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oh hi.
Storm Con is happening in Charleston this weekend!!! I'm so excited! So much gaming to do! So many friends to reconnect with, in person; no more of these computery shenanigans. Not to mention that my friend who is one of the head dudes at the con told me that he nearly fan girl screamed when he saw that Nathan Fillion had started following the con's page. So that's exciting.
That's it. Nothing super nerdy has happened since then. Other than my husband learning Java and nearly killing my PC with his dangerous level of knowledge.
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Peasant Gamer
I am a peasant gamer.
Which means I have next to no disposable income to throw at all the shiny new games I think I want to play.
To buy games I do research to try and divine weather or not I'll actually enjoy said game, then I stalk it till it's somewhere around $10. A lot of times I wait for a 'game of the year' edition or a 'classic'/ 'remastered'/ some one sells their kid's crap on ebay disk. There are very few exceptions to this, like Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch; I bought it used for $30.
And I don't really mind or feel like it holds me back much. Every now and again it's a bit of a pain, some games just never go on sale. Maybe it would matter more if I was into MMO's.
Even so, sometimes I feel like a hipster poser. "Guys, guys, I only play games that are at least a decade old." *laughs* No not really, but it can seem that way sometimes.
I play older games because I'm terribly frugal (i.e. poor by U.S. standards) not because they are necessarily better. I also have the pleasure of talking to other gamers about the older games I just picked up and getting invaluable advice. It's great to actually talk with some one rather than reading text on a screen. Sometimes I even get animated reenactments of ragequit moments. I love it!
This also enables me to afford things like gas, food, and electricity and have some extra money to save for the next Gen system. So yeah it took me 8 years to get my hands on a copy of Witcher but I enjoyed it the same as I would have all those years ago.
I tip my hat to you other budget and peasant gamers out there. We're alright.
[catchy send off phrase here]
To buy games I do research to try and divine weather or not I'll actually enjoy said game, then I stalk it till it's somewhere around $10. A lot of times I wait for a 'game of the year' edition or a 'classic'/ 'remastered'/ some one sells their kid's crap on ebay disk. There are very few exceptions to this, like Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch; I bought it used for $30.
And I don't really mind or feel like it holds me back much. Every now and again it's a bit of a pain, some games just never go on sale. Maybe it would matter more if I was into MMO's.
Even so, sometimes I feel like a hipster poser. "Guys, guys, I only play games that are at least a decade old." *laughs* No not really, but it can seem that way sometimes.
I play older games because I'm terribly frugal (i.e. poor by U.S. standards) not because they are necessarily better. I also have the pleasure of talking to other gamers about the older games I just picked up and getting invaluable advice. It's great to actually talk with some one rather than reading text on a screen. Sometimes I even get animated reenactments of ragequit moments. I love it!
This also enables me to afford things like gas, food, and electricity and have some extra money to save for the next Gen system. So yeah it took me 8 years to get my hands on a copy of Witcher but I enjoyed it the same as I would have all those years ago.
I tip my hat to you other budget and peasant gamers out there. We're alright.
[catchy send off phrase here]
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Quoteables: Sept 2012
I love some of the things that fly out of my compatriot's mouth's while we're off in RPG land having fun. Here are some of the gems that came of Pathfinder.
Ice Giant demi-god: I can give you the power to turn undead.
Shane as Gunyark Bitterbrew (a dwarf cleric who cannot turn undead): I have nothing of you!
Chris as Thunk Not-an-Orc (human druid, usually in beast form, is a panther): But then you'll be WHOOOOLE.
After my character Flannery the Alchemist tells Thunk who has somehow mistaken unsmelted silver for tuna and tries to eat it to let her weigh and measure any of the tuna he eats for an experiment in making people turn blue Page just had to interject OOC.
Page: Hey! Maybe that's why nobility was called 'blue bloods'. It's because they ate off of silver dishes and silverware and turned blue!
Bitterbrew: *goes to open the portcullis with the stairs on the other side*
Thunk: Don't touch! Stairs will escape.
Bitterbrew: What?!
Thunk: Nothing on the other side but Stairs. Portcullis has no reason to be there except for Stairs. So, if opened Stairs will escape.
Bitterbrew: I see you had an extra helping of stupid this morning.
Thunk: Well you had extra helping of SHORT!
OOC banter that makes me laugh every time.
Page: A Horriblist is a person who shoots giant cross bows.
Everyone: WHAT?!
Jex: Maybe if you hold on to the cross bow bolt.
Chris: Then you'd be dead.
Jesse: No, like, hold it backwards, hold the bolt with one hand and with another bolt in the other hand hit the trigger. *makes end over end gesture with his hands*
Ice Giant demi-god: I can give you the power to turn undead.
Shane as Gunyark Bitterbrew (a dwarf cleric who cannot turn undead): I have nothing of you!
Chris as Thunk Not-an-Orc (human druid, usually in beast form, is a panther): But then you'll be WHOOOOLE.
After my character Flannery the Alchemist tells Thunk who has somehow mistaken unsmelted silver for tuna and tries to eat it to let her weigh and measure any of the tuna he eats for an experiment in making people turn blue Page just had to interject OOC.
Page: Hey! Maybe that's why nobility was called 'blue bloods'. It's because they ate off of silver dishes and silverware and turned blue!
Bitterbrew: *goes to open the portcullis with the stairs on the other side*
Thunk: Don't touch! Stairs will escape.
Bitterbrew: What?!
Thunk: Nothing on the other side but Stairs. Portcullis has no reason to be there except for Stairs. So, if opened Stairs will escape.
Bitterbrew: I see you had an extra helping of stupid this morning.
Thunk: Well you had extra helping of SHORT!
