LadyCrimson

I watched their 9 minute video re: Biomutant. Something about it felt off. I don't know, it doesn't look very interesting ... maybe they just made a terrible video. At any rate, never had intentions to pre-order. I'll wait for review/more info. The way they sorta disappeared for so long can't help but make you wonder.

Rented and tried to watch Tenet. Unfortunately the sound mixing (and more specifically, Amazon Prime's streaming audio, whatever they are using) was horrendous. I mean usually you can at least find some tolerable ratio between the extra loud music and needing to hear/understand whispering dialogue, but this was horrible. It might've been a good - or at least interestingly weird - movie, but we gave up and turned it off after 30 minutes. I think we may need to try investing in one of those fancy 90210.231 Dolby 50 speaker sound systems or something, just to see if that actually handles this modern day sound-mixing, vs. "2.1" (speakers, maybe a sub woofer). Or attach to an actual stereo receiver with a mega equalizer unit. Ridiculous.

Count me in the camp of those where some games, no matter how much you loved them years ago ... for some you can still replay/don't care about either looks, mechanics or QoL thingies, others you just can't go back. I mean I suppose if I tried hard enough I could, but it's not like I'm not familiar with them already so the motivation to force yourself into the past isn't there as much. I notice they have Biomutant on their front page now, with "soon" - does this mean it might truly be releasing "soon?" I'd kind of given up on that game...

I am jealous because my name doesn't seem to lend itself to anything nearly as stately and mature.

LOL Oops, didnt even see/notice that possibility. Everyone used to ask if I liked the color because of the username.

Wait, you can change your user name on your own, now? Hmmmmmm.... "CatLadyWithNoCats" "LCdoesntactuallylikethecolorred" "WhereNoOneKnowsMyNameAgain" "YouCanCallMeLC"

I can't decide if I like this avatar better than the previous one. This one is more in line with my current extra grumpy/bored old fart self but the other one was cuter and caffeinated-kitten is what I'm like in my good/hyperactive moods. Maybe I should just switch them back and forth as a mood indicator. *stares down the hall at hubby's office door* ... is if 5pm yet? I'm so bored and my hands hurt. Hubby, entertainnnnnnnnnnn me. Or at least give me snuggles. Snuggles makes grumpy cat go away.

Also:

Yup...History Channel. Haha.

Best western novel I've ever read. Thanks, RIP.

I don't even care if they can fight, provide food, or help you in any way. Just be a deco companion that follows me around and be cute as a button. Or if useful at all - tiger/panther mounts, like in that Neverwinter mmo. Yeah, I remember those. WoW, too. All fantasy-ish open-worlds should have panther riding mounts. F* horses.

I finally found the perfect spot for a plateau/cliffside castle. Now the problem is trying to think of design. What's there is a few initial supports (supports go all the way down to bedrock) and testing. Need to figure out the blocks for building better towers and such. Gosh I love building (and the freedom about it) in this game. They have yet to let us raise/farm the chickens and rabbits, let alone the mt. lions, in 7 Days. All we can do is chase/kill them. If they add pet cats in your game, I'll rely on you to let me know. ... half the reason I kept playing Path of Exile was all their deco cat pets....

I read a review then saw the trailer for "Nobody" - now I desperately want to see it but it probably won't be streaming until late April. Bob Odenkirk getting mad and kickin' butt, must watch. I expect the movie itself to be simply serviceable but predictable - but he in that kind of role - totally my thing.

Uh, no, no it wasn't. Probably got dumped in a neighbor's garage mail slot instead. It's not really worth debating over tho ... I'll probably just try to order it again if neighbors don't bring it by in another day or two or something.. In other daily news, one of hubby's workers has Covid. He was one of the few that was actually in the office a fair bit this month (the place is largely empty most of the time). So hubby can't go in the office himself (IT/network server ppl need to do that sometimes) until it's been cleared or something. The guy's in his early 30's and has diabetes issues. Hubby hasn't seen him in person for a couple weeks or been in the office this week so probably no worry there. Hope the guy ends up ok. He was extra careful because of his condition but can't be careful enough these days I guess.

Let's see ... the highest you can place a block is at 254M. If I build a single block column starting at 65M (typical not-mountain height is 55-65M), it takes 189 blocks to reach the limit. So seemingly, one block = 1M. My character is definitely taller than one block, so "M" is unlikely to stand for "Mile" ... thus I'll assume it's for "Meter" ... which means the max building height from 65M would be approx ... 620 feet? That doesn't seem very high, considering tallest in real world are 1800+ feet. Oh sure I could dig to bedrock and add maybe another 150 feet, but that section would be "underground" - unless I feel like digging up the entire world down to bedrock - and it's not the same. So much for my plan to build a version of 432 Park Avenue or similar. I am disappoint! Oh well, probably for the best, since often grand plans, not always enough patience.... Also: to place blocks without cheat-flying, one hits the jump key and quickly places a block under the 'feet', re-landing on the newly placed block, over and over. Then at the top, you just skydive off, die, and respawn on your bedroll. Repeat until you have your main vertical supports up, then start trying to create/connect all the floors/walls/whatever, using ladders (where's my elevators!) and makeshift scaffolding, of a sort, while now trying to not purposefully skydive.

