LadyCrimson

Nope, doesn't bother me one whit. But then, I don't generally find being called 'honey' or 'babe' or 'sugar' offensive either. Women's rights (or anyone's rights) is good and all, but when it comes to words, it's just how it's used, what tone it's said in, and the situation, not the word itself. Sometimes, people need to relax.

Total Eclipse of the Heart.

I also solo'd through most of my time thru both of these games. If something required me to party up, or I just felt like company, I would find a group, but otherwise... Of course, there are late/end game areas that are designed to not be done alone. WoW, for example, has instance dungeons that require 8+ people, no way around it. GW does too - it's the point of on-line games in the end, after all. GW late-game would not have been terribly soloable without the henchies, but I've known people who've solo'd almost all of GW in terms of quests. Since game designers are currently designing action-RPG's more for on-line than SP, I just treat them like SP games with the option of partying as much as possible. If you like solo'ing more than, or just as much as, grouping, it's still fun in both WoW and GW.

I agree with this completely. Perhaps it's less a complaint about length as the fact that one often can't determine how much one is going to like a given game without buying it first. And once bought, you can't (usually) return them for the full price (or any price). Where I live, you typically can't even exchange for a different game, only for another copy of the same game. I understand the reasons behind this but that doesn't mean I like it. Demos are supposed to help with this, but I often find them lacking since I prefer my opinion of games to be based on more than one or two 'maps' or the tutorial levels - there's many games where I intially didn't like it but then ended up loving it.

Sorry, I lose track of what directories I've 'blocked' and ones I haven't. Fixed.

It's not photography, but I've always liked this shot from one of the Diablo2 'movies'. Course it looks better when it's moving...

I think relationships start with friendships - however, that doesn't always mean an established long-term close friendship. I met my hubby through some work friends, we all hung out together occasionally for a while. He and I never really spent time 'alone', always with those friends around. I didn't even find him initally attractive. Over 5 months or so hubby & I realized/admitted we were attracted to each other and started officially dating. Or something.

I see about 95% of films on DVD and not in theaters. Recent stuff: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Liked it better than I thought I would. Irrelevant & useless commentary here. The Interpreter (nice camerwork, kinda dull & typical suspense movie) Warm Springs - HBO film of FDR's life after polio. Overly sentimental but very watchable, with great performances.

You run around and kill things, level up, find loot, ooh and ahh at the scenery, kill other players, and fiddle with skills. Pretty much what you do with all on-line RPG-lites.

To kind of go with the monkey theme:

I can never get scans to look as nice as they did originally. Oh well.

I hate Quicktime. I've tried it (several times over the last decade), I hate it, I hate what it does, I always delete it. All I saw was "You need Quicktime", a PSP option, and in IPOD option, none of which I have/use. Thanks Surreptishus, I'll try there.

Ewwww......Quicktime. I'll wait for the TV version.

Myers-Briggs definitions of terms such as intuitive and judging live in their own special dictionary...don't worry, I won't define them, cause they're still lumpish. Do you guys look up histories on the fly or do you remember all these factoids?

That first one of the park benches is supreme. Nice finds.

Danny Elfman's Oompa Loompa songs lifted from the 'Charlie & The Chocolate Factory' DVD. I love the fact he actually sings them this time around. Makes me miss Boingo even more...

*scratches her armpit and prances around like an ape* Sometimes, I want intelligent and serious conversation. Sometimes, I just want to yuk it up. I see RPG's vs. RPG-lite's in that manner...neither 'suck', they're just for different moods & purposes.

I look at games this way....it may cost $50, but it's yours, and will be yours forever unless you throw it away. 2 years later, when it's raining and you're bored, you can dust it off and replay it again. Unlike, say, a $20 pizza which is gone in 15 minutes or a $10 movie ticket that has no replay value at all. I think of all the money the average person spends on consumables per year and...well...$50 doesn't actually seem all that bad, relative to the cost of living increases in general.. Tho I do understand when you're a 'poor student' or something similar, almost everything seems too expensive.

Hmm....well, that was actually a public service announcement that wasn't a waste of my time. I really liked that writer's review...mostly because it was funny. I also hate FilePlanet...but since most of the time my information about new games comes from threads like these, thanks for the info. The game is something to keep an eye on when it comes out. Although, it does sound like the combat interface/control system might be a bit too complex for my simple brain and reflexes. :D

Doesn't have to be a flesh and blood actress, does it? Ok..I've wasted enough time, back to the sort-of grind.

That's some lightning bolt...

Hahahaha!!! That made me laugh..

Not in photography. 'Macro' is used because you're making something small look big or magnified in the picture.

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