LadyCrimson

Michael Shanks. SG-1 glasses on or off, I think he's hot. Can't tell in this picture, but I love his blue eyes.

Tsk Tsk.....suntan lotion! Wear it, roll around in it...it's your friend! I'll have to remember the tea thing the next time my husband decides he doesn't need lotion on his fair skin whilst doing yardwork.

Congrats to all and well deserved. :D

I am a huge fangirl of my webserver host Justin. I don't know what I'd do without him.

Tears For Fears, the Hurting I'm in a mood due to constant 404 errors.

Ah...Mr. Reeves. I didn't think he was attractive at all until he started wearing those long black coats in the Matrix. I love long black coats. So now...he's still not really my type, but he does wear certain clothes very well. :D And he was actually less wooden than usual in Constantine. One could almost ignore his tree-like acting method in that film.

That Thing You Do soundtrack ...and dancing to it.

Is it just me, or does he look a bit like Nicky Katt in those photos?

'confidence in the photographer' helps. Some people can make almost anyone look seXy GQ-ish or whatever.

Photography forums have a lot of guys posting (high-quality) 'glamour' shots of their wives, but not many of gals posting 'glamour' shots of their husbands. That always amuses me. :D

I like that little box shelf thingie behind her. And yes, her eyes scare me a little.... :D

Hair: 5 Jacket: 4 Glasses: 6 Hands: 5 Drink: 8 Overall: 5.6 Nope, nothing there, either. hehehe

Crushed red pepper (flakes, not fine grind) Whole peppercorns Garlic powder (fresh is best of course, but sometimes you're in a pinch) Hot sauce of choice Sesame seed oil Soy sauce (unless you're allergic to soy, of course...) Homemade teriyaki sauce (soy sauce, sugar, garlic, that's it) Jalepeno's (they're almost non-perishable in a fridge...) Croutons (they're already stale...) A really good blender A large broiler pan A very large non-sloped high-wall frying pan A small food processor/chopper for specific tasks like mincing onions to save your eyes. For just plain chopping/slicing, knives are always better. A good colander (plastic ones SUCK) Uh....that's it for now.

The invisible man? Doesn't do much for me either. :D

Alcohol just makes my face feel warm and then I fall asleep. Probably why I never got into drinking. Gymnastics improves dancing as well. :D

She does nothing for me.

*points* Over there! ...I hope I'm still around if/when they ever manage to make such a thing viable and a reality.

Well, I'm sure when games are played with 3D goggles and voice commands or whatever (like a mental holodeck) that'll help the story bit - the 'average' gamer will likely be more concerned with story when fantasy gaming becomes that interactive/immersive.

System Shock2 is a good game....it's also the only game I've ever played that truly creeped me out in some places....so much so that I never finished it. It reminded me of watching Alien for the 1st time when I was a pre-teen - that kind of unbearable constant suspense. heh

Yes, and I'm one of them. (edit) I also liked BG1 & 2, Might&Magic 6 and 7, etc. That does not make me a roleplayer who notices story very much. See above post about roleplaying vs. just playing.

Since I have no real clue what you're trying to say in relation to what I was saying, I don't know. There is, IMO, a difference between the kind of decision making you make in games like RISK and roleplaying. Games like RISK, you're still 'yourself' - most people look at such games as 'what would I do' not 'what would Patton or Alexander do'. They are not immersed in the game-world in the sense that they are someone else. They are still themselves. When I play a PC game, RPG or not, I never feel as tho I am someone else. I am merely playing myself, using an avatar to represent myself as I march around the gameworld doing stuff.

I don't even have the patience to read this entire thread, let alone a million boxes worth of text for in-game 'story'. Even the best RPG's, the vast majority of the 'story' comes from descriptions outside of the game and what the player puts into it with his/her own imagination. I love to read books. When I want to be utterly lost in a world of imagination and what-if's I pick up one of those things. When I just want to get away from reality or more active hobbies and whittle away hours with something that doesn't require a lot of intense thought or decision-making, I play games. And there's the key to me. If I want to make decisions about entertainment/hobbies, I'd rather do my photography, or write my own fiction, or build a model car in the garage. Games to me have always been about escaping the pressures of having to make lots of decisions that will decide how something 'turns out'. I have to do enough of that in my life, and I don't find doing it in games very relaxing. Which doesn't mean I don't appreciate plot twists and turns in games - my actual taste in games is fairly broad, with favorite games coming from almost every genre - I just prefer stories in them to be more like novels...where I'm not constantly being asked to make decisions will affect the way everything goes. I don't affect the way the story turns out in a novel I'm reading...and I don't care much if I affect the story in a game. The point someone made early on that PC games and story aren't terribly compatible formats (or difficult to merge together, at any rate) is something I also agree with. I don't know if anyone remembers those youth books that had multiple endings and they'd say things like "if you pick choice A turn to page 125"....but I do, and I hated them. Awkward and takes you out of the 'story' by making you too aware that it's a story. The way most games deal with 'story' (even the 'good' RPG's) remind me of those books, and thus even while I can love a game for the gameplay, I tend to ignore the story or think the method of game-story telling is tedious...clicking A B or C to get different arcs or being interrupted in action from watching a 2 minute movie every 5 minutes isn't story in my book and makes me too 'aware' that I'm not actually in the gameworld and only staring at a monitor and clicking a mouse. Perhaps that's one reason the 'average gamer' doesn't tend to be greatly interested in story in games - most aren't serious role-players - they're just gamers. Chess and RISK and Monopoly etc. aren't roleplaying story oriented games....and I think the mentality of many 'average gamers' falls into that type of game-thinking...if I'm making sense.

Hey, who you calling old?....oh wait...wrong forum... Seriously....I like that cartoon's style. Pretty cool, thx for the link. Old ladies or not, it's still pretty funny. :D

I'm trying KalOnline right now. I doubt many here would like it - not RPG-enough - but it's not a bad freebie on-line action-rpg. Decent graphics, smooth running, plenty of people playing. Simple gameplay mechanics, large world. I haven't gotten far in questing or exploring so can't say if gameplay will get better/worse or more fun/really boring yet. Right now I'm standing in a river with about 2000 other players 'fishing' - fish are like heal potions and mixing ingrediants and...well...for some reason it's really fun to have the game running and be doing something for the game, and yet not actually playing. I get the feeling some people have left their game running while away on vacation, or something. lol

Depends on the kind of dancing. Ballroom I'm pretty decent at doing, and it's fun. The rhumba, polka's, whatever....but you need a partner for it and hubby doesn't dance much. Dancing randomly to please myself I probably look fairly silly, but then who doesn't. Modern youth popular dancing routines of any sort, I'm clueless and you won't find me on the dance floor at all.