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More Morrowind, I spent freaking hours tracking down souls for my Telvanni stronghold, turns out I needed Storm Atronachs and not Frost Atronachs so I need to do it all over again, derp.

I got a haircut in my parents' village, I dunno whether it's the lighting or if maybe the mirror is cursed but I always look freaking terrible in there

1980 – The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast. My birthday was apparently uninteresting

Windows 8 makes me think I'll probably be clinging to Win7 for about as long as I clung to XP, barring some great Linux gaming revolution I'll check back on Microsoft in 2019

I finally managed to play a few hours of Morrowind and enjoy it, I'm currently building my Telvanni stronghold but I've been slacking with my wizardy skills, dunno if I'll be powerful enough to complete the whole house quest line until I've returned from all my godkilling adventures. Yeah, Skyrim broke me, I'll maybe come back to it next year after all the DLC has been released but I played so much Skyrim that even Oblivion tempts me more...

I love that they got the guy who played him to do the elevator bit

OWB was pretty tough for me too, I remember the turning point being when I upgraded the sonic gun thingy, if it wasn't for that gun being so lethal to robots I'd probably have turned down the difficulty to easy for a while...a desperate last resort for me.

Yeah I heard there's been some major butthurt over the 4th gen coming out so soon, it looks like a significant update but convincing my dad to wait will be pretty tough, he's not well and wants a new toy before he's too ill to enjoy it.

Whenever RT reports on Russian events I tend to be as sceptical as I am of the BBC's ability to fairly report British events but RT's hosts often impress me with their knowledge of the subject, especially compared to their US counterparts.

Yeah I've seen quite a few combinations of frozen gibs but that tops them all, maybe it's because the Fiend was crossing the boundary of a cell when you shot him

Thanks for the replies, it does seem like Apple will be the way I go, the whole ring fenced kiddy's playpen thing seems perfect for older people and I'm relieved that there are 3rd party video players available, re-encoding all my dad's stuff would have sucked.

My cynical side says it's BS, doesn't sound right to me...I want it to be true though

That's creative. The only thing I remember doing in Sims1 was the drowning thing. heh. Yeah I think drowning in the pool was the only real way to kill a sim, Jimmy Jr ended up joining the military (and walking through the wall) to get away from me

I used to torture my Sims, I remember bricking up young Jimmy Skag Jr into his own tiny little prison, he had a roaring fireplace and a canvas on which he could paint his despair

Any alcohol I suppose, I'm not a daily drinker but recently I got a bit hooked on Kopparberg pear cider, it's easy to drink and doesn't hit you hard, like a nice relaxing sedative. The only downside is I feel a bit dull during the day and I've put on some weight so I'm packing it in...until the weekend

I'm currently nibbling my way through Moving Pictures but my brain is having trouble with books and games at the moment, I generally find it hard to read Terry Pratchett's earlier books but this one is pretty well structured, it's a shame that I'm auto-piloting through it.

My dad has been pestering me for weeks to figure out what kind of tablet device would suit him, I'm clueless about the options but my instincts tell me suck satan's shlong and go with Apple. My main problem is the ring fenced way Apple works, I'm guessing he can't just drag and drop his files to it and the lack of Flash will definitely give me headaches when he asks why half his web sites don't work properly I've seen a few of the alternatives and most don't seem as refined as the iPad when it comes to ease of use, my dad is over 70 and I need a tablet that won't cause us both headaches or make him regret buying it. I also dread seeing my dad waste money on apps so I'd definitely prefer a platform with less emphasis on parting fools with their gold, can anyone give me some suggestions?

Day 3 of not drinking (gorgeous) pear cider to avoid my problems, yay for self control!

I don't mind some fetch quests, it'd be rather unnatural to have a world where no one needs anything fetching, I'd also argue that fetch quests can be interesting if there's some plot based motivation beyond getting old Granny Jones her bag of apples. *edit* The Chanter's board from Dragon Age is a good example of crappy fetch quest filler, it's just busywork with barely a single interesting result

Not exactly a smoking gun but the cynic in me finds the idea very plausible.

Whenever Coke gets a new president things surely change a bit, but he still wants to sell you some Coca Cola.

I should give The Walking Dead another try some time, I actually gave up on it because the show's soundtrack is heavily compressed, the sucking sensation during every "silent" moment as the compressor/limiter pulls up the noise floor so you can hear all the hiss and crickets in the distance...maybe it's just the TV broadcast or maybe it's an intentional effect but I can't stands it

Feeling bad for myself, eating and playing video games is normal for me

Had a really long talk with a girl I know, we're both going through similar (illness in family) stuff so it was nice, I didn't feel like I was putting my crap on her plate like I do with other people, if she wasn't utterly obsessed with a friend of mine I'd show serious interest in her

For some reason I love rowing machines, they're the only thing in a gym I can use for long periods without getting bored, looking forward to receiving a hand me down soon, apparently heavy duty