenge good enough for me. Could change my mind, but I like playing vanilla first, best. I wouldn't mind a somewhat bigger inventory mod, tho...like I almost always want.

You forgot Hawkeye's sexah arms when he's drawing that bow. And I liked Gravity quite a bit, but I agree that it started off stronger than it ended.

Oh nvm...I don't know why I wrote that rather ambiguous post. It's late, as usual, and I've had too much caffeine. How about just this general inquiry, then ... anyone using FF 27 and what do you think of it?

Ok, found you could change the dosbox config. to make the game run closer to 4:3 (some black barring on the sides), so it looks proper. But that meant the F12 key no longer worked to speed up the game, so I had to use the same file to manually set the core speed. Anyway, in the GoG's DK1 install folder, it's the dosboxDK.conf file. Change the lines: fullresolution=original - replace original with 1920x1080 (or whatever resolution you're using) output=surface - replace surface with opengl cycles=80000 - whatever you like, or "max" I'm good to go now. Perfect!

I have no clue what other women prefer using, but I think I'd like fighting monsters with a magical bullwhip that creates multiple lightning bolts upon contact. Alas that's often not an option. ...but a sword's ok, too.

Just reporting that that worked. Mostly. I had to smoosh the F12 key more than a dozen times, but map scroll speed is now awesome and the rest is somewhat better. Now if only this monitor had an EZ 4:3 switch option, like my older, smaller one does...

That's ok, I'd be fine with a "permanent" snarky talking cat companion, too. I'm not picky. I sorta like the snake idea...or some kind of fantasy reptile. Reptiles aren't done too often, seems like. Fantasy version (as in a bit larger) of a gila monster, perhaps?

I've been noticing poor FF performance on forum pages with a lot of video embeds, or a lot of javascript etc, again, so I slowly upgraded to newer FF versions. I stopped at 25 - the slowdowns seem better but not perfect. I'm curious - I know the FF "Social API" has been around a while, but I just want to make sure it's still optional in the sense I don't ever have to see/hear this Social API working. Ideally I don't even want the extra buttons. I ask because I noticed that FF removed stuff like the easy Options access for disable images/javascript - which I can live without since I use Noscript/Adblock etc. But it makes me wonder if they're going in that type of direction with a lot of other things. Taking away menu options in the name of idiot-proofing, so I'll have to do tons more via the config. options... One day I'm going to disappear from the net, because I'll get fed up with browser software and just quit.

Yeah, it's using DOSbox. I'll try the cntrl+Fkey thing first, thanks.

When I was a kid, my mother would haul out this metal popcorn popper. Oil in the bottom, kernels, put lid on, loud metallic poppopops while us kids giggled. Occasionally she'd pull out the JiffyPop instead, which was even more fun. Standing around the stove (or better, a fire) and watching it expand. By my 20's, we'd pull out ... the microwave popcorn bag. Microwaves were made for popcorn! And that's what we stuck with for ages. But then recently, I decided to try a pre-bagged popcorn from the grocery store chip aisle. Seems no worse than microwaved popcorn. So there it is. The evolution of my preparing/eating popcorn has come down to this: It's not as fun, but it sure is easy. Now excuse me while I go watch a movie.

I'd still like a gelatinous cube pet ... that's not Ranger-ry enough tho, I suppose. ...I'd still like a cat-influenced companion. Doesn't have to be a huge panther. Could be an ocelot. or Puss N Boots. A talking cat with attitude that would bicker with my Ranger every time it's summoned. Yes, that's what I want. I'm not into birds as pets ... but if I have to have one, could it be something like a vulture, instead of the usual hawk/eagle?

Installed Dungeon Keeper onto Win7. Fired up Deeper Dungeons, picked a level, started it. Did the cntl+r (or whatever that is) to make it look less pixelated. Not quite as good looking as my official DKGold disc version, but it's ok. Then noticed ... it plays slower than molasses. I know for some people, DK1 ran on more modern rigs too fast, but for me it's always been just about right. I like the extra speed. GoG's version on my Win7, for some reason, feels like the run-speed in Diablo1. Everything from minions walking/running around, to slapping, to training/workshop, map scrolling from side to side...all in slo-mo. I can't believe it ever felt that slow even way way back when, must be something weird going on with GoG's tweaks+my particular rig. Oh well. It's still playable. And on the plus side, the level-choosing menu slider doesn't move at light speed.

Technically the first day of winter in the US is ... uh ... something like Dec. 22 IIRC. But most people probably think of Winter as starting around the Thanksgiving holidays (end of Nov.).