LadyCrimson

Did you know that dwarf hamsters can climb cage bars & ceilings w/their itty bitty paws like tiny, stumpy monkeys? I didn't either. It's pretty funny.

I haven't watched in a bit...is it basically the same formula or are they changing it up yet?

Sunshine -- Sci-fi flick about a group flying to sun to try and rekindle its dying energies. A little slow to start, becomes interesting/good, then degenerated into a typical monster-on-ship climax that really annoyed me...but only because the rest of the movie seemed more akin to 2001 atmosphere than Aliens, and thus it was jarring. Decent cast & special effects bits for what seems to be a lower-budget 2nd string sci fi flick.

Immortal Throne gives you a shared stash for extra storage plus EZ muling/exchange of items to other characters. Once you buy all the stash upgrades, it's big enough. Divine Divinity-ahhh, I needed alchemy skill lvl2 to make potions from ground herbs. Seems to be a Tolkein/LOTR subplot homage or something going on, too. Kinda funny.

Ooops, sorry, posted the above in the wrong thread, meant to put in the 'what are you playing.' Can't edit it out now...

Divine Divinity is awesome so far. I had a little trouble in the beginning trying to figure out how to change spells/hotkeys etc...after seemingly being unable to do anything but swing a dagger & teleport my mage around, I finally read the pdf manual. The game (Gog's version on Win7) has occasional path-finding annoyances (like when you click on an urn & you wander all the way around to get to it) and my mouse-clicking doesn't always seem instantly-responsive, but other than that, heck of a lot of fun. Also, can't seem to make the quick save work...having to long-save constantly in case I die and have to reload is kind of a drag. I have the alchemy skill & can combine potions, but still can't put an herb in a bottle to make a simple potion. I need a better manual.

Chocolate and yogurt covered raisins make a great snack between bouts of raking the yard. I can almost see the actual grass and cement patio, now.

After hearing about the beta cheat codes, I installed D2 and checked it out a little. Instant lvl 99, instant max gold as much as you want to gamble good gear, then away you go. You still have to 'rush' through the difficulties tho. And once I realized for the Sorc, at least, nothing much changed -I can now have 6 Hydras up at same time instead of 5, whoo! - I got bored and stopped. If you already quit the game long ago still no reason to go back. BUT, yes, still a nice thing for Blizz to do, for those who still play.

@Musopticon? -- You're making me want to reinstall Titan Quest/Immortal Throne yet again. ...and thanks for the comments on Divine Divinity, all. I was on the fence about getting it from GoG...think I'll give it a go-I like me some old skool action-RPG'ing. Especially for that price.

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.