Random Assorted Images From God-Knows-Where
Some creepy, some funny, some Nirvana.
The human race is not as attractive as it would like to be, but somehow it's better that way.
Labels: Blogosphere, Easily Amused (it's a gift), Random, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
- 21 June 2010
Goat Kneecaps
Years ago I started playing a dopey little game called Human Age, which is a French game that was just then getting started in its English version of its first age. As the dev worked on it, first the new age would be in the French version, then it would be translated by volunteers and come out as an English version. I have no clue what the appeal was, aside from the wry names they gave things, and the amusing descriptions of events. I went from being a cave woman to what - a Celtic villager, then an Egyptian, I think. Enj joined and we were married (required for the game in some ages) a couple of times. She leveled up to the Greek Age, but I languished in Egypt helping her alt build a pyramid :-D
Then Enj left, but I persevered and joined the Medieval Age when it opened. There is super complex gameplay, yet nothing at all is stated; we have to figure everything out by trial and error. The main beef with the last age was that certain quests were nearly imposible to do, which seemed to be a way to force players to buy special game busting gods (I never have put one penny into the game, anyway), however the quests in MA are as near-impossible yet without any way to by-pass a step even for filthy lucre.
Did I say it's complex? Each of the clans (I've been an Egghead from the get-go, although our name changes as the ages proceed) has a kingdom, a capital city, and may build villages. One chooses a trade. Everything depends upon everything and everyone else, and I get the sense of the dev thinking, "THAT should keep them busy for a while." Everything can be stolen, and currently other clans are attempting to steal our relics. I must send fifty PMs a day, as we all fuss about our iron ingots and feeding our swine. I recently got married (Ha ha!) to someone who decided it would be a good idea (me: I'm actually a woman, I just didn't like the character picture for women.* Her: I don't care - in fact I usually play as a man but hit the wrong button.). I don't know where she's from - for many players it's a very useful tool to aid in learning English, but I actually have no excuse whatsoever and really just play it out of habit - plus I got to name my monkey Doctor Fireball after my old Turkish camel-game camel, whose memory lives on untarnished :-D
* which is very peculiar in the breast area.
Labels: Easily Amused (it's a gift)
21 November 2009
Your Lips Are Like Petals...
Bwahahaha! I recently brought up the game Flower, and just now spotted it in the online Wired shop with this blurb:
"Playing as the wind, the player guides and grows a swarm of pedals by interacting with other flowers..."
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10 September 2009
I just noticed this - PTBATTD made me notice.
TT = pi
Time Travel = pi (or pie)!
Whoa, dude, cosmic.
I am not sure why I say that, but anyway, as we all know I'm easily amused (it's a gift).
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03 August 2009
I'm Easily Amused
This amused me:
Hello,
Your account has been cancelled.
It was sent by Seagate, who made one of my external drives, and had included with it X months of data storage so I could jam things on the external drive, then also back up by uploading X amount to their data storage facility deep in an abandoned NORAD missile silo (or anyway somewhere). I never could understand why I'd want to do that, so had never uploaded anything. I still can't understand why. If I wanted space out of the room I'd stick it on my host (I thought long and hard when dreamhost had that "unlimited data/bandwidth" birthday deal, then finally decided no, because SOMETHING should limit my overactive production of data, for the good of the planet.)* or burn it to a dvd or something (which isn't fool-proof by any means but so what). Of course, after X months they have tons of yer precious data (whatever that may be), which can be a useful hostage as after that it will be X dollars a month to preserve it.
I think it should've said, "Your account has been cancelled. Good bye," but then I'd have less to feel amused by. /me wonders if she can send Seagate the youtube link.
*Update: Oops, I accidentally upgraded to the infinite plan.
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