LadyCrimson

I bought Flowscape, which gives you a bunch of pre-rendered landscapes, skyboxes, objects, animals etc. for your to "paint-brush" an animated fantasy landscape. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043390/FlowScape/ You can create beautiful, artistic vistas, tea gardens, visual art inspiration! Meditative, simulation-creative, 4k screenshot friendly! But then I saw it had a cat "brush", so ... Imma gonna make a Cat island.

Re: theaters - I do miss the absolutely giant screens, but the other people is not worth the extra size now that one can have a pretty big TV. I suppose a forum full of indoor gaming geeks isn't the best example of in-theater enthusiasts. Mostly I'm hoping the trend of new theater movies being "ported" to streaming very quickly continues. Doesn't have to be one week or something, but maybe one or two months, say ... not 8-12 months (I know disc sales was more like 6 months, but I want streaming access even faster).

Hmm...I'm glad I never dyed my hair "wig auburn/red" because with my skin tone, I don't think it's me. Also, how do people wear wigs without their head/scalp feeling like it's in a sauna after 5 minutes? I feel like I'd have sweat dripping down my neck constantly. I guess wear them only in winter, ha? And why are the bangs like six inches long? I guess one is supposed to "style" their (cheap) wig to fit and look better. Just like real hair. Sounds like work.

Maybe I should shave off the eyebrows again too. Hubby bought one of those shallow plastic storage sheds for rakes/ladders, so today he was out there placing cement pavers (he became really picky re: levelness ), then putting the shed together. If he likes it he'll get another, so two side by side. I can't believe how much they want for those cheap plastic things. $400 or something. That does not include any shelves or tool hooks or anything (it's a few hundred extra for the DLC!). Absurd. But they make good fence-gap/neighbor blockers! Maybe we should get a couple dozen more of them and ring the whole backyard fence with them, so I can run around naked back there all the time (no 2-story houses around here). And a hot tub! Edit: should've put in pics to begin with: ...thanks to my uber photoshop skillz, you can easily see that this would be the perfect spot for a small hottub.

So if you're vaccinated, will you be going back to the theaters? Or did you never leave - (I know one person who kept going to them). Not that I was going to theaters to begin with. But even if I don't personally care to, it'd be nice if they bounce back and start doing well again.

Eh, it's mostly the back of the head. Kind of a dip in the center, if you put both hands back there, it sorta feels like the back of my skull has rounded corners, haha, so my imagination goes wild thinking what it would look like with zero hair. The forehead/front is ok. Anyway, I didn't totally buzz it all yet, it's all mostly maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. I didn't originally want white-scalp-syndrome. The trimmer is annoying when trying to keep things even because angle/pressure you keep making thinner/shorter spots etc. I slipped and one side of the neck is near shaved and the other side not and ... am debating whether to actually near-shave all of it so it doesn't look all scrunchy-weird. Pfft. If I do that I'll try to get pick of the back of head or something. Oh and ... why not hand the trimmer to hubby, you ask? Because ... that would not be any challenge fun. Y'know, since my hair was black, it is/would be really hard/damaging to first bleach then color-dye it. So I never did. But now. Maybe time for some of these? Time to Amazon-shop!

Can't cut my hair, so once again, maybe I should just buzzcut my head. Problem is still that my vanity tells me that I would look like some short, broad-faced, oddly shaped-head dude. I don't think I'd be pulling off the "hot bald woman" look. But hair is becoming a PITA. Waking up and rubbing a washcloth over the head now and then sounds convenient. It might be low-neck length by winter again. Hmmm

^ From the title "Old" I thought it might be some documentary re: aging, retirement, something like that. I guess it's not a documentary, but it's still seems to be a film about the horrors of how fast we grow up and how quickly time accelerates as we age.

But are there hot men? *looks it up* ... nah, not re: my personal tastes, seems like. I'll pass. ...I think I noticed that when I was browsing that channel once. Looks like another stylistic, glossy show.

"Oh, that looks cute I might ... oh, turn based, never mind." :/ I know, I'm a heathen.

