LadyCrimson

Dust is one of the many ways Nature has of laughing at our futile attempts to control the world around us.

But polish makes everything slide off the table to the floor. ... either that or the house is tilted. Day's warming up quite a bit already. Hubs in the living room playing BL2 with the doors open, Mr. Black lying sprawled on the area rug with his belly exposed and paws in the air, and I'm in here with the AC, watching my main HDD defrag. Now I'm going to go outside and try to coax Mr. Grey into eating more Gerber's chicken baby food. He's getting close to the put-down point...but I'm still hoping.

Uh oh ... I am out-cat-ed!

Yesterday: cold pizza for lunch, spicy chicken meatball soup for dinner. Today - I have a hankering for a good deli sandwich for lunch, but since there aren't any truly good deli's anymore, I'm going to have to go get the fixin's to make my own.

We should get together sometime and play a few rounds of the new hit, "Interactive Housekeeping," with deep player choices like "Dust then vacuum, or vacuum then dust?"

That would depend on what one thinks is appropriate "content" for an MMO. I've personally never thought MMO's should/could be anything much more than mass-multiplayer, extended environment versions of .... Diablo. I think it's pretty difficult to get the grind out of action-oriented mass-MP, and if you try too hard to do so, it becomes less and less an MMO (a MMO that lets everyone play solo in instances might be to my tastes, but really, it's not very conducive to the concept originally behind MMO). (exceptions could be games that are more building/community/economy based rather than mega-combat/arena/PvP etc. focused, but they're not typically what most ppl seem to want either) The point is that, imo, this whole idea that MMO's/games should be financially non-committal (player-wise) is a big part of what actually increases the rate of less and less content in games that never had deep content to begin with - and even bleeds into non-MMO gaming. And it then gives more control, in a round about way, to those with the open wallets. eg, MMO's likely to eventually cater too much to what they see sells in cash shop, not what's good for gameplay or even longevity. Altho actually, I should encourage this, because then all I have to do is spend spend spend and soon I'll have my perfect MMO - "CAT UNIVERSE - in your own instanced space, no one can hear you meow."

Pretty much this. Or, not so much "money grabs" as much as "regular, consistent annual income potential." That's what they're eyeballing. So instead of hoping for millions of sales on one or two mega AAA games per year, (meaning you have to create whole new games or IP's at a rapid pace), you hope for players or subscribers who like to spend a lot of money on single MMO's with ever changing aspects/extensions. I wonder if the notion that a lot of gamers are aging factors into anything. That is, the assumption there may be more gamers out there with a lot more disposable income than in the early years, thus the micro transaction thing works even if most don't pay a dime. I never understood the antipathy towards a subscription model, outside of needing to pay with something other than paper cash, perhaps. I think with subscription, you have a better chance of a little better content focus vs. the "new cool weapon/armor/skin/pet available to buy in the cash shop!" routine. That said, the micro-transaction is probably more profitable for the company...sadly enough. Even non-MMO's do this sort of thing now, on a limited basis (BL2, 99cent chr. skins...).

You'd be surprised how hard it can be to get an idea through official channels/agents sometimes. Especially if you aren't a mega-power known quantity. Good chance you'll never make it through the door to even pitch something. Course, I *am* a bit unclear why having a filmed episode would increase those chances vs. sending a written proposal. But to be honest, maybe I missed something since I didn't read the entire website page, because I'm lazy, and because it's not like I'm going to give them any funds myself.

I thought enforced civility was always the surface rage thing, outside of the occasional youth rebellion ... in the USA, at least. Couldn't even say those "seven words" on TV not that long ago. If anything, it's loosened up tremendously since I was a wee tot. Course, it's probably still too civil compared to some other countries culture, but oh well. There's still time before the Apocalypse. ...although, I tend to see "politically correct" as being something a fair bit different than civility. The former is used to try to fit in/try to make sure others like you - it's akin to peer pressure. The latter is to try to at least minimally get along with neighbors and strangers without actually killing each other over a parking space or making too much noise at 3am.