OOC banter that makes me laugh every time.
Page: A Horriblist is a person who shoots giant cross bows.
Everyone: WHAT?!
Jex: Maybe if you hold on to the cross bow bolt.
Chris: Then you'd be dead.
Jesse: No, like, hold it backwards, hold the bolt with one hand and with another bolt in the other hand hit the trigger. *makes end over end gesture with his hands*
Monday, September 17, 2012
It's been Toooooo Looooong
Other than the nerve wracking intro to my husband's newest Stress Exercise... er I mean.... Shieldless Chapter I've been on the Island of No RPGing.
I feel kinda sad.
However, I have been glued to the internet, figured out the Nexus 7 Jex bought, and started White Knight Chronicles. Not sure how high up on the nerddom scale that is. But I was declared the TechSupport of our house when we got the internet hooked up and the modem didn't want to communicate with the router. All I did was call internet provider for the IP address and ask for any tips in case it didn't work. It didn't feel like anything Nerdworthy.... but somehow it seems to be viewed that way. *shrugs*
I feel kinda sad.
However, I have been glued to the internet, figured out the Nexus 7 Jex bought, and started White Knight Chronicles. Not sure how high up on the nerddom scale that is. But I was declared the TechSupport of our house when we got the internet hooked up and the modem didn't want to communicate with the router. All I did was call internet provider for the IP address and ask for any tips in case it didn't work. It didn't feel like anything Nerdworthy.... but somehow it seems to be viewed that way. *shrugs*
Friday, July 27, 2012
Numbers and Shapes
So, my little brother is doing Geometry.
He needed help, so I volunteered. Even though I remember next to nothing about the subject.
And you know what?
I have fun.
And not like: "Oh, hey this isn't too bad. Spending quality time with little bro and all that."
No... I'm talking: "Ahhhh! I know that equation! Yay! Right answer! Wait, I don't know this equation. Yay! We figured it out! Woooohoooo!"
.... yeah....
godi'msuchanerd
He needed help, so I volunteered. Even though I remember next to nothing about the subject.
And you know what?
I have fun.
And not like: "Oh, hey this isn't too bad. Spending quality time with little bro and all that."
No... I'm talking: "Ahhhh! I know that equation! Yay! Right answer! Wait, I don't know this equation. Yay! We figured it out! Woooohoooo!"
.... yeah....
godi'msuchanerd
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Epic Birthday
My littlest brother just turned 11.
Makes me feel all old and junk.
For his birthday we went to 'Quazar Laser Tag' in Norwich. Oh yeah right, forgot to mention that I'm in the U.K.
We decided on adults versus kids, the kids took blue and we were left with red. Which is alright by me, red team is better anyways.
In the back ground I could hear my littlest brother and all his pint sized mates talking about who they got to be.
"I want to be Superman."
"Nah dude that's lame, Mr. Fantastic." (how Mr. Fantastic is better than Superman is beyond me.)
"Oh! I'm the Hulk!"
"Dude! Batman!"
Honestly I thought they were playing pretend. You know all the hype with the new Spiderman movie and the (most awesome) Avengers. I figured it was some kind of game within the game we were about to play.
NOPE!
After the first game as I was taking off my laser vest I noticed a slip of paper fixed to the front of the vest. It read: Dracula.
What?
So I look at my dad and ask: "Do you have a name on your vest too?"
Upon inspection he responds positively and says that he is: "Darth Vader."
My mother had noticed and chose to be Skeletor.
The older of my little brothers, Rocker, hadn't noticed either and ended up as King Kong.
My sister, always full of luck, also was clueless and turned out to have Megatron taped to her front.
Which made me think: How cool would it be to actually have a bunch of heroes and villains from various fantasy worlds collide?
Hell, just the idea of Skeletor, Megatron, Darth Vader, and Dracula in the same room makes me stupidly excited. (Though in all honesty they would probably all kill each other.) Sorry King Kong, you're too big for the building.
Ah the random Epic one finds at a birthday party.
Does this mean I'm still 11 at heart? (o.0) Well, Crap.
Makes me feel all old and junk.
For his birthday we went to 'Quazar Laser Tag' in Norwich. Oh yeah right, forgot to mention that I'm in the U.K.
We decided on adults versus kids, the kids took blue and we were left with red. Which is alright by me, red team is better anyways.
In the back ground I could hear my littlest brother and all his pint sized mates talking about who they got to be.
"I want to be Superman."
"Nah dude that's lame, Mr. Fantastic." (how Mr. Fantastic is better than Superman is beyond me.)
"Oh! I'm the Hulk!"
"Dude! Batman!"
Honestly I thought they were playing pretend. You know all the hype with the new Spiderman movie and the (most awesome) Avengers. I figured it was some kind of game within the game we were about to play.
NOPE!
After the first game as I was taking off my laser vest I noticed a slip of paper fixed to the front of the vest. It read: Dracula.
What?
So I look at my dad and ask: "Do you have a name on your vest too?"
Upon inspection he responds positively and says that he is: "Darth Vader."
My mother had noticed and chose to be Skeletor.
The older of my little brothers, Rocker, hadn't noticed either and ended up as King Kong.
My sister, always full of luck, also was clueless and turned out to have Megatron taped to her front.
Which made me think: How cool would it be to actually have a bunch of heroes and villains from various fantasy worlds collide?
Hell, just the idea of Skeletor, Megatron, Darth Vader, and Dracula in the same room makes me stupidly excited. (Though in all honesty they would probably all kill each other.) Sorry King Kong, you're too big for the building.
Ah the random Epic one finds at a birthday party.
Does this mean I'm still 11 at heart? (o.0) Well, Crap.
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