LadyCrimson

I thought he was an army of clones whilst the real Avellone is hanging out on his own private island, issuing commands via satellite and such. But I can go with cyborg, too.

We haven't had dental in years and hardly used it when we did. They do tend to be expensive but outside of basic preventive, most dental coverage that came with employment in our area is even less comprehensive than "regular" medical insurance. Not worth bothering to buy on one's own, imo. Unless you have a constant need for major dental care for some reason. And today I'm doing idle housework while waiting for some videos to render. My cat, btw, likes to chase after me and get underfoot while I'm sweeping/dusting/picking up and such. I think he's trying to trip/kill me.

Not on the topic of police, but maybe a bit of big brother ... hubby went over the Golden Gate Bridge a while back and he noticed he didn't have to pay a toll. He didn't try to avoid it, the bar let him through. Anyway, some days later he got a note in the mail with a grainy blk/wht xerox pic of his license plate and a bill for for the $6 toll (and if you're late, immediately goes up to $26). Have no idea if that's normal on the Bridge now so traffic doesn't have to stop, or just what they do if the tollgate isn't working properly.

I'd say Sherlock is technically TV (I tend to think of it as a mini-series) but either or. The 2nd series I've only seen once. I should watch it again, but I haven't bought it on disc yet and I don't feel like waiting until 2am to watch it on Netflix again.

I like that one. The head decoration makes me think of (hollywood) dinosaur head ridges or something. The color makes it pop, too.

Most excellent, thanks for the post.

Yeah, you can trade diamonds between players through the trade window. Or at least...you can with gold. I haven't actually tried with AD, but I think there was an option for it. I'll double-check with hubby's chr. later.

Hm. In-game neither manual actually states BoP or BoE in the descrip. text. When I upgraded pig/sled not long ago I bought the green manual off the AH for cheaper than the Bazaar price. But don't know if the seller had bought them before they became BoP or something. I'll ask around, sometimes those wikis are wrong. Otherwise, I'd have to trade diamonds in-game with you I guess?

Yeah, I did finally ugprade the pig mount on my DC to rank2. Definitely hilarious. Probably the best mount in the game, really. Wasn't sure if I was going to go up to r3, since I have multiple other 110 mounts already. Let me see what stuff I want to try to sell off (12 chrs. inventories, gah) that I don't need. I think the training manual isn't BoP so I could just buy it and mail it?

5 years ago or so I had a very bad, almost crippling flare up of thumb/finger/hand arthritis. After weeks of finger splints and being really careful, it went mostly away, just leaving me with weakened and stiff joints. So now I'm always careful. Like I no longer slice half-frozen slabs of meat because it's too much strain to repeatedly use a knife with that much pressure and I stopped scrubbing the floor by hand.... The last couple days, sadly, I've noticed my thumbs are flaring up again. This = being unable to bend them without pain and trying to pick up things like bottles or anything remotely weighty via grasping between fingers and thumb is untenable (<--I didn't use that word right did I) once more. SIGH. *grumps* Oh well. I can still use a mouse and keyboard, so, y'know...it's still good.

Ah, ok. Well...I guess I mostly think of Acts as a measure of adventuring length. Like in Diablo1, I don't think those were really Acts either, but the groupings of dungeon levels clumped together sorta acted as measure of progression points.

So I realized I have something like 9 million AD, which is enough to get maybe 22-24k Zen if I felt like it. Which doesn't count the mega millions worth of assets I have sitting in inventories, if I sold them off. Immediately after that realization I concluded that after that last pet sale, there isn't much I'd want to "buy" at this point. I still want to upgrade some stuff, but not in a hurry for that. Don't care about r8+ enchants or Perfect enchantments etc. I think I have enough pets and mounts, don't really need more, even if they are adorable. Even daily praying isn't motivating. Don't really need that healer pet and the 7 day pray reward has become almost useless. I just might be largely done with the game - although if they have a 3rd module, that might re-interest me briefly. Think it's time to start selling off stuff and tidying things up. Might even delete a couple alts. Anything you need/want, Keyrock?

How many Acts are there supposed to be, 3? Summer would be a good time, actually. I like monster-bashing in the summer.

The Professional (Leon). Still one of my favorite movies... "There's a guy wants to talk to you." "What's he look like?" "...serious."

Thanks for the Grim Dawn updates, Keyrock. That's a game I've been waiting for what feels like years for....from long before they Kickstarted. I played an hour or two of the first alpha but now I'm just going to wait. From the sound of it, I've got a year or two still left to wait.

Zenith bonuses are kinda lame. Although double Lights for just entering the contests is ok. And the t-bars for stars is cool for my main so I don't have to give up a mimic on any alt. But ... meh. I was hoping for a new crafting task, not the Feast again. Something like tha 3rd fawn sometime today then I think I'm done with this Festival outside of the telescope/star quest. Except for some ledge jumping, maybe.

I used to love Logan's Run when I was a kid. And had a huge crush on Michael York. "Open Grave" - the end wasn't as good as the start (became a bit predictable), but for an indie thriller/horror I found it a fair film. Kinda creepy, good conflict set up between the hapless characters, and some decent performances.

Largely stayed away from the gaming, so that equaled more domestic chores and pursuits, which included a fair bit of cooking. I suppose I cook a bit more often in winter. Keeps me warm, haha. Am now getting ready to settle under some covers to watch a movie and probably fall asleep before it's over. *relaxed cat languid stretch* Life is good.

Silk is awesome, except when it comes time to clean it. Or you have cats that like to give you shirt-hugs... ...I still like all-cotton t-shirts best, although the blends are fine and they tend to wear longer.

Hm. From what I can tell, this went from a topic about mature themes in games and what one might like to see/wish game designers would incorporate more often, to a debate about Tolkein in some fashion, to a debate about Tolkein being racist, to ... well, let's just say a fair amount of off-topic debate that's probably better suited for other threads or other places. I think this thread has gone off the rails far enough and reached the end of it's usefulness for now ... the actual topic of mature themes in gaming can be discussed another day, in another thread.

... I love you. Can't wait for 3rd season, which I think doesn't air here until mid-late Jan. on PBS.

Looked around through Steam for maybe something new to play - indie, short, long, whatever. Didn't see much to interest me. Except this one game (I think it's an online with micro-transactions?) in Early Access (closed beta) called "The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot". The humor and dungeon/castle building looked appealing, but sadly I don't think another online/transaction type game is for me. If only it was single-player... maybe in a year or two there will be more finished games for me to try. These things tend to go in cycles for us gamers...

So how far can you get with that one? Doesn't seem like you can get as high? Btw, I find it absurdly funny to see your daintily dressed chr (summer festival clothes) flying forward with a giant glowing hammer.

Started to watch "Open Grave" last night, but after 20 minutes I realized I was too tired, so I'll finish it tonight. Feels like a low budget indie thriller/horror maybe, and it starts off rather intriguingly, at least. Yes, that's all I meant. I still find him an odd chap for me, because as the years go by I feel like I should like him more as his abilities matured. Maybe it's more that I don't generally like the movies he's in all that much. eg, I find the films kinda dull. Whereas Brad Pitt is the opposite sort of odd duck, because early on I was also largely unimpressed (just a pretty face), then he grew on me, and by now I like him quite a bit. Particularly in his non-leading roles, at times. Not that he hasn't been in klunkers, too. But it's interesting how much that can affect one's viewpoint of an actor/actress, I think.

I liked that one a lot. Like many other games, I don't think I ever actually finished it (maybe 3/4?), but I had a blast with it anyway.