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Certainly. The romantic in me leans into the sweet gestures of life.. The cynic in me contemplates on the manipulations behind them.. Depending on the mood, one can rate higher then the other. Besides, it's almost impossible to be a cynic if you didn't have some streak of romanticism to start with... One that usually ends up crushed before the cynicism really flows..

You mistake me Hurlshot, I'm not being negative there. It's always nice to see a relationship that's really, deeply in love grow strong. As opposed to just a "nice, friends with attraction and feel compatible and with a dose of lust" that so many seem to go with. But part of that is when it can go wrong, it's a fair piece of hell to recover from. Even with the way it can still hurt even now, if I got the freaky, sci-fi chance to go back and stop it from happening I wouldn't. The good times, and the feelings together were bloody good and worth the pain afterwards. It's just.. really, really not fun having it linger on years after and occasionally slice into the consciousness when something causes it to flare up. That and the emotional scarring makes it really hard to move on with new people and let the same thing (potentially) happen again. I'm a cynic. I'm a romantic. I'm a tad jaded. And I'm just a touch soul-burnt over it all. But I'd still rather have people I know enjoy the fruits of honest love if they meet the person that actually kindles it.

I had that happen once. It was great, right up until the point it all went horribly, horribly wrong. And now I am emotionally scarred and my soul will be bleeding for the rest of my life... Saviour the moments you have together, build good memories, and may it actually last and grow.

Vaguely referring I assumed it was something in that vein and pulling that from my memory.. but you never know if there'd been more then one statement along those lines. But yeah, Hudson really was quite emphatic about it... so I'd lay odds the rumourmill is picking up something ME Universe-related but not ME3 itself... Unless something really bizarre has happened.

Someone's watching a string of Johnny Cash documentaries.. and I don't know if its catching some of that music in the background, but I've slid into a really depressive feeling as the afternoon has worn on... I'm trying to cheer myself up by thinking it's only about 16 days before Deus Ex is released. But then I'm bouncing back on my graphics card dying bit.. and I'm trying to limp on a little more with it before having to spend money on the replacement. It's the whole "I can kind of deal with crash outs and a few display glitches.. so until it really , truly dies....." Of course, it looks like that's going to happen any day now..but I'm nursing it along...

Yes, wasn't it Casey Hudson who gave that answer? The whole.. "No we aren't having multiplayer in ME3, because it's the wrap up to the trilogy, we wanted to concentrate on the important things rather then waste resources. But we might do multiplayer in other games set in the ME universe" type of thing as I recall..

Been getting in some reading while the collected soundtracks to Guild Wars played in the background... Jeremy Soule does some nice music.

Hmm. Steam has the assorted FO:NV dlc with a few quid off each.. I'm being tempted to pick the three up in one fell swoop... Been resisting the urge until the whole lot had been released but I'm feeling an urge for some gaming.. Oh the agonies...

Just to pre-empt the games proper release.. but this tunes been out awhile now and is rather stonkingly moody..

Doing the mild snoopy happy dance for wrapping up a gathering of research. Well, at least this stage. That and pondering whether to wake the puppy up to get him running around the garden while I take a break. Important quotes to go with that.. If violence wasn?t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth. Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence. That which does not kill you has made a tactical error. There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload.'

You could always dig around on the thread... I'm pretty sure a couple of people here tried the leaked "press demo" version and gave some comments on that first 10 hours. I stayed on the moral high horse and didn't try it. That and I didn't want to spoil any of the anticipation...

It's amusing science.. Swede arrested for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen

Been swearing at word for the auto-formatting it keeps trying to do regardless of what I want. I know there's got to be a switch somewhere to turn all of that off... Urf , either way I'm getting that annoying knuckle/finger ache from too much typing. Hm, and the weather is turning a tad clammy again...

Being a little spacey/dizzy today for some reason but struggling onwards. Bout to grab some cheese on toast for lunch nibbles. Heh, just digging out stuff from the freezer..and found some smoked salmon that apparently was put there in '92... Now I'm going to have to de-thaw it just to see what condition its in...

Was woken up this morning by the door banging open as the alsatian surged through it..then leapt through the air to land on my bed. Not the best start of the day to my mind. The rain turned on last night and has kept up through the morning, it's looking fairly grim and grey out.. while staying somewhat muggy rather then clearing the air. I'm actually only just finishing off my first cup of tea of the day and trying to push myself into getting back to the paperwork...

.. And my mother managed to stab herself in the foot when she dropped a steak knife. The joys of going from dinner to dealing first aid and cleaning up blood.

Is this meant to flow along the lines of "I would never join a club that was willing to accept me as a member"?

Wasn't doing too badly today, and then out of nowhere I've had one stab-heavy headache kick in on my frontal lobe. Nibbling a real lancashire eccles cake for some of that added sugar and taking some paracetamol with a fresh cup of tea to see if that chases it all away.

If ya don't want the answer.. you shouldn't use the question mark...

Let's see... Debut Teaser (not much to that one...) GD10: Teaser Trailer E3 2010 : Trailer GC10 Gameplay Reveal Trailer TGS 10: A New Manl Trailer Penetrate the Penthouse Gameplay Trailer CG Director's Cut Trailer Adam Jensen Profile Trailer Three Ways Trailer Sarif Industries Trailer E3 2011 Discovery Trailer Conspiracies Trailer Purity First PropagandaTrailer Anatomy of a Hack E3 2011 Mechanics Walkthru Behind 2027 Part I: World Behind 2027 Part II: Cities Behind 2027 Part III: Combat Behind 2027 Part IV: Stealth There's a few assorted developer diaries and interviews scattered around as well....

One more trailer type to whet the anticipation.. DEHR: Exclusive Adam's Quest Trailer

Also.. potential radioactivity causing mutations.. Could mean you actually might end up encountering a girl with three boobs.. Ever since Total Recall.. that's been one weird ass mental image.

I need to seriously kick myself in the arse today. The mornings constant interruptions messed up my mental rythm and left me wandering in circles, then the weather turned heavy, oppressive and sappingly muggy..which led to procrastination and just minor pokes rather then focused problem-solving. Thus I have been crappily productive when i should know better.

The question isn't "is the cup half full or half empty", the question is whether the liquid in said container is radioactive..."

Yup, it's why I'm doing the happy dance..