Dang it, Ma-Nature needs to stop messing around with people on this forum. Hope the docs discover their suspicions are wrong and it's "just a sprain." ** ... something less dire sounding, at least. **Dave Barry reference

I was all set to blast them for being delusional internet Trekkie nerds, but then ... hmm ... they have a lot of the right people on board, so it's more than a YT fan-effort. Could be something. They're already funded tho, so I think I shall pass on that front. And I'm pretty doubtful that CBS would go for it, really....if Paramount wanted another weekly ST series, I think they'd create their own. I think they're better off with sticking to movie reboots. But who knows.

Ben Afflec always makes me think of those Alfac insurance ads ... "AFFLEC!" Ben falls in the same camp as George Clooney or Ryan Gosling, for me. I don't think they're "bad actors" at all, but when they're on-screen, I often suddenly want to take a nap due to a sudden burst of ennui. Not compelling and no on-screen charisma for me, I guess. At any rate, since I don't care about yet another Batman movie, I don't mind them casting Ben in the role. Who knows, maybe he'll surprise people. I mean, no one thought Michael Keaton would pull it off, either, and he did all right - especially the Bruce Wayne part, imo. And IIRC, a lot of people didn't like it when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker, and that turned out well, too. That's the thing about comic book movies ... sometimes weird casting is inspired casting.

...I'm not the only one, either. So far, all indoor instances are affected. Outdoor areas are fine. It's managable when low leveling but I'd guess invisible chr/enemies/floor/walls etc. would make it difficult as you get higher level. Going to test if it's only on newly created chrs.

It's a striker. Haven't used it yet...still leveling up my snake woman.

Currently watching my spouse get his Zero-butt handed to him in TVHM. And giggling. Can't believe it's Thurs. night already again. This week disappeared even faster than usual...

Didn't know that. Good to know, thanks for sharing. My uncle is pretty color blind and he occasionally has problems with text in print stuff (as well as matching his socks...), so it's a thought that crosses my mind sometimes.

Haha, I already snagged the Aranea companion off the AH for relatively cheap. Pays to constantly refresh that AH screen sometimes. Now I just need people to sell that Stag mount for something that's not 5million AD. Btw, someone posted a link to some datamined screenshots of supposed future/upcoming companions and mounts (ones already available are there too, which makes it seem legit to me). I want the leprechaun. And the Pseudodragon. *wantwantwant* (stupid game....) http://imgur.com/a/v4G90/noscript

A few crunchy squares of "Sheila G's Brownie Brittle." It is divine. ...oh wait, you said dinner, not early afternoon munchies. ... hmm. ... haven't decided. It's rare I decide until an hour before I actually eat. Chicken meatballs/rice maybe. Or some take out.

I sorta like the new tiger-idle animations.... ....but I do not like the "horse-slapping" riding animation. It's dork-defined in motion. Not to mention, a real tiger would turn around and claw your face off if you kept hitting it on the rear.

**looks at the new Dungeon Keeper mobile news/screencap** What the ....

Announced: no rollback. No mention whether individ. accounts would be horse-wiped, but I rather doubt it. ...I don't care about horsies either (I have a few already anyway), but a one hour rollback or something didn't seem unfair, if it was possible to do ... but with so many, the AH price will drop like a rock so people who don't have one/didn't exploit can just buy one for themselves. And it's still hilarious.

LOL! omg, I logged in and was inundated with orange inferno messages! It was hilarious, both that and the comments from it. Ooopsie? Another free cape? Infernoday! Servers down.

Hehe...that Angel better be awesome. ...the Gateway changes are definitely nice. Loading the game patch now.

Yeah, but I'd think most people don't have more than a couple mounts, vs. 3-5 active companions + inactive ones. And ... does the mount cost upgrade it for all chrs, since a mount is account-wide? I'd guess the companion ones don't. Ah well, the cleric is the only one I'd be mildly interested in upgrading.

Patch notes for Fey release day: http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=965141 ...I keep forgetting about the new professions. That should keep me busy a while, since most of my alts have nothing to do anymore but get the last level or two of Leadership. ...haha, they improved the "cloth collision" which hopefully will keep my dresses from doing weird things so often. ...the salvager is interesting. At least you can get rid of Epics for something other than useless gold. Course, they didn't raise the max limit for refining rough AD. ...WHAT?! BoE items not binding to companions wasn't intentional?? Dang it! Now I'll have to be more careful what I put on them, just like with pet runes - kinda lame. ...the AD charge to upgrade companions, from what I hear, is very steep. Like 750k to go from blue to purple.