LadyCrimson

What the heck... Increased spawns mod: (Fiends use incinerators a lot more, Legion use chainsaws more, and there's a lot more of them + more NCR) Ghoulies.

Still goof off with NV & the increased spawn mod + GECK now and then, but more often I just post on forums. Thinking about playing Two Worlds again for a bit, or maybe I'll finally check out Witcher.

I remember being excited about Oblivion, and even buying a new video card to make sure I could run it ok. Then I played Oblivion for a short while (several hours?) and .... never picked it up again. I think I did try it once more several months ago, but had the same result. It's funny since I do like sandboxy games and did like Morrowind ok but I guess MW was enough of that...I've learned that individual chr. stories are what motivates me to act, not the 'save the world' A to B main plot, and Beth typically doesn't give me that. I hope the new engine and the FO experiences will have Beth making a game that I'll enjoy more/fits my current tastes...would enjoy more RPG's that I'd love playing. I'll be keeping an eye on Skyrim....but I'm not holding my breath.

Missing (1982) - Still a good movie, even if the production is dated. Matewan - I love this film. Not one I can watch many times a year or something, but it's Sayles best/masterpiece.

(edit: ooops posted movies stuff in wrong thread)....so....well today I goofed around a lot with the GECK, cooked/ate some stir fry, and, uh...well...that's about it.

See, I don't like that kind of gameplay. It may not be timed in the sense of having a big old countdown clock or something, but it's still timed, possibly making it feel like a somewhat random chance of success (at least your first time through it when you don't know what to do). Run around, oops, didn't make it, reload, run around, etc. Does it feel like that?

Clash of Titans, because as usual, it was free. I wasn't expecting much, and not much was what I got. ...however, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson both made me LOL several times. It was so campy/terrible, what they had to do/say, you just had to laugh. And of course the giant scorpions made me think of Fallout. "Look, giant radscorpions! Where's my gauss rifle?" It's such a shame because I still think Sam Worthington is so much better than the 'big US' movies he's been in so far. Hope he gets some better roles at some point.

The power of nature is often scary to us puny humans....thoughts are with anyone affected by the floods. :/

Well, I did say media/pageants/some parents. Also, for me at least, media encompasses a very broad, generic category. I was including magazines, movies, TV, ads/marketing (that would include toys/clothing/products etc.), news coverage of said events, and all of that. (edit)- and I do think it's more than a "handful of photoshoots." It may not be every single magazine article or advertisement on the planet ever made, but it's becoming quite common to see, imo. That's only from my personal experience/observation tho...I don't claim to have seen 'everything' to be able to compare.

I don't find anything overtly sexual/provocative about those pictures either. However I do find it a little disturbing how the media (and pageants and some parents) keep trying make children look grown up. It's one thing, to me, to put on a little blush & lip gloss, do their hair all nice and put them in a fluffy dress for church or a portrait, and another to go to this sort of level. They're children. Let them be children. I don't understand it. Well, I do understand (marketing, sales, blah blah) but I still find it a little creepy when they're only six? ...ah well, I was raised where you couldn't wear makeup at all until you were at least 12, so y'know, I'm just behind the times I guess.

Scout the cat drinks beer.

Hubby was watching "Knowing" again so I watched a bit of it. Then I remembered it wasn't a particularly good movie, even with the Cage-cheese, so I left the room. I wonder about my husband, sometimes. Then again, it's winter...

13 pounds lighter now. Eating now more stabilized vs. gameing-induced starvation but keeping the goal going. Haven't eaten out in a couple weeks, too. But I've been craving pizza all day. I really really want pizza. We're talking the uber meat loaded, artery-clogging kind of pizza. *drools on self* *cries*

I don't care one whit whether Gamespot thinks the overall DLC content/story is awesome or not awesome/what rating they give it....what I do care about are the words "forced" and "timed". I absolutely loathe timed anything in games. Now, if the gamespot review is exaggerating and it's not really timed, maybe it just felt timed to them because there's a sense of pressure to the gameplay, that could be something different. Edit: from reading some quick threads, the first impression I'm getting is that the DLC is slower-paced, possibly repetitive in that pacing, has more of a horror/suspense feeling, and of course, about 1/3 love it, 1/3 hate it and the rest think it's "ok". haha

I've avoided reading the threads on the beth forum about the DLC to avoid huge spoilers (don't mind little ones), but I guess I'll start taking a look to see if anyone describes (whines) about stuff that matches the review's notions.

