Keyrock

Valewood. Close enough.

I am super slow at playing games too. I like to take my time; it's part of the reason I'm not cut out to play RTSs. I played nearly 4 hours of PoE last night (and recorded 4 LP episodes) and just reached Gilded Vale. I got killed a couple times in Valenwood and made note of places to come back to once I have some companions/am stronger. Turns out, trying to solo a pair of bears with a Barb at lev 2 on hard difficulty, not the best idea.

I spent the day eating pizza, drinking hard cider, and playing PoE. Good times.

Hard, Expert Mode. I may do Trial of Iron and/or Path of the Damned in the future, but not for a first playthrough.

As an aside, I named my piglet "Roberto", not that you can "officially" name him, but that's what I call him.

How do you not name him "Cumberbatch" or "Cumbie"?

Beefstick the Barbarian

I tend to avoid Snyder's work because it's mostly ****, is Sucker Punch worse than usual? It's hard to compare since I too tend to stay away from his work, for the same reasons. The movie tries to relay some deep message about captivity, abuse, and rape, but the narrative is such a mess and so nonsensical that you have to perform Olympic-level mental gymnastic to derive anything out of it. The effects are a mixed bag; some of the CGI is cool, some of it is bloody awful. The action sequences are a complete mess. Really, "a complete mess" is the best way to describe the movie.

It's by some fly-by-night company called "Obsidian Entertainment". Never heard of them. I wouldn't trust them. Label it a "stay away" for now.

Yemen does have some natural resources for us to plunder, right? Sweet, let's do this!

I'm pretty sure Sucker Punch flopped because it was a ****ty movie. No further explanation or delving is necessary nor warranted. The movie sucked > people realized it sucked > it flopped. End of story.

I got Friday off from work, I can play PoE as long as I want tomorrow. Gonna rain all day and night, so nothing else to do anyway.

Marred by the reflection of the fool with the camera! Fool indeed. The build quality on this card is exceptional. By comparison, the card I took out felt like a little plastic toy compared to the precision built professional machine I put in its place. Not that it matters, it could feel like paper-mache so long as it lasts, stays (relatively) cool, and gives me all the FPS. ALL OF THEM. EVERY SINGLE ONE. I don't want any FPS left for the rest of you. I'm greedy like that.

Steam, because of the convenience of auto-updates and the built in social functionality, even if this isn't a multi-player game. Had GOG's Galaxy client been out at this point I maybe would have decided differently, but it isn't.

No, not really.

I figured it might be good to pass the time until PoE releases with some chill underwater exploring in World of Diving

/sets down pitch fork //douses torch ///goes over to grinding wheel to sharpen axe, just in case

I just put up a listing on Ebay.

Aww yeah, something arrived for me today and it's sexy... and overpriced. Check out his overpriced sexiness:

That has got to be a joke, right? Because, come on. Seriously.

Meanwhile, in Japan... https://youtu.be/bbjpyMJ4TaE Thank goodness there is at least one country left in the world with a sense of humor.

You'll have the option to choose from the backer portal when the keys are released. Thanks.

Wait, they're sending keys already? I didn't even get to choose whether I wanted Steam or GOG yet. Did I miss something?

Finished BInfinite's main campaign. My earlier thoughts on the game stand, it's good but not great. The story is cool so long as you turn your brain off and play along without thinking anything through. Still, I did blow through the game in about 4 or 5 days, and not because it was particularly short (wasn't particularly long either), but because I wanted to keep playing it and to see it through, so it's got that going for it. I'll play Burial at Sea sometime in the future (not now because PoE is almost here), hopefully that's better than the main campaign.

I'm sure that it's not the actual reason, but I explain it to myself as Geralt having lost a step as he's gotten older and being smart enough to swallow his pride and put on a little extra protection to make up for his diminished agility. Thank goodness they didn't go down the outrageously over stylized armor with disgustingly gargantuan pauldrons look that's all the rage these days. Edit: I want to wield that pole axe in the second picture.