LadyCrimson

I've seen snowy environments in games that were awesome, which means I'll love them. I've also seen snowy environments in games that were terrible. It all depends on how well they deal with all that white. If it's too featureless/textureless, it's like wandering around a blank sheet of paper with the occasional rock and tree. Bleh.

Most US chain pizza places are the suck. At least on the West Coast, no clue about other parts of the US. Domino's, Pizza Hut, Mountain Mikes, etc. All icky, imo. Back in the early '80's, our local Round Table's were decent for a franchise chain - not great, mind you, but decent - but they've gone downhill over the years and varies wildly by location. I still like their red sauce tho.

It's post limit time again. If someone wants to start a Part3, feel free.

I think it's my brain protesting all the paperwork and legalese I've been forcing into it recently. ...saw a post elsewhere about Hostess troubles. I was never into Twinkies or Hostess Cupcakes or any of that, so if they do close up shop and no one buys their brands and keeps those sweets alive, I won't miss them specifically, but I'll miss the company name being part of the culture. Something I grew up with and all that. No more Twinkie jokes ... guess it'll have to be Lil' Debbie jokes instead.

Even when one is ill, eventually lying in bed gets old. So I thought maybe I could build a castle in the Stronghold editor. Not much thought required, it's just building, not playing. But then I discovered that high fevers = some pretty weird castle building on my part. It's like what Picasso might have made, if he designed a castle. Maybe I'll look at it later and think it's genius, but I doubt it.

I don't mind that the setting of the dungeons (sewer, caves, dungeons, giant towers/homes) might be similar...it's the design and whether or not they all visually "look the same" that makes them interesting or boring. Entering a dungeon tower/giant mansion that had a bizarre design, both in appearance and navigation would be cool. Like the Winchester Mystery House type weird....something that looks like whoever designed it was following no logical plan but isn't just a Halloween-house.

I just like the spicy meats (Itl. sausage, linguica, pepperoni etc), mushrooms, jalepeno type pizzas. Artichoke hearts and olives are always good. Hubs isn't into "weird" stuff on his pizza and neither of us like anything but red (tomato) pizza sauces, so it's rare we do anything but the ol' fashioned US type toppings. I do like sliced tomatoes, green peppers and onions but hubs doesn't like those either, so....

I think those with flu's gave it to me. .....mostly a high fever. Spending most of my time in bed, half passed out. At least there's no weird rash or swelling this time. Hope it's just a plain ol' flu.

Northern forests that are somewhat dense, kind of dark and mossy, with patches of tall grass. Shaded and cooler forests, with the sun peeking through the treetops. With lakes and creeks and stuff. On the other side, Arizona type desert I like - those giant rock formations, lakes surrounded by dry cliffs, scrub and cacti. Nothing but sand dunes for miles and miles, not so much. I find jungles and swamps/bogs generally boring in games, but there's always exceptions. Rainstorms/stormy weather make all environments better.

Largely agree with the OP ... a lot of the gaming trends - at least in big name titles - I haven't been very fond of. But I don't think such games should be eliminated or something. Some people like games to be more movie like, or whatever. Just wish there was more variety, more often, instead of the endless parade of clones per trend period - like I always do, in just about everything...not just gaming.

If it's a game-world time clock, then I'd agree ... that might be useful/appropriate, at least if there are any quests that require one to do anything around certain hour ("meet me at Sleepy Kitty Inn at midnight").

GoG updated my Stronghold games with the HD versions + "Extreme" version for Crusader. So I checked it out briefly. It's very nice to play in full screen 1920x1080 and have it look great. Very very nice. Not that it looked horrid playing the old versions, but yeah ... it's sweet. Can't wait to have some time to play Crusader and get those 1000's of units rocking. Man I used to spend hours designing freemaps and castles in Stronghold, and playing the Skirmish maps. Good times, good times.

Seems someone is trying to phish us using our mortgage company's name. Urgent phone calls then an email to hubby's cell. Refinance to 3%, call this number, give us your SS#. Hahah....like I'm going to fall for that. Still drowning in paperwork, but found a couple hours to check out the "HD" version of the old Stronghold games from GoG. Higher res. support for those games ... very nice.