I usually renew for 2-3 years at a time...since mine are just for personal use, haven't bothered to change from godaddy since I started registering domains ages ago - I only register the names w/godaddy, I don't host with them - and until now, they've always been good at sending reminders. Bah. ...and today, was like every other day. I've been staring at our disgusting back lawn that's quite literally covered in rain-moldering leaves, but I can't work up the motivation to rake it up this year. Don't need grass anyway, let it suffocate under the load. Har.

I wasn't terribly interested in this DLC to begin with, but then I read that review and ... "several jumping bits, considering the game engine's terrible, unresponsive jumping mechanics" ... "A forced stealth sequence" .... "multiple timed escape sections" .....No, just no. I'll definitely be skipping this then. I'll stick to mods for now.

Yesterday I couldn't access a lot of my email and kept wondering what was up....then this morning I finally checked my domain registration and realized two of them had expired a day or two ago without sending me any any warning notifications. ::slapface:: *doh* Good thing they aren't ones anyone was trying to grab as soon as they expired. ...renewed, set to auto-renew. There.

Despite still occasionally goofing off in FNV (companions and grenades are really funny) I'm pretty much back to "gaming...meh." Fire up any game, an hour later I'm turning it off. Went out and took some photos, mostly just experimental things to fiddle with in the photo editor. The sun was out, so the light was fair for camera work. But now it's night-time and this wimpy Californian is going to retreat from the chilly night/house to her warm cozy bed. As usual, couldn't wait for winter, and now I can't wait for summer.

Don't know if it's already been mentioned by someone else, but this is the mod I've been using for a more populated Wasteland. Obviously if you prefer story/quest mods & liked the wastes as they are, this probably isn't for you. Also, if you have a low-end pc it might strain it, especially the versions that require NVSE. The 'core' mod file doesn't increase things to too crazy levels or anything...but it's definitely noticeable. Especially all the town guards/faction battle encounters near towns and main roads. Great fun, imo, however, and completely changes the feel of the game (they're at war, not hiding in their bunkers!). Increased Wasteland Spawns And here's the thread/post where the author lists some of his upcoming changes/additions for the next version.

Haha, that's what happened to me with 1.1. Did you start a new game since installing the patch? Sometimes the patch changes don't seem to work reliably on current saves. They should, perhaps, but sometimes they don't.

I think Journeyman could've used another season to see if it would get better/expand its audience. I wish HBO had done another season of Rome, but I understand why they didn't...and also, from the way they did the 2nd season, a 3rd might have sucked, so... I don't watch a whole lot of episodic TV these days and even when I do, I don't generally follow it religiously for more than one season or so. So there aren't too many shows where I feel very miffed by cancellation. Either I didn't watch it enough to care, or the show has been on long enough that it doesn't bother me much, because it had a good run (better to leave while still liked then run it into the ground) - like MASH, Cheers, Seinfield, STNG or Stargate SG-1 etc. The last actually felt like it went on a little too long, imo.

Holidays were nice, quiet, and relaxing....and I managed not to gain any weight back during them, which was a nice thing. Now back to the same ol' same ol'. I was thinking the other day about how my husband and I have known each other/been together for 25 years. Not officially married for 25, but still...darn that's a long time. Found a FNV mod that turns the Wasteland into a chaotic, populated, faction-battle laden land. It's awesome. Not good so much for "normal play" but it really does change combat/fun of the game. Luvin' it. Time to fire it up again.

Free on HBO, so what the heck, I'll try Transformers2. ....15 minutes later, I turned it off. Even if it gets a bit better later, not worth my time. What a mess. I also re-watched Terminator Salvation. I really would have liked it better if someone else had played John Connor. Bale was not right for that role. I'd also like to see Worthington in some more dramatic roles or something, but I suppose he's now stuck forever playing action roles. I see he's slated to be in the remake of Commando. Hm.

I'm not a laptop expert but from reading around, the ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 isn't very well liked by people for running modern games. SC2 playable on low-medium & low fps, that sort of thing. However, since that's not what you're interested in .... in terms of video at least, it's probably more than fine. The rest...I couldn't really say. It sounds good enough for general/some multimedia use, tho. I think HP might be a bit over-priced in general tho....but I don't know much about brand quality vs. pricing for laptops.