LadyCrimson

Oh. Hm, guess that could be. The super slow loading seems to be almost instantly circumvented if I alt-tab to desktop and back again, too. Strange. Oh well. I'll figure it out later. The Universe Sandbox is pretty cool. Going to fiddle with that instead.

Crusader Kings II - installed it. It's taking like 10 minutes to "load graphics" with the static screen slowly changing to reveal the buttons. Is it going to do this every time I start the game? P.S. Haven't even reached the "put in your key" part yet. Argh. Edit: finally loaded, picked a character, etc. But it seems I can play without ever putting in that activation key the Steam popups keep telling me I have to use. *scratches head* ... restarted the game and it's taking forever to "load graphics" again. Yeah...ok, I'll get back to this later.

Not related to Steam sales: I uninstalled Skyrim a while back yet Steam keeps wanting to update the Creation Kit. Can I uninstall the Skyrim CK? I see no option/listing for it/can't figure out where it's installed. Unless it's the Archive.exe file.

I've stared at the Prince of Persia games off and on, thinking hubby might like them. Are they at all like Tombraider in terms of style? That is, the running, crawling, leaping/grabbing, puzzle type action? Only with swords instead of guns? Or am I totally misreading things. Buying Theme Hospital, Settlers2 and Symphony. Because I can.

Yes. I did it with KB/mouse after several very aggravating tries. Not saying it was easy, but once I figured out how (there was a certain approach that made it easier) I could repeat it fairly quickly after that. I spent about 10 times as long, using the controller, to get hubs past that spider riding spot, when he couldn't do it. The controller had a more difficult time with the method I was using with the KB/mouse, which made it actually harder. IIRC he went to bed before I'd succeeded. ... I might have even switched to a cordless KB/mouse to do it. Can't remember tho...

Yeah, I've thought about Dark Souls, but the controller being the best option for it kind of puts me off. I'd have to play in the living room on the big TV, using hubby's less stellar rig there (or buy another pc-xbox controller for in here) and I really don't want to do that. I'm pretty die-hard KB/mouse myself, as well. Borderlands is the only game I've tried where I didn't mind the controller/could play the game with it regularly, bouncing back and forth. New Vegas, Overlord, and the couple others I've tried drove me nuts with a controller.

Had to go back 6 or 7 pages, but found it. Hm. Looks pretty complex but more like something I'd be into (I got tired of AoE-type RTS long ago). I'll sleep on it. I could use something more along the lines of the old Lords of the Realms 2, too - simpler gameplay but turn-based.

Anyone played that Crusader Kings II? It almost sounds interesting. ...darnit, I can't stop looking at the Steam sales.

I don't know anything about Sleeping Dogs, but if using something other than the arrow keys is too much to get used to and the game can be played with a controller I'd suggest trying it. Whether or not it will solve the issue for you is up in the air, however. If you're not used to a controller, they take time to get used to vs. KB/mouse. Not sure if that would be better than just getting used to using something else on the KB instead. I'd also guess the controllers themselves are lightly catered to right-handed folk as well, with the way the action buttons are arranged (main 4 buttons for stuff like "jump" or "run" or "reload" on the R side of the controller). Not being left-handed, I have no idea if this would be as bothersome on a controller vs. a keyboard.

I'm starting to wonder if it's no longer possible to tell others what you like/don't like in an RPG without the DA series being mentioned. Which doesn't mean a whole lot (in terms of reference) to someone who hasn't played DA, btw.

I don't remember saving ever taking very long even years ago and even without "quicksave" hotkeys. Maybe 10-12 seconds at most. It certainly wasn't enough to keep me from rather obsessively saving. But then I'm one of those people that sometimes saves like a madperson, but then ends up never actually reloading/using any of those saves. It's more a psychological thing re: "what if the power goes out" or "what if the game crashes." At any rate, I'm still of the opinion that how frequently one saves should be left up to the player...at least with more complex/lots of choice games like this. Leave the save points/minimal saving routes for simpler games or online type stuff.

