LadyCrimson

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.

My older brother's fiance's son is a promising young filmmaker who's won quite a few film festival awards for one of his short films. Maybe one day he'll be famous and rubbing noses with bigshot Hollywood directors. http://www.rosethemovie.com/ The trailer:

"Relationships are unfathomable and oft very irritating" is a concept that's pretty universal no matter what gender. heh

I think we could use a "boys suck" thread to balance this one out.

Well, I have never seen it, so I'm glad it was posted. Gave me my giggle of the day. Hilarious.

I'm considering writing to Arnold and telling him that if he's that worried about a California drought, maybe he should ban lawns and all those L.A. golf-courses.

Since I was a teen Duranie for a couple years, that made me giggle. The last theater movie we saw was "Taken." I mostly wanted to see Liam Neeson kick some arse, which is basically what it offered. It was a mediocre-to-ok action movie, but I love Angry Liam. Edit:typo

Well, ep3 didn't impress me. Echo's progression of seeming to remember itty-bitty memory/feelings despite mind programming/wiping could be interesting, but unless the show becomes consistently better fast, probably won't last long enough for us to care to watch it. The FBI guy is a complete waste of space.

Ring around the castle, besieging is such a hassle. You'd think a King would be worth more than that. Spellcheck, please.

The 21kt won't cover my city, but a 140kt would obliterate my city and several of it's popular surrounding cities (including some of the richest, like Atherton...) as well. Our Mid-Peninsula area is one of those places where you have many small-medium towns/cities clustered together that most people think of as a large whole.