Well, since Biomutant seems like it's going to be a "wait for 40% off sale" I continue playing 7 Days to Die. I'm unsure why. I always reach this point where I find myself doing the exact same thing over and over: --start new game (heavily self-modded to taste) --build some basic to moderate level base/home in short order because at minimum you need tons of protected area storage space --kill lots of z's and loot lots of buildings so I can make forges, workbenches, motorcycles, and fill 30 storage chests full of "stuff" --grow bored after 12-18 hours of that, from general over-familiarity with the game for years, start new map (starting is the best part) ....still, it's better than staring at the wall. ...although I should play more of the original DK1 campaign for kicks. I only got to Moonbrush Wood and then stopped. Slapping imps to death to make an overkill army of orange robe wearing vampires to stomp on goody knights and wizards is like stress therapy.

I'd be doubtful Biomutant has enough reason to "keep playing" or replay it to create a large, even niche fanbase. I mean I'm sure like with almost ANY game, there will be those few who think it's the bestest thing since sliced bread, but for most, even if they overall enjoy a romp through it, it doesn't seem like it'd have a lot of staying power, so to speak. Unless patches/DLC address some issues/add more repeatable content. Anyway ... it's funny because, maybe since I never expected some masterpiece of a game to begin with, what I focused on the most in recent days is the art style. One reason I haven't snapped it up just to take pictures for a few hours is that it has that overly saturated colorful type of style, where it purposely avoids neutral or subtle tones. Like having digital vibrance turned up to a billion. Sometimes that's fine/I like it, at least while playing, but it doesn't bring out the "photographer" OCD in me. I had the same issue with No Man's Sky visuals.

I have a feeling Biomutant is simply an all-around mediocre game, nothing really all that horrid, nor nothing great, but it's somehow been slated to be early-hate-trained on, at least for the moment. Example: if you don't like the VA or using it as an npc dialogue-translation theme/tactic, such doesn't warrant two or three paragraphs re: wanting to poke your eardrums out. Reviewers just like to rant these days. It's just not the combat-uber game some wanted. I see plenty of people enjoying playing the game, it's just ... casual. Edit: I still don't think it's a $60 title tho, that's part of the ire I'd guess. If I get it it's mostly because I don't mind/like wandering open worlds to take pictures. haha. Also, I personally think on Steam, users/players shouldn't be able to "review" a game if they have under 3 hours played.

Apparently the one thing "wrong" about making a giant single-city map in 7 Days to Die is that there aren't enough POI prefabs, so sometimes you get crazy repetition. Most of the time they're still spread out at least "enough" but occasionally... ...although in truth there are a few various shapes/colors /POI styles for this "company gas station" so visually the buildings aren't always exactly the same. But at night the lit signs are hilarious. It's like Demolition Man and all the restaurants are Taco bell.

Based on the reviews of Biomutant (even the fairly positive ones) what I take away is: --unbalanced/too easy, both combat and puzzles, also combat repetitive and crafting feels kind of pointless because of not difficult --beautiful open world, fun to explore --a constant narrator that you'll either love or hate listening to --"not enough enemies" out and about, eg too empty (don't people say that about half the open worlds tho?) --would be great for the 10-14 year olds where a parent might not want them playing Resident Evil #666 or something, or anyone who just wants a more casual, no stress experience. And likes to take screenshots. Which all actually sounds like it'd be my thing overall because I am not looking for "dark souls/rouge-like" or complicated. Still, feels more like a $40 game to me. I'll probably wait.

So about 12 hours now .. still no reaction, I feel perfectly fine. The injection site did end up becoming a little sore, it just took longer this time. So I'm going to say I'm like hubby and am not going to have any horrible side effects. I read an article where a doc. theorized that older people may (emphasis on may) have less reaction to the 2nd dose because of a higher chance of a weaker immune system to begin with or something like that. Don't know how plausible that really is but it sounds reasonable. Regardless of the reason...phew.

I was watching the Pitch Meeting for Army of the Dead, and it reminded me that when that one character mentioned the zombies and rain thing, I was also expecting some later scene where it would ... rain. Man I love Pitch Meetings - doesn't matter if I loved a movie or disliked a movie. They're still great regardless. (Pitch Meetings are full of/nothing but spoilers, in case one doesn't know that already)

The hubster got his 2nd shot yesterday. He's had no ill effects at all. I got my 2nd shot 4-5 hours ago. So far nothing, not even the early sore arm I had from the first one. Hopefully I'll be like hubby. Guess we got the good shipment of Pfizer. Or a placebo. Who knows. Also finally ran around to Verizon storefronts trying to get my mobile phone 'net access to work again. Went to the 3rd party store I bought it from, then the "official, not 3rd party" place. Both changed sim cards, restarted 'net access or something etc. First place, it didn't work. 2nd place, it eventually worked. Maybe the 2nd guy had magic sim-card fingers. Whatever, I can lurk on the forums while out and about again.

