LadyCrimson

I sure am glad I bought my 9900K. It's going to last me a long time. Reminds me of buying the 920 actually - glad I bought that one when I did, too. Sometimes it's nice to not be a hype-train or benchmark comparing/caring person.

When you're positive you replied to a thread but don't see it there. Then you wonder if you posted in the wrong thread, but if you did, don't see it either. Then you start wondering if you're dreaming. Anyway, I love those old man Cracked ads, they're hilarious. Too bad they don't make them anymore.

That could be a revealing interesting (or predictable...) forum thread - post a screenshot of the first 'page' of YT recommendation. ...yes mine would have a lot of cats/animals. And today, apparently 9+ videos of "(insert # of hours) soothing sounds of rain to sleep by" because I went to a bookmark of such a video to see if it still existed or should be deleted (the bookmark).

I spent years never even looking at YT's "home page/top url" where all the rec. are. Which is why I suppose I'd not know about memes or whatever for months/years, haha. I'd always just enter YT via my own channel URL and searchbar for stuff. The tablet/phone is where I began finally looking at it sometimes. I still generally avoid it on the PC.

Well those videos I posted disappeared really fast. >.> So here's a simply "cute" video (not funny), because the way Cole loves being petted/does biscuits + close up expressions just makes me melt. Been watching the channel a while and I hope he beats his illness. Sounds hopeful.

*install Dungeon Keeper 1/Gold (GoG version) on current PC for the 1st time* ---oh god the edge scrolling is way too fast and why does it look so pixelated ... oh wait I remember *hit Alt+R* ... there, less pixelated. Also, that seems to slow down the mouse scrolling/game speed, which is perfect. ....it's still installed on the old PC but it's good to know it works ok on Win10/faster PC. Except on Win10 it has this weird "press 1-5 to start game/see options/exit" type of dos menu initial start screen, whereas it doesn't on Win7. Interesting.

Hmm...this might be the one time I don't like playing on the 4k TV. It doesn't look all that bad, actually (no hi-res mods used or anything) and I can take a slightly blurry 4k screenshot for no useful reason (hahaha) but something about it being on the TV feels off, heh.

...and blur. Way too much blur. But yeah, that seems like it should be overkill vs. a must have amount. Weird design choice. Oddly it makes me think of when I first played DK and kept making my workshop bigger and bigger until it practically took up the whole map, because that voice kept saying it was too small and I didn't understand.

I would also like to know why they thought blurring the top section of the screen was something they should do. I can see it in that video review, and people on Steam have posted screenshots/said there's no obvious way to disable it. That would annoy the heck out of me. Oh sure it's something I could put up with if the gameplay design was stellar, but so far doesn't sound like that will be the case, either... why would you do this type of graphic blur for this type of game?

Most (not all, but most) survival type games become a grindfest at some point. Whether for resources or for keeping up repairs or for food stocks or weapons or ammo or whatever it is ... it's the basic gameplay loop after all. Like in 7 Days, I don't know how (or why) anyone would to play the same save to try to reach lvl 300. You'd have your mega base and best gear long long before then and all you'd be doing is grinding upkeep and XP. Or ignoring all of that and building castles instead. Re: Evil Genius 2 - hmm, doesn't sound good. Don't really care about sale prices but does sound like one should wait and see if they fix/change any of these QoL/UI annoyances.

I saw some video that explained one reason some videos have millions of views in less then 24 hrs. Something about the comments. Not the ones under the video, some community thing or something. I forget. The algorithm that has YT recommending some low-count obscure video 7 years after it was uploaded to thousands and thousands of ppl on the same day is a weird one.

Some on Steam are saying the LoD/pop-in is even worse than before, especially when driving. Anyone here notice such? If there's one thing I hate - particularly in supposed "graphic wowzer" games - is texture and other pop-in. Oh well ... I probably won't be able to dedicate to playing games like this for some months anyway (my hands, I mean). I may try to replay this game in 2022, see if they make enough changes where I'll find the gameplay/mechanics a little more interesting for my tastes. Won't expect miracles.

Why does YT keep recommending all these "watching a movie first time reaction" videos? Why do they seem so popular (sorta)? Why are they all approx 30 minutes long (not 18, not 22, not 45, always close to 30). *few hours later* ...well, they're kinda cool for rewatching a movie without actually rewatching the movie...the ones who are calm and have more to say then "cool, I liked it" are more interesting. The ones who like to holler and scream/ham it up get turned off in 60 seconds.

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.

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Yup...History Channel. Haha.

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