Sorry, I missed this before - I can understand that pov. The main reason the video sorta made me want the game is so I could try "breaking" it too. I mean let's face it, overall there's only so many ways you can do a crafting/survival+action game. There's going to be one (maybe) or two that fits a personal playstyle/game mechanics preference. I feel like Valheim has too much focus on boss fighting which isn't really my thing anymore, if it ever was. I'd probably play it (because it has a different aesthetic vs. 7 Days) if I could remove most of that and just creatively build mountain castles/towers that most players would never have the patience to make legitly. Ages ago, before all this 3D pc gaming, I used to want a copy of AutoCad or similar so I could design floor plans because I'm weird like that. I still haven't gotten far in No Man's Sky. I like its exploration feel and the theoretical possibilities, but something about it did not inspire the "one more hour" type of feeling for me.

You can "mod" a lot of things in 7 Days very easily, it's just a matter of changing or deleting etc. lines in the .xml sheets. Not a big deal outside of the time it takes to hunt and peck for the right lines (alter or remove the "wrong" lines and you'll get all kinds of errors, haha). Although these days you can create/dump them into a Mods folder so updates don't constantly revert all the tiny line changes you made, back again. Or for more extensive mods some make that include more scripting or graphic reworks.

Saw some YT video that reminded me I saw this movie in the theater back when - had a teenage bf who loved such movies. Anyway, I remember thinking it was entertaining even then, and nostalgia has me wanting me to say it was one of those "most 80's 80's" type of movies. So much cheese and Bruce Lee homages. The slow mo arm waving - one of those Bruce Lee homages - at around 3:25 is gold (warning, end fight spoiler, if anyone cares). Sho Nuff! Also, that song was awesome.

I have now modded 7 Days where max chr. level is 5 (normally 300) but I get a lot of skill points each level. This is an experiment in game stage workings. I still don't really understand game stage, except that days survived + character level + many deaths vs. no deaths somehow dictates when and how often/many the harder crazy zombies start spawning all the time. I found a readable "skill book" that gave me more damage ... against humans. There are no humans in the game. I know there are going to be bandits later but what is the point of putting that in the game now? Maybe if you want to PvP (most people don't/it's not highly supported). Whatever. They updated to version 19.4 but I didn't feel like updating for tiny changes/fixes. I'll just wait for A20 instead and continue farting around with 19.3.

I was all about Data, just like I was all about Spock. Not that I didn't love Q and Picard too. Almost everyone else just sort of faded into the background. Beverly had one or three good episodes, one really horrible episode and otherwise was just there. One of the better Troi episodes (imo) was Face of the Enemy. I think the actress was more effective/better ability showcased during such moments vs. the bland and neutral therapy/empathy role she was usually scripted into. Plus how interesting can you make a variation of "What are you sensing?" "I'm not sure." all the time? It was almost her version of "Hailing frequencies open".

Won't be long before I'll figure why bother buying on original release - wait 2-3 years and you'll get the new and improved, extra features, no bugs, remaster version. Y'all developers/publishers aren't tricking me into double-buying again! Nope, nosiree, neveragainever! What? No that isn't a bridge in my pocket.

...I've had some "Chinese jalapeno chicken" that definitely had too much "pepper." I'm very tolerant of jalapeno's and some hot sauces but even I was picking half of these out so my insides wouldn't be burning holes re: the amount ingested. Black pepper ... generally on a steak or something tho you can crust the whole thing with black pepper or whatever and it's fine. Red pepper "flakes", jalapeno's are usually what I use - I like them best w/stir frying and soy sauce based sauces, mostly. Habanero's and the like can just stay out of my kitchen outside of a dash of some sauce maybe. All this talk of pepper - I now want some "street tacos."

I'm so sick of the unyielding metal finger splints, where you can't feel anything, it's like wearing metal gloves... so I tried wrapping the velcro strips around my knuckles instead. Seems to work to keep the joints from auto-curling/sticking into bent "trigger" position, no popsicle stick required. Good enough for day use anyway, just wear metal splints at night. I might even be able to use a game controller (clumsily). Not that I should... Apparently "trigger thumb/finger" tends to be more common with diabetic people, RA, and older women. And pc users/some jobs, I'm sure. Sigh. *grumpy deformed claw, cat*