Gorth

I think longevity and obsessing over may not always be the same, but rather than creating a long list of games in each category, I'll just give the short version: Games I keep playing over and over are the ones where *I* create the story (emergent?). Doesn't prevent other games where somebody tells you good story from being great, but it will rarely beat your own stories for longevity.

I just find it slightly amusing that most of the "rednecks" shown in popular entertainment is waving the navy ensign flag, thinking it was the national flag. Talk about rebels without clues...

Feeling old and tired. Don't remember much of what I did the last week. Tried to focus on a task with the result that the absence of braincells for motor skills lead me to drop a cup of coffee on the floor. Ah well, annual leave is only 6 months off

I'm probably the opposite. I like the PS:T style layout, as long as it takes up as little space as possible As long as the hotkey configuration is good (i.e. not wasting ui space on 'clickable' buttons) I'm fine with the bare minimums being shown (portraits and text feedback box). Edit: Of course, configurable is better, that way I can put the parts on the right side, top side or a bit here and there. Some things just needs to be visible most of the time.

Splitting my limited time between Europa Universalis III (with latest patches) and Swtor. Caved in on the latter and spent a bit of money on "cosmetics". Some choices early on before getting familiar with the game just irked me constantly. For four dollars I could remedy that. Tried an experiment, because the flashpoints seems completely unbalanced when it comes to providing social points. Unless you spend all your time from level 10 to 15 hanging around in the groupfinder queue and do the Esseles/Black Talon constantly (with social point boosts), forget about ever getting any. Gorths workaround: Create a F2P account (ok, preferred status actually, just for the sprint) and level up a pair of toons (one dark, one light) and group up with my main characters. My high level guys kills anything that moves and the b-team just joins the conversations. Problem solved (and gives more SP in 30 minutes of "soloing" than 8-10 hours of grinding the later FP's). Plus, the b-team ends up with some nice gear, despite the f2p limitations.

My memory may be a bit fuzzy, but I seem to remember that part of the legitimacy is that you are easily identifiable as a "combatant" before you start randomly killing people, even if your targets are in uniform. I'm fairly sure the UK killers didn't go around in uniforms (or even armbands or similar) that identified them visually as belonging to a faction officially at war with the UK. There is a reason why getting caught "out of uniform" is a bad idea in a war zone. This wasn't war. It wasn't terrorism either. It was "simple" murder by deranged individuals, most likely with too much time on their hands and listening too much to local demagogues.

Fixed. One of my all time favourite games still runs on the emulators... Damn upstart PC and it's inferior hardware.

I didn't try driving "automatics" for real before moving down under. Seems like all rental cars come with it. Sort of miss the manual control sometimes. At least my motorcycle is still manual

It's like when I have to decide on a glass of Cognac. One one hand, it tastes good, it makes me feel good, it is good. On the other hand, it's alcohol and intake should be limited, it's expensive, so resources are taken from elsewhere and so it is bad. There, covered both sides, ain't I clever? Now hand me the Cognac glass...

It's called "growing up" Only half joking, your taste buds actually gets reduced in numbers and sensitivity as you get older. I recommend Green Curry Chicken and Vindaloo

Carpet bomb the area with Nitrous oxide? When everybody is sitting down giggling, go around and ID those of interest and do whatever you need to do (while the rest is laughing at the hilariousness of it). Ok, maybe not practical, but sometimes you need to think outside the box

I remember watching it 20 something years ago. Still one of the best movies ever

For some reason, the first sentence that sprang to mind was 'There can be only one!'. I know, not particularly funny nor appropriate. Doesn't change that it was the first thought though. Probably because of the absurdity of the situation and the trouble with trying to understand the equally absurd mindset behind the act.

Slightly unrelated, but I'm curious to see what Intels plans are for the Xeon E5 series. They talk about a V2 on current technology to be followed by another version built on Haswell technology. So much for my plans for building an actual workstation early next year.

There is a risk of camels turning into a pest in Australia. Just waiting for the great "safari" where you can go hunting for feral camels and hang their stuffed heads over the fireplace. Edit: In Hungary, Ass bites you! Apparently, Donkeys are lethal predators in Hungary.

Maybe Boeing wants to hire her for future airplane designs?

Haven't really thought about this for years... usually it's game soundtracks that keeps popping up Just a few that stick out. Accept - 'Staying Alive' Led Zeppelin - 'II' Led Zeppelin - 'IV' Fleetwood Mac - 'Live' Pink Floyd - 'The Delicate Sound of Thunder' Lord of The Dance Soundtrack - Self Titled? (Mostly for nostalgic reasons because I went and see the show back when they were touring Europe) Queen - 'Live Killers' Queen - 'A kind of Magic' Well, those were the 'albums' I could remember playing a lot over the years. Having a few hundred CD albums, there are probably some runners up and momentarily forgotten ones.

Just to add to the consensus, GIMP is an excellent package if you don't have/want Adobe software. Not an Adobe fan myself, having found PDF alternatives, I'm looking for a way to get rid of Flash for good.

1) Whatever you can wrestle to the ground and kill with your hands/legs/teeth... 2) Hunting dachshunds would be Ok I suppose, if you turn them into hotdogs. Bring mustard, campfire and sticks to roast the dachshunds on.

Consider it done...

Besides the previous stuff, the rather frequent blackouts in my suburb eventually became one too many (3 times in one week), so I added an UPS to the list. It just happens too often and for hours at a time. While it only provides between 2 and 8 minutes running time, at least it's enough to do a proper shutdown. Scheduled to arrive Monday.

I don't know if I was a late comer (picked it up at full price), but I was definitely one of the majorly disappointed ones. It felt like Pac-Man was a better tactical game. I don't remember my commentary then, but probably amounted to something along the lines of style over substance. Together with Tombraider Anniversary one of the few games I can't be bothered to even try finishing.

"I shall not confront Drowsy Emperor as an enemy, but welcome his cookies as gifts to be cherished." -Gaian acolyte prayer ...do not trust Geeks bearing gifts.

Yeah this is a big problem for TOR. Most MMO's slowly add in new lower level areas, giving players alternate ways to progress. TOR is sort of designed to not allow that. It is too linear. Well, they could start by replacing some of the 'Heroics-X' stuff with story stuff... Also, I feel a bit sad, that out of my nice collection of assault cannons and sniper rifles, there are two characters (possible some later companions) that can use them. Not necessarily asking for more base classes, but a few more advanced classes would be nice. Not sure if I'll get the cat people or not (always thought 'Juhani' (sp?) felt out of place in Kotor). On the other hand, traveling interstate and unable to play for the time being, I just out of curiosity clicked on the 'discuss this' button on the web site. Jeebus, I can understand if the Bioware guys don't bother listening to people anymore. 14+ pages of ranting and self entitlement issues. The abuse and the accusations were grotesque. I think I might buy it just out of spite

Those who have known him for a while wouldn't place bets