LadyCrimson

So it'll try to figure out what game you might next purchase via your tastes and preload it? Is that what I'm hearing or did I misunderstand. edit: now it seems like some think they meant being able to play while still finishing a download. Which makes perfect sense, except I swear I heard something about anticipating your next purchase. Maybe I have the reference points mixed up. Bah. Enough of that.

...same here. I like not having to upgrade GPU's/PC's (just for gaming) very often. Not that I did it a lot anyway, but it's been even less often for a while now. It's not consoles lack of processing/graphic power that has irritated me (as a pc gamer) with the console-catering.

Hubby: "I'm closing in on 50..." Me: "Does this mean we can buy that cool sports car now?"

Agreed in concept. It'd be kinda cool, imo, if the "best" lines of this sort were a bit more hidden or situation based, rather than said every single time one clicks the ground, clicks the character or goes into combat etc. So they feel a bit more unique and less rote. That said, I do like it when there are memorable/quotable NPC/chr lines, as a way to help define their personalities or something. But as much as I loved Minsc's "Go for the eyes Boo" line, for me at least, it was no longer quite as charming many combats/hours later.

I'm so non-techy these days. The term "rig" still brings to mind things like sailing boats.... ...a nice and informative update, even if I'm one of those who doesn't entirely understand it all. But look at the pretty pictures! I like the armor shown in the concept art, too. Don't typically like the color green for anything but plants/nature, but for some reason, that works for me.

Health oriented stuff I can see, but death images/reminders of impending death for encouraging paying taxes? Wat?

At least, I figure games on the PC (the big releases anyway) will start to look better as they can make games with some better tech in mind, instead of the ancient that they have to deal with now. But I'm pretty doubtful they'd surpass current best PC's etc. Which are? Is it something more than just listing clock speed?

Kinda like us humans.

Sinister - some thriller/horror with Ethan Hawke. I largely chose it because of Ethan Hawke. I suppose he does an ok job, but the movie is pretty laughable. There's a whole lot of scenes of him doing nothing but sitting in a chair while watching snippets of super8 movies (and his reaction shots), which becomes a snooze. However, if I'd seen this film when I was 12-13 or something, the last 20 minutes or so might've been one of those bits that sinks into the psyche a bit.

Did you decide to go with Brick, or someone else? I know that technically there should be no difference between the two, but both hubby and I could swear that no matter how much more shield you may equip, as soon as you go out in combat again, they seem to take it all off in one hit regardless, and more health somehow feels sturdier overall. Hence why I often feel like they're "cheating." lol. ....but yeah, it probably is mostly the shock attacks - and first-shot critical hits against you. Which enemies seem to get fairly frequently. But even in that case, I still think health is somewhat more important, since if that first crit. against you takes away all your shield, you're not left with relatively piddly health to try to escape/find cover with. And once you get past the first half of the game, I feel like there's a lot more shock-wielding enemies.

Sister-in-law's husband's mother passed, so they're down here for the funeral and came by for a few hours yesterday. Haven't seen their oldest daughter in years (since before she got married I think) ... but because the reason she came along to our house w/her parents instead of going to the movies with the other two kids was "Another Die Hard sequel isn't her kind of movie," I liked her immediately. Anyway, always nice to see the sis-in-law, even under less than happy circumstances. Probably won't see them again until summer or next Xmas. Really is too bad they had to move away up north (job related). They miss the Bay Area a lot, but such is life.

Mars certainly might be the one planet we'd be able to colonize in some fashion (for mining at least, perhaps), given the speed of travel issues and various other things. But I don't think I'd want to live there myself.

From Wil Wheaton's twitter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iridiumstudios/there-came-an-echo-0 By Iridium Studios, who made Sequence (according to the KS page). .....I know nothing about the game outside of what the KS says. Mostly, Wil in the videos made me geek-laugh. Altho, the voice control aspect is kinda interesting, even if I probably wouldn't be into it as a control mechanism. Still...who knows.

With a fedora hat on and whip at his side.

Never did get around to Zeus, think it's the only one of those I haven't tried. One day I will (I think it's on GoG now, isn't it?).

Game, pizza, game, now Walking Dead. Also, in that computer phase of "Should really reformat HDD and reinstall Windows...but really don't want to," syndrome.

If it truly has a type of co-op campaign ala Borderlands, I might give it a chance. But off-hand based on its origins I'd guess it'll instead be too "online" and "raid/FPS" oriented for me or hubby. Wait and see, with little expectations, sort of title. Still, hubby and I could always use another BL co-op type game. There aren't very many of them.

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Skyfall - Well crafted, well acted. I found it somewhat dull in the first half (not because of lack of "action", just felt bored), but became more interesting later as characterizations picked up. That Javier sure can play creepy/weird bad guy. Still...I'm getting a little tired of the mega-brooding, non-smiling Batman-Bond, although Craig is still awesome. Maybe he'll smile more in the next one.

I don't have Steam installed in "Progam Files" directory, since Win7 ... don't know if that changes anything re: that. But once I'm in offline mode, it stays that way/never asks to go online. I do get the "Go online (or) Start offline" initial box when I start up Steam...I say offline and it's fine. Works even if the 'net cable is unplugged. (there's the box that claims it's connecting to Steam while starting but it's not..).

Could you expand on that? I use offline mode all the time and find it not unreliable at all, since I don't care about "Steam achievements." Do you mean the auto-patching when you do decide to go online for something? That's a pain at times. Or something else? (edit- oh wait, I seem to remember someone elsewhere, in the past few months, saying Steam kept asking to go online to confirm they wanted to go offline, even when already in offline mode, or something odd like that. Maybe that's what you're referring to. I've never had that issue and hadn't heard of it before then) ...that all said, I'll be choosing the GoG version of PE. I don't mind using Steam when I have to, if it's a game I really want, or for using it to try out the very cheap sale games or indie games, but when I have a choice, I'll purchase a non-Steam version of a game.

^^ lol, too true....at least for some of us. ...also, none of my many past cats would have been trainable for this. At all. The expression on the cats face from about 35seconds is hilarious.

I personally think we have been spoilt with weekly updates. You can also see it this way: There might be things from Arcanum that could be implemented in Eternity. It's only a few days 'till the next update anyway! Weekly updates are certainly a higher frequency than I was expecting...so I'm fine with them using one, once in a while, to showcase something else besides game development. I'm not really into Arcanum myself, but I think it's fun to listen to the commentary anyway.

The town guards in Sanctuary do odd things, which inspired a stupid (but short) music video using bits of that and some other filler bits. eg, I'm still weird and I apparently like to prove it in public. Also, I could probably use to stop playing this game, but at this point, with my lack of interest in playing most other games (plus hubby pestering me to play) it's become a minor "don't wanna think" addiction. Odd combo of often being slightly annoyed at the game yet can't stop messing around with it....

Becoming really annoyed with YouTube/Google asking me if I want to use my real name/searchable name (or whatever) on YouTube (instead of my "hard to read nickname"), every time I login. Especially when there's not a true "NO. LEAVE ME ALONE" option. I've hit Ask Me Later 25+ times now. Makes me not want to login/use it anymore. Can you make it stop?