Given the seeming tech level of the game, I'd say pragmatic. That's assuming magic can't spell food, shelter, and a world economy for everyone out of thin air, of course.

Was watching Open Range again. Robert Duvall is always awesome, and I was thinking that Costner really does do Westerns/gunslingers pretty well. I miss Westerns. I think the reboot was a better Spider-Man (in the costume) but .. meh, maybe the next one I'll like better, since the origin stuff is done with. Something I remember not liking about the Rami films was making the spiderwebs organic...I definitely recall they were mechanical devices and that rubbed me the wrong way a bit. So neither was perfect for me or anything. Pros and cons in both. ....I'm sounding like a Spiderman nerd. I'm really not. Really.

Hehe, forgot about that. Liquid cooling for me is still something I think about once in a while, but don't live where it's hot enough that an AC unit doesn't keep the temps down enough. And when it's warm, the AC's always on, cause never mind the computer, *I* like it cold. But I suppose no fans helps keep dust out? That alone might be nice. Farking hate having to blow all the dust out a few times a year. And I'd definitely love to have a sliding-out motherboard piece, or just more hand wiggle room in general. I don't think I'd ever have a need for more than 3-4 drive bays, tho. lol.

Hubby loves his beer, so I do know where some of you are coming from, just not via my own personal preferences. But I will say that Kahlua in hot chocolate milk can be quite good.

Over $400 and it doesn't even include any of the basic case fans in the package? ...not that it doesn't look nice.

Ditto. Altho, I've had games with in-game, real-time clocks, turned them on ... and still found myself going "crap, the sun is coming up...." - because most of the time, I just forget they're there/don't look in the corner to notice those little numbers.

As some others have said, the occasional side-quest that has a sense of urgency, I don't mind ... as long as it's not just a ticking clock in the corner. Something along the lines of "my boy is sick and I need the antidote from this guy in [ insert town name here ] within a few days or he'll die" is tolerable. Gives me time to finish whatever other thing I might've been in the middle of first, say, before doing it. Plus I can always skip that quest if I don't want to deal with it. But I don't like stuff like "deliver these three packages to all corners of the city in 120 seconds, ready, set, go!" or "do this within an hour or the bomb strapped to your neck will kill you and you'll have to reload" ... especially if I'm forced to do it in order to progress the main quest/plot. So, occasional optional side quests, at the least it's tolerable. As a main plot device? No, no, no, no, no.

Long day of paperwork, research, filing, more paperwork. I hate paperwork and avoid it as much as possible but sometimes, y'gotta do it. My brain hurts. I'm essentially a non-fan of drinking who only drinks very occasionally, so I can relate, heh. But when I was younger and, y'know, parties - I've done my small share. But even with more casual/light drinking, I'd say .... no, you're not missing anything. Unless you actually like the taste of alcohol. Some people do...I don't. I prefer chocolate as a vice.

The comics I read as a kid, I don't remember him being unlikable tho. Smart alec, sure, somewhat arrogantly detestable, no. He was relatable in the comics because what kid hasn't had similar frustrations at some point or another. In the film, while his situations might be sympathetic, he was not. eg, the translation to the screen wasn't a good one. Or maybe the actor's abilty to portray "angst" just didn't do it for me.

When Liam Neeson showed up in that movie with that glowing, shiny armor, I LOL'd. ...I tend to like duller metal-colored metal armor myself. Not super polished, with some dents and dings that show it's been used. And while I'm sure it's considered boring and predictable or something, I liked the way Aragorn did armor in the later parts of the LotR movies. Chainmail with tunic, sometimes with pieces of plate on the shoulders/arms etc. I like stuff that mixes up pieces, rather than being a complete matching set.

Is it Xmas vacation yet?

What? *looks* I'm not sure which video of mine you're thinking of, but I don't think that's a frame from any of mine. I don't use the gold UI color. It does feel like I've seen that shot before, but not sure where.