LadyCrimson

I definitely couldn't sit at chair/desk distance with panorama's like that. I'd get whiplash neck or something. From farther away, it might be fine, but then it would seem too small unless the screens were a lot bigger, which of course means I'd want to sit father away... But regardless, yeah ... expensive, for gaming at least. For 15k+ I'd rather have a hi(ish)-res 60+" TV for film watching, instead.

Had a nice weekend with family plus some general relaxing days out and about. Cat care blathering: My outdoor kitty (Mr. Grey, for lack of a better name) has always been a finicky eater since I adopted him (won't eat ANY dry kibble, I've tried dozens) but lately he's become finicky about his wet food now too. Only cat I know that will literally starve himself rather than eat what he thinks is subpar food, or something. Was using Friskees canned for a while, now he won't eat it. He lost a lot of weight before I noticed how much so. Back to Fancy Feast, which was ok at first and he started to gain it back, but now he won't eat much of that and he's losing weight again. He can eat (nothing wrong with his mouth), he's definitely hungry, he just refuses to eat more and more of the options. His hip bones are starting to stick out. So now it's down to me buying fresh chicken breast, baking it wholesale, stripping it into pieces, and he'll eat that. If he stops eating the chicken, outside of an IV drip I don't know what to do. Watch him starve to death in front of full plates while yowling for food, I guess. It's so bizarre.

Orange is the New Black - the newest Netflix original series. Fish out of water woman in low security prison for a crime she did 10 years ago or something likethat. Drama/comedy I think, based on someone's real-life memoir, although highly exaggerated I'd assume. First episode doesn't leave the best impression, but the 2nd was a lot better, so I might watch some more. Also: saw an ad for the new Michael J. Fox series this fall on NPC. I hope it does well (and is a good show, of course), and I hope this means he's well enough to maintain a whole series. Because if it does, that's awesome. Call me oldskool, but I've always loved Fox/his comedy/acting and always will. It woudl be great to have him back more regularly.

Hubby's current running around in BL2 has equaled a lot of Legendary items dropping. He's gone from lvl43-50 and has had maybe 7 oranges drop, mostly from trash mobs (eg, he's not "farming" anything). I wonder if they altered the chance percentages with the last patch or DLC.

Family summer events this weekend. Hopefully the weather is nice. John Carter was on cable and watching part of it again, I still think the "dog" is the best thing in the film. They should make a children's animated short based only around that "dog" or something.

Think it's just a weekend event. It didn't officially start until this morning I think, but for some reason the boxes were dropping last night, before official announcement. And yeah...if you price it out, it's far cheaper to just buy the pants/shirt from the AH than try to get the crafting tools to have a chance at making one yourself. At least at the moment.

Don't know if you know (or care, heh), Keyrock, but the new Tymora giftboxes that drop (random mobs, anywhere, temporary event) apparently have a good chance to come up dragon egg...so the price for those on the AH has dropped like mad for a while. I got six boxes in an hour in Whispering Caverns (I think that's what it's called) area ... no eggs, but got the decorative crown and other things. Potions seem the most common. Not worth much to me, really, but at least you don't need a key to open them. Anyway...guess they really want people to make purple pants.

My husband would like to differ with you. The whole purpose of the wireless PC controller is precisely so he can play a PC game on the big-screen TV whilst sitting with his feet up in the recliner with a cat on his lap and a beer on an endtable. Of course, he's not "most people."

Considering how many Drizzt's and Frodo's and what have you that you see running around in every fantasy MMO, I doubt a player naming their game chr. after an existing fictional chr. is generally a cause for copyright concern.

The 30's ... those are great years. Happy Birthday, ya young pup!

Generally speaking I suppose I'm just the type who doesn't think much is going to be solved via responses on the internet. There's several factors going on (lack of brain-filter/real faces to stare into, cultural/social differences of what's "insulting" or "too far", blahblahblah). Now I don't mean one shouldn't speak one's own mind/put in their two cents if one wishes. I just mean ... it's going to take something more like what Hurlshot's classes are doing, perhaps. Building more awareness/tolerance outside of the internet so less people think it's "ok" to behave that way just because ... it's the internet. The "I can get away with it, so I'm gonna do it" mentality...that's what you're fighting, really. Edit: Also, the "words can never hurt me" thing we're often trained to believe. Which is a type of lie, because words definitely can hurt. It's just different people have different tolerances, like with anything else.

