Raithe
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heh, and apparently John Carpenter himself showed "Lo Pan Style" at Screamfest the other weekend.
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Yeah. Stopped the launch, got to be Idolised by BoS and FotA upon my return. Although so far I only blew up 25 of the warheads scattered around.. Did find all of Ulysses tapes, so I got his back story fairly well sorted. I'm not sure what it was, Dead Money had that emotional payoff when you faced Elijah, Honest Hearts had that serious storyline that had a bit of emotional punch, OWB had that zany side of B-Movie madness that had you chuckling even while facing the serious "science gone too far" type of crazy and a fairly emotive sequence of end slide. But Lonesome Road.. I don't know. Something about it just hasn't seemed to connect properly. It was ...interesting, but I can't really nail down what I liked or disliked about it.
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Overdosing on strepsils in an attempt to combat a sore throat thats been kicking in the past day or two. When every swallow has that dry, bladed sandpaper feeling and your voice drops down to the depths.. it's not the best of times to be facing a working weekend.
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I've done a blitz through a couple of Baen's eArc's this last month. Weber's latest addition to the Honorverse - Shadow of Freedom, Ringo's return to the Kildar - Tiger by the Tail, and the newest Liaden Universe book - Necessity's Child. Actually re-read a bunch of the Liaden Universe at the start of the month, and I have to admit the best description still sticks with me; "it's like someone threw Star Wars and Pride & Prejudice into a mixer then added some more wit and humour."
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Just finished Lonesome Road for the first time. I am... curiously undecided on just what I make of it.
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Congrats and I hope it continues equally as well into the future.. On my downside, I seem to be developing a rather annoying sore throat and short coughw which is certainly a wonderful start to the week..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiAbDkXDgg
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I guess I'm just that good at lurking inconspicuously in the background.... -
Bout to push some more Fallout New Vegas along before I take a turn on Lonesome Road for the first time. But before I do, I shall have to decide whether to have Veronica stay with the BoS or go Follower this play through... hm. decisions decisions.
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On that side note, still waiting for that Lurking Caped One of the Obsidian Order...
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Hm, I've just lost a companion somehow. Was in the Thorn with Arcade, engaged a couple of matches, left the Thorn and fast travelled somewhere.. only to find my companion wasn't with me. I still had the perk and all that.. but no companion. Went back to the Thorn, he wasn't there. Used the "Companion Dismissal" terminal that's supposed to send companiosn back to their home, and I can't find him at either the Lucky 38 or the Old Mormon Fort...
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So now is the time for the mass catchup of people who joined in the last days/hours and filtering through the threads to double-check..
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I end up trying to fit in bits of general exercise around my daily routine. Do 60-100 squats as I clean my teeth, whenever I've done x around the house then do a quick 20-3o pushups. Just try to get it all into a habit and scattered around what I'm doing normally rather then try to set up an hour or so to do a complete block of exercise all at once with no distractions. That and walking, and some general play with the dogs. I have a couple of free weights as well that I try to use for various shoulder/arm work and clutching at times when I do situps. I try to get in the odd bit of Iaido practice at home as well, but although thats martial arts, it doesn't really fall into heavy workout type...
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Hm, I've realised I've let a huge amount of tv shows stack up that I meant to get around to watching. The last 3 seasons of Fringe, the last season of Nikita, ditto on Supernatural, and Haven... a few others scattered around. Finally managed to sit down and catch the final season of Eureka the other week. I have to admit, that had an odd sort of ending. Wasn't so much any particular wrap-up to life, more just a "and now we're back to normal and waiting for the next usual disaster" type of thing.
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At the moment I am going to focus on thinking up important phrases it would be appropriate to learn in general before spending a few weeks in Mexico-City.. and then I can start pondering on speechwriting.. "I don't understand" "Could you repeat that?" "Which way to the bathroom?" "Where is the embassy?" "What sort of bribe were you wanting?"
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So I'm to be the best man at my friends wedding just outside of Mexico City come April. To which the bride-to-be, has reminded me I need to learn enough spanish to translate my best-man's speech to her family... Although the potentially nerve inducing aspect that the groom's family and friends there will most likely number around a dozen, whilst her family will potentially be in the hundreds... The joys of weddings taking place in foreign countries...
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For the minor rant - Modern jams/preserves you pick up from the local supermarket or chain of stores.. why the hell do they grow fur within a month of opening even if you stick them in the fridge? If I go out and pick up some olde traditional jam home made by some granny at a local church sale, they'll last for bleeding months left on the side with no problem. But modern jams? The whole fershnikt point of a jam is to preserve the damn fruit. So why the hell do they go rotten within such a short time? It's bloody crazy.
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Yeah, unfortunately it would have to be a spiritual successor because Sega hold the rights to AP don't they? The bastards.
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I have to admit, I'm half imagining an Expansion pack in the future which is purely set around a political storyline based on your stronghold... Ramping up on the potential strategic elements of a stronghold, as well as factional reactions in the surrounding areas, quests that sink more time in diplomacy and non-combat skills... Although yes, you need some combat to pace out as well, especially for characters that are much more combat focused then others...
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A dungeon with no story is just senseless. It's pretty much a mass cliche of badly written fantasy gaming modules.. There needs to be a history and a personality to a dungeon. A reason for why its there, and a natural progression from whatever it was built so long ago for, and what is is now and infested with monsters of all varieties. And just because they're monsters, doesn't mean they aren't intelligent and have formed there own tribes, settlements, alliances and differences with other creatures within the depths of it. Just imagine going on some fantasy archeologist quest into this lost place, and not just killing creatures but also getting involved in dialogue with them. Teaming up with the kobolds in x location to help them face the nasty x-spawn from the other, which provides you with access to another area of dungeon.. Havng the history of the place involved in lore and quest decisions as you explore and loot..
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"A Murderer? Trespasser? Tomb-Robber? Thief? No Milord. I'm just an Adventurer!"
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Well from what I've seen the whole thing is a bit of a hybridised beast. Roberts has investors, and they've been working on this for a bit now. The crowd-funding effort is a mixed bit of "getting more money in to do it" and "proof of concept" to people who are already invested in it (whether to prove they can put more money in) and/or to initiate fresh investment from other sources by showing how popular it is still.
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It's possible I might have been playing too much New Vegas of late. I had somewhat odd dreams of chasing an old girlfriend around some post-apocalyptic city and always just missing her whenever I arrived somewhere.... The morning start has been groggy as all get out. And the grey skies and scattering rain isn't helping any.
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I have to admit the whole non-kickstarter thing was something that had me wary. That and the whole "Oh yeah, if you want your money back in case we don't reach our goal, y ou have to tick an extra option and you still won't get all your money back...." Maybe now I'll pledge something. Well, in a few weeks when I hopefully have some free money again. I still need to be able to buy some groceries soon after supporting PE..
