LadyCrimson

Perhaps their desire to have offered games work on XP/Vista limits them/slows them down somewhat? Their selection isn't large, but if they stick around a while, I'd imagine in a year or two it'll be much better. I like a lot of games beyond crpgs tho. They have quite a few games where my discs probably wouldn't work on XP/Win7 at all, and for 6-10 bucks would be worth downloading a compatible version. Like Myst...

That happened to me once, and it is a glitch. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly what fixes it, besides reloading an earlier save. ....you can try to kill the robots further away from the door, perhaps standing too close interferes with the trigger.

Every one of JE's answers in this thread is one of the reasons I keep coming back to this forum. ...I guess one day I'm going to have to try to play Fallout. Perhaps I'll buy it from GoG.

All this talk of Terminator films had me watching T2 again last night. 1-my eXtreme DVD of it looks really good 2-the 16 minutes of extra footage, imo, still make it a much better film than the theatrical release. Altho, there are some parts that could have been shortened a bit...I always thought Sarah's time in the asylum went on too long.

Never heard of GoG - went and looked. Now that looks like one digital download website that I could love.

Went to sleep very early, woke up very early...finally feel almost human and just in time for the weekend. Our escrow account was apparently altered -I think because of a property tax reassessment (in our favor) -and we got an 'excess' check + lowering of monthly payments. Which of course means that next year there will probably be a reason for a deficit and an increase.

Most likely. /players8 for single-player, in Hell diff, was one of the best patch tweaks ever. Come to think of it, that's probably when I started to play on bnet less and less...all that extra gold/loot just for me, no sharing with the bnet dweebs. ...but Hell cow level was still fun, until they started nerfing it. Blizzard loves to nerf everything...then bring some of it back...then nerf it again...

Has anyone played Divine Divinity before? It's a 2002 action/RPG. Sounds slightly less action+bigger/more open than, but w/many similarities/ease of use as the Diablos? What I found 'stupid' is that he's more than similar graphically...they could've made him look more different, at least. But yeah, he's a bit tougher because of the regen thing+his crazy attacks & occasional life leech, IIRC. Especially if you're a melee-only chr. And I think one patch made it even harder. The Lich summon was very handy against him. That and running to the stairs to let skill timers regen.

Up. I feel the same way about it as I did about Wall-E...about half of it was brilliant, the other half only so-so, which equals a generally pleasant & mildly entertaining overall watching experience. The old man character & story arc definitely one of the better ones in Pixar's history tho.

Been a while since I've been sick enough to stay in bed watching TV for a couple days...wow, daytime TV sucks even worse than I remember, even when you have cable. People (including us) pay a lot of money for 800+ channels of nothing. I think I've sucked up quite a bit of bandwidth watching Law&Order:CI-season 4 on Netflix.

The actual list of changes is not terribly impressive. They've made the game overall easier, nerfed hammerdins, re-powered Necro's CE a bit, stuff like that. Getting rid of IM being cast on players by those...Death Knights?...in Diablo's area may encourage more melee classes, tho...especially in hardcore. It was always funny how in most PvM groups you'd lots of ranged builds and very little melee builds, beyond late Nightmare difficulty. Feels like the 'end of the D2 era last patch' to me...as well as giving a bit of publicity and something to keep Diablo fans busy while waiting for D3. Not enough to bring me back, I think.

Hehe, we sound similar. Torso/head for me. Friends used to joke they could fry an egg on the top of my head. My veins are invisible too...and I'm not that dark skinned. Nurses can never find the vein in crook of arm for blood tests or my hands for IV's and usually have to try several times. Which hurts.

The easy solution of course, if one is this worried about how a game will play 2 years from now, is to buy a cheap upgrade to get one through for the moment, continue to save money, then build a new system 2 years for the desired game, with all the current bells and whistles.

I would agree with you 6 months and 80 pounds ago, now I just freeze if it drops below 60F I used to be the sort to go out in 55F rainy weather in shorts, t-shirt & flip flops, but I find my feet/legs get colder faster as I age...I now have to at least wear slippers and long socks. Hubby thinks anything below 68F is "freezing" and complains like it's 35F. But truth is his extremities become ice cold very fast...same w/most of his family & my mother. Thin skin & hereditary circulatory conditions I guess. A lot of it is a state of mind, tho. Some days I want to bundle up and be toasty instead of just be tolerably chill. I love days like that too.

Exactly. I know effects & marketing & stuff is expensive these days etc. so I'm not trying to say films should all cost 5 million, but Hollywood studios (and directors etc) need to learn a little restraint, imo.

It's 45F at noon, here in the SF Peninsula. Cold for CA but I'd rather this than 95F-plus.

Avatar...well, it's James Cameron, Mr. Over-Spending-Perfectionist. Sad thing is, for me, all the trailers/ads I've seen look rather unimpressive. Might be the best movie ever (Cameron has a good record...), but the ads don't make me believe it yet. But 100+ million to make 2 hour entertainment films (times all the films made per year) makes me rather ill when I think of all the possible better uses for that gross over-expenditure of funds. It's one reason I don't like going to the theater much anymore...I don't really want to support that these days.

This seems a bit more like a Sim/teaching tool than a general population game, if that makes sense. Sounds kinda interesting, but not very entertaining.

Damnit why did you have to go there? Maybe he read my other post about hubby & I having colds? I'm sure that's it. I need another new game but I'm completely uninspired by the choices. I wish I still liked in-depth RPG's as much as I used to. My brain just doesn't want to go there anymore.

Ah. I think it made quite a bit more globally, but I guess if it can't even recoup costs via US sales than it's a bust. 200 million to make a movie. It still boggles my mind. Edit: I watched 'Men of a Certain Age' last night. I loved it. Ray Ramano is always a bit whiny but overall the 1st episode was awesome.

I had Eggo waffles. My cat didn't get any. Currently idling around breathing thru my mouth because breathing thru my nose causes spikes of nasal/eye pain. I'd play Diablo but I can barely see the screen through my watering eyes.

Not me, but right this minute hubby is playing Tombraider:Underworld. Me:"Like it?" Hubby:"It's ok. Not sure I like the movement & other stuff, they're always changing things." Me:"But at least her arse isn't all pointy like in days of yore, eh?" Hubby: "There is that. It's a little flat, tho."

That kinda surprises me too...I can see it not making as much as they were hoping, but seems like it should've made enough to make a sequel. T5 seemed to be in a development stage in mid-year...was that canceled, or just a rumor? P.S. I like T-Salvation much better than T3...but still think T1 & T2 are better (as a duo). They were more self-contained, for one thing...and whole time travel/paradox/changes stuff was dealt with a lot better.

I've heard it's nowhere near as good (or as big) as Monterey Aquarium but I've never been to it, so dunno. Btw, cold enough for ya this week? Heard some snow got down to 260ft...and 18 inches on Mt. Diablo, but alas, I'm still waiting for sea level snow ala '76. (Snow covers the hills on Highway 24 at Interstate 680 looking toward Walnut Creek on Mon.)

It goes to 1280x960 on my Win7...it used to go to 1600x1200 on XP w/a CRT monitor, but not on this 1920x1080 LCD...altho haven't bothered to try tweaking it. I'm guessing if you had an even bigger resolution LCD monitor the 1600x1200 would show up but I dunno. I'm not using a laptop, either. Learn to not mind black bars on the side? Sorry, I have nothing. :/