"Get the Gringo." Not a movie that sounds very good, but it's actually not a bad action/drama movie, despite its rather outlandish premise. We rather liked it.

Hubs (on phone): "I left my headlights on this morning." ...time to go rescue the hubs. Good thing we bought that new battery for my own car. Hahaha.

Hehe...I don't have that many, only about 35, but much the same situation. There are definitely a lot of games that make me go "well, maybe" but then I never feel like actually devoting time to really check them out.

Tinfoil Cat .... hehe...been there. Funny how some just shake it off nonchalantly while some freeze/freak out.

The individual videos, when there is one, are posted in each update post in the P.E. Announcements/News forum section. They're also still posted to the original Kickstarter page.

No forgiveness needed/required, necromate. Btw, I like your sig. Long live Carlin. Closed by request.

Well, that's one of my issues. If it's really largely a movie, I'd rather it just be one that I sit on the couch and watch. I remember reading those "choose your own adventure" books when I was a kid, and they were a novelty for a while, but it wore off fast. It's kind of similar. Edit: think I'll play some DK1 before bed.

There is nothing inherently wrong with imagined other races in games, films, books, or other media, even if they're based on animals. They've been around for centuries, from gods to enemies of gods and other legends. It's nothing new. I think some doth protest too much. Millions loved the movie Avatar with giant blue cat people with tails. I doubt all those millions were "furries." Sometimes people just like to imagine other intelligent races/cultures besides humanity itself ("we're not alone"), and since our world is all we know, entertainment imagination tends to take pieces from those examples ... like animals. Or plants. Even if it's a giant talking mineral cube, it's going to talk and think somewhat like a human being would, other wise audiences wouldn't comprehend/relate to it. Whatever. All it means is that 99.99999999% of humans have a difficult time imagining (or relating to) a lifeform that's truly outside of what they already know.

I think he's contemplating turning your slippers into chewtoys. Currently half-watching Armageddon. It may not be a very good movie, but it sure had some pretty effects and stuff.

Since I usually always turn it off in games, I did look at it in the settings before starting play, but it was already off by default. I'll try turning it on I guess. Started Walking Dead. I didn't get very far before I was already weary of the "watching/listening," somewhat awkward/stiff feeling UI/control, and countdown-bar QTE's. It does have a nice, mystery/creepy mood and animation, and I can see why, if one is into movie-game-story, that one might enjoy it quite a bit, but I'd have to be in a very mellow, patient mood to play it. My attention wanders too quickly without OCD-like things to do.

What I liked best about Sims1 was the house design/building. Not very interested in sending Sims off to build careers, play/dance with each other, and watching their happiness meters. Torturing the Sims was always funny for 10 minutes, however. ...caved and bought that Batman pack sale. I have the 1st game (unplayed...) so, er, may as well get this one too. Also bought Deus Ex:HR for "someday". Decided to skip Dungeons and DA tho. And now I have to stop watching the Steam page.

Going through another one of those phases where I wonder if I'm really into games/computing as a hobby anymore...vs. it just being a habit to think I am, if that makes sense. I could cite the "direction of gaming" cliche but I don't think that's the whole story in my case. More a lack of wanting to sit in a chair whilst reflexively pressing keys for 3+ hours at a time. Anyway, so far a relaxing day at home (finally!). Hubs played a bit of BL2/Pirate DLC while I ate some lunch and watched. Time to catch up on a couple documentaries I've been meaning to watch. Also, on the topic of squirrels, old pics:

Fired up Dead Island this morning. First thing I noticed was the mouse cursor moves slower than molasses while in any game menu (main menu, inventory menu)...which is driving me insane. It moves fine while actually inside the game (moving chr. around, clicking on objects etc), but as soon as I enter any menu ... argh. Which is too bad, since in the brief intro stuff, I was liking the atmosphere of the game, at least. Think I'll try Walking Dead, instead. Or perhaps the Borderlands 2 DLC, since there's two of them now.

What I meant was, that most games that make that sort of specific claim ("it's like DK!"), end up being garbage. Or at least, nothing special.