I've been on a martial arts movie thing. The more modern ones, like 2000 and later. Hand to hand, sword, polearms, etc. sequences (am not, however, into USA-style punching/boxing, blargh). In the mood for such visual mayhem I guess. Anyway ... trying to make a habit of exercising my arms etc. when I watch (not just pedaling) because my arms have always been kinda weaksauce and even worse now. I use a long heavy metal pole (maybe four feet long/) and do various arm exercises with it while standing. Maybe I should take up long stick/polearm fighting classes! ...nah, I'd probably just hurt myself. *looks up some millions view YT video on some bo staff techniques ... yup, I'd hurt myself. *

Army of the Dead - it should be noted that while I've liked a few comedic zombies movies, the original Night of the Living Dead, and (some seasons of) The Walking Dead, as well as demon-zombies like Evil Dead etc, I am not a huge general zombie person/fan. --First intro/set up scene was pretty decent. --The stuff shown during the opening credits was decent, although it also made me wish Tarantino was directing... --The rest feels like a Z version merging of Aliens and something like Ocean's Eleven. Very much so. --Definitely could have trimmed at least 15 minutes and no one would notice. --the daughter was annoying and outside of the parent/child aspect, her subplot could have been removed, honestly --They tried for a tad more characterization then is usual for Z flicks but imo those scenes went on too long and largely just slows the pacing of the film. --a few Z kill scenes here and there were great, far as those things go. --Could've used more twisted humor ... or the opposite, more serious pathos where I might've cared. --Nice cinematography/visuals, looked great on the OLED So to sum up ... if you dislike all zombie movies, nothing here to change your mind. If you love zombie chaos, there's some of that but you may find yourself fast forwarding a little bit through "character" scenes. And after the opening credits, it takes 20+ minutes to get to the main Vegas city part of the movie. Overall ... for a Z flick, it's ok. Maybe a B- at best.

Hubby's away, so I'm going to jack up the volume and watch Army of the Dead. I hear it might be a C+ to B movie. I'll report back in 90 min....wait, it's 2.5 hours long?! ....brunch first then. I'll report in a few hours.

I'm going to comment here since it's a series of movies even if I saw it on Netflix: After rewatching IP Man, I then watched the 2nd and 3rd sequel. I suddenly realized Donnie Yen was one of the guys in the movie Hero. Looks quite different. For somewhat more recent martial arts/fighting movies, I think I like this series the best that I've seen (not that I've seen tons of them). I mean, the plot/conflicts and such is typical, and each successive film is a little lesser and lesser, but those choreographed fight scenes are so good/fun. Donnie Yen is awesome. That is all.

I love Martin and Short but I'm still not going to go back and deal with Hulu's horrible (console) app user interface. I've seen a few other shows (The Kominsky Method is one) that appear to be filled with notable older actors, and they all seem ... possibly lightly amusing but of overall dubious quality/interest, at least to me personally. The glut of things to watch being made these days ... it's no wonder most of them never find much of an audience. If Cheers was made/released today, I bet it would never have become so popular/watched (in terms of ppl even realizing it existed to turn on, perhaps, hahaha) I watched a ... gothic horror/romance? ... called Crimson Peak, because it had Tom Hiddleston. Nice scenery/camerawork and atmosphere, and I liked seeing Jim Beaver as the father, but once it arrived at the spooky mansion my interest faded fast. Not sure why ... too predictable, or I didn't like the female lead chr all that much, perhaps.

Death Stranding - 63GB Borderlands 3 - 121GB (incl. some DLC) FFXV Windows Edition - 172GB (incl. the 60+GB "4k pack") ...worth it to me. But yeah...I have a habit of keeping fave games installed "forever." 2nd game SSD now required to keep O/S SSD non-cluttered. That ME rework tho - that's 120GB for all three games+all DLC, right? It's not just one game install, technically. Not that I'm buying it, either.