LadyCrimson

I get far fewer colds/flus since I started using the debit card almost exclusively vs. cash. I'm still not convinced flu shots really help that much. A little, maybe. They don't cover all strains, it's a statistical guess, and getting one doesn't mean you're immune from the flu, period.

I've never liked "chick flicks" and my parents OD'd me on most dramas. Not that I haven't liked at least one or two movies from every genre at some point. I don't personally think there are too many comic movies ... I'm just bored of them. It's what happens when I predominantly like a few film genres and their sub-categories - action/suspense, western, sci-fi/fantasy. Comic book movies to me fall into the latter, and no matter how much you like a thing, anything gets old. I wish movie companies spread their genre making trends out a little more, that's all. It's no different than Paramount sucking the life out of Star Trek by making too many series too frequently, out of greed, etc. Re: 300 - Never read the comic, but I enjoyed the movie for what it was. An over the top violent "epic" - and I use that term very loosely - about near-naked impossibly six-packed dudes being macho in the name of honor whilst fighting evil fantasy figures. I admit, I LOL'd in a few places, which made it all the more silly fun.

Overlord2 is supposedly coming out this year. I can't wait. Yes, the first was a silly, irreverent game w/not much replay value, but I still loved it. Plus it was one of the few games my not-a-big-gamer husband has liked/played in a while. I loved beating up hubby's minions while he mumbled excuses under his breath. Heheh.

Today I'm thinking about how no company can seem to make a self-tanner product that doesn't make my pale-for-an-Asian (but still naturally a bit tan) skin kinda orange if I apply it more than once. I read about some that supposedly won't and try them, but the reviews lie. But I haven't tried any that cost 100+ bucks, maybe that's the issue. Har. I don't like skin cancer, so I never sit in the sun anymore, but I do like being tan. Pah. Oh well.

I'm kinda bored of superhero movies too...but probably because at this point they mostly feel the same. The effects/cinematography is cool, but the rest is eh. Movie companies always do that, tho...make a thing to death until they move on. Think I'll go see the new Witch Mountain movie this weekend. Hey, I grew up on the original Disney film. Ike Eisenmann was the cuteness as a kid. Ah, memories. The new one is getting ok reviews, too, for what it is.

Can I ask from what? Anything specific? They've been failing like crazy lately AND they managed to release some sort of firmware that bricked a lot of hard drives: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3...7200-11-failing It's gotten so bad that they've removed their five year warranty! It is now three years like the rest of them. I had noticed the last ones I bought seemed to be noisier, in an odd kind of way, which made me nervous about their reliability. I haven't bought any since. Shortening their warranty certainly isn't a good sign.

Did you hit the Lo-Fi link at the bottom? Edit: Or ... try hitting the Options button in the r-upper corner while actually in a thread. Should have a display modes menu from there.

Can I ask from what? Anything specific?

FBI cookie raids! ... nah, I can't see it.

I sadly realized that I no longer like cold pizza.

Ditto. I think for me it was a combo of well-done sounds and use of lighting, creating a feeling of constant tension and maybe claustrophobia at times. For some reason combat felt nerve-wracking and dangerous, and you knew that around every corner, every step something could be coming etc. Shades of the movie Alien1. To me that's not even focusing on horror, that's just focusing on visual gore and the "ewwww"' fascination people have. Such "horror" movies aren't scary, either. To me, anyway. They're more grotesquely comical or just full of the cheap "boo!" moments than anything else. I love scary movies, but real ones that make me feel sustained and palpable tension are rare, just like with scary games. And I have yet to read a book that truly "scared" me. They're just good popcorn fantasy reads, with boogie-men instead of dancing fairies. In a game, I'd define it as an atmosphere or game mechanics that makes my palms sweat every time I know combat may be/is coming...and the sweat is from nervous tension of possible failure because to not fail feels emotionally important somehow. I don't care if you can just re-load - if the game is "scary" the tension/fear reaction will still be there because the game has you avidly living in the moment, rather than a "I wonder if I can whip this boss-dude butt with my starter pea-shooter, haha" semi-humorous/curiosity/because it is there game mindset.

Lee Majors as a middle aged stuntman was funny for a little while. But the theme song was the more memorable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwZTcGEU23A

And that's why I'm in favor of moderation, not abstinence.

I liked the last episode better than the singer one, and agree the guys in the vault w/her were fun. But the show still hasn't captured me. I keep watching because it's rare I see a show from the very beginning and I don't want to hear how great it became later and then be "lost"until syndication ... but ... Too bad it's on Friday nights.

The singer has to have good voice control to sound great w/out music. Popular solo singers don't usually have to the control of, say, barbershop quartet singers to sound fine behind the music. And backup singers even less. I didn't think her singing in the show was that horrible. Which isn't to say it was good...kinda pitchy on the upnotes...but it didn't bother my ears.

I'm still waiting for it, and Kotor2 is still installed on my old pc in the event it is released someday. Look on the bright side - by the time it does come out, for some of us at least, it'll have been so long since we played Kotor2 that the game will seem almost brand new again, even without the mod additions.

Humans suck. Cats and squirrels, on the other hand, are awesome.

Not a picture, but someone's old combat video of Mount & Blade on YT. Screens don't give it justice. Riding around on horseback whacking enemies is soooo addictive. Whether with an army or just you against a dozen footmen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz4Ms57TDI Edit: Haha! Here's someone with the battle-sizer mod set to 400 or something, making for huge battles (and obvious lag...). I can do up to about 200-250 but after that lag gets so bad I can't play. It's a nice video tho.

Still Mount & Blade, w/no gameplay mods yet, except one to increase the allowed battle sizes to 160. I've become pretty good at couched lance damage/insta kills on a horse (not much trick to that...) but I still suck at melee horse combat. Can never get the pass/swing timing right. Plus, after the initial charge your army of 50+ ends up in a giant clumped brawl that you're better off just watching, anyway. The dashes up the siege ladders are insane (get locked in, no maneuver escape) and you should not attempt to go up the ladder yourself until near the end. Swadian Knights are awesome, but next time I'll try a weaker faction.

How do people even find these threads? Search function is a wonderful thing?

I've been known to throw hammers after I hit my thumb one too many times with them, but I have a feeling that isn't what you're actually referring to.

Why is half the screenshot empty white space? Not complaining, just curious? I've looked for a decent 3D sand-boxy baseball game that didn't have kiddie-cartoon faces ... haven't found one I liked yet.

I love my husband, but his slob nature is the one thing that really drives me crazy at times ... I don't care about bed and clothes but it's the sanitary/dirt stuff that bugs me. He'd leave cans/bottles/raw meat/mayo utensils un-rinsed on the counter until they covered every nook/cranny/shelf and they'd stay there for months. He'd use the same unwashed, stinky bath-towel for a year if I let him. That kind of guy. At this point the only thing he's generally allowed to do in the kitchen is make coffee/toast, sandwiches, and use the microwave.