I re-watched Margin Call, largely because of the awesome cast it has. Which makes me wonder a bit about Zachary Quinto. I hear he doesn't want to be Spock for very much longer (maybe a 3rd time). Understandable .... a lot of Star Trek folk get so typecast it's hard to find "popular" work after that. Would they just find a new Spock or reboot the film series once more, I wonder. Also...I saw The Captains - William Shatner's film where he interviews/talks to all the actors who played Captains in the ST franchise (it's recent enough that it includes Chris Pine). Shatner manages to keep his self-absorbed ego at least somewhat in check and it's cool to see/hear from those actors. Altho, I think what I mostly came away with was a feeling of "time is marching on/most look so much older" and learning who Chris Pine's father was ... (CHiPS actor Robert Pine) ... I didn't know that before. Bizarro.

I used to read the manual, until they largely stopped being useful...eg, just listing the controls/hotkeys, a few of the "possible cool items you may find!" and a bit o' flavor backstory on enemies or chrs. or whatnot. A line that goes something like "Strength is the attribute that dictates how hard you hit" and "Life is what dictates when you die" isn't very useful in terms of knowing whether I'm going to like a Sword-Warrior or a Mace-Warrior in a particular game, or whether a mixed-skill type of character may be viable or not. Some manuals are still better than others these days, of course. But a lot of the time...pffffft.

Why I've never been "ambitious" - not having deadlines and lounging about is far too enjoyable.

I thought one of the definitions of ignoring something was, in essence, that you're running away from a problem. Assuming, of course, one thinks something is a problem. Not everyone thinks some troll comments towards themselves on the 'net is a problem. One can just not want to have to listen to it for a while, like one doesn't want to listen to a nagging spouse all day long. Like most people, I occasionally get irritated by or tired of the shenanigans on the internet. But I also know I can go away, immerse myself in life that's not the over-reactive/no-brain-filters internet, and come back refreshed. That's not, imo, running away. That's knowing when to take a break to get perspective so you yourself hopefully won't let temper get the better of you, act the fool, and end up just adding to the problem. Now, that's me talking about general internet trolling. If someone is "cyberstalking" you specifically and/or seems a serious threat to your/someone's actual person, that's a different thing and one should at least report it to the website/IP owner or the authorities.

There are no battery stores nearby? Maybe you could hook up a bag or two of potatoes ...

I didn't even know anyone was pregnant, so you can guess how much I think about/keep up on such things. ...and it's about the same amount of time I spend on wondering if the US President went golfing/fishing or where he spent his Thanksgiving.

I love adventuring with complicated/interesting companions (even when they're not cats), I so far have loved how Obsidian generally writes/does companions, and thus I love this update. Hearing about the process, what the goals may be, etc. And the hilarious troll pics are like the warm drizzle of sweet cake icing that tops it off. That'll do, Chris (and other team members), that'll do.

Twilight Breaking Dawn pt1. Can't believe I sat through all of it. But it was 'free' on Showtime. Netflix now has "Soldiers of Fortune." In the middle of it now. Once they're on the island (this takes a little while) it starts to get a bit amusing. I still wonder what the heck James Cromwell (and others) was doing in this picture, but y'know what, I kinda like seeing James in throw-away role as an aging, spoiled, rich thrill seeker. Also ... Ving Rhames in a dark metal wire helmet saying "You're not my father!" made me lol. Edit: SoF finished ... became almost enjoyable in the bad action movie sort of way. Cromwell kicked butt!

There's always ... sequels!

I like dungeons ... in moderation. Whether big castles, long caverns, old ruins. Wide open spaces are fun for roaming and exploring, but dungeons can give a sense of claustrophobia and "what's around the corner" too. Plus different combat tactics. Or more simply, I like variety. That said, stuff like Legends of Grimrock are fun in short bursts, but they're not something I want to play long term. Probably why I preferred Doom over Wolfenstein (the originals, I mean). Doom at least had some variety in looks/design vs. only those same-y corridors and doors.

Our small bathroom is horribly laid out, just like our kitchen. Makes it difficult to consider how to give it a facelift. This whole house is bizarre. Still feeling "blah" ... watching hubby play one of his other chrs. in BL2, because I can't be arsed to play with him today. He found 2 Legendary assault rifles just now ... two. Crazy random luck.

Where did I say that active lobbying to have it in P.E. would continue? It was just my semi-humorous guess that, if someone who hasn't seen such an announcement (that happens) were to post something, it might run into the general debate over whether romance in video games is good/bad additive/restrictive etc. That's a rather universal topic, not just about P.E.

What an awesome pic of a jumping spider. I keep staring at the eyes and wondering what the reflection is from.

Based on the way the internet/game forums tend to work ... not much would cease. The debate would probably just shift direction ... if/whenever the topic came up again. It's not a debate that is confined to a single game, really. Course, I'm a cynical old bat.