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Post by scamander on Mar 5, 2020 12:00:08 GMT
morning all, Got back into Skyrim last night. A determined effort to finish the dlc. Rome 2 is great but I don't have 6 minutes to wait at the end of a turn. I have sragons to avoid. Sweet swerve from Far Cry. I planned on picking it up on the way home but it was raining. Great story. |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 5, 2020 12:24:06 GMT
1. The Atevi - C J Cherryh / Foreigner series 2. Creideiki - Startide Rising / David Brin 3. The Hani - C J Cherryh / Compact Space - esp Pride of Chanur* 4. Krakens - John Wyndham / ...wakes. or Chocky dammit or AoW3 5. Gethenians - Ursula K. Le Guin / The Left Hand of Darkness** 6. The Klingons - list without ST? nope... or Spock... 7. Swine-Things - The House on the Borderland / William Hope Hodgson*** 8. Grephs - Jack Vance / The Dragon Masters - frankly this position is nonsense... Vance most influential sf fantasy writer ever. If you haven't read any then when you do, you will be struck by how many other writers borrow from him. 9. The Narn (RIP G'Kar) - B5 ... you could add The Vorlons, the Drakh... 10. The Pequeninos - Speaker for the Dead / Orson Scott Card. 11. (boooo...) Vashta Nerada / Silence in the Library *Teenage daughter? A universe with a race ruled by women, trying to save the Compact from war engineered by male dominant species ... **Got anyone who's still concerned about gender issues - this is a head first dive into those issues by an author who writes beautiful English ***Sadly Hodgson died 19 April 1918 at Ypres, his output greatly reduced by WW1... Borderlands was why the Afterbox Abyss appealed so strongly and the book gave me serial nightmares... Piccy: isn't Jago stunning? (the Atevi are much taller than humans)... there's no quick payoff with this series. You have to concentrate like crazy otherwise the plot threads will drop out of your grasp, but I haven't read a richer, more satisfyingly adult evocation of an alien species and its interaction with humankind. |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 5, 2020 12:30:04 GMT
Where the hell do you people get time to read books? Answers on a postcard. Reading for an hour each day will destress you and prolong your life. It is more effective than Valium for relieving anxiety and depression... Try it |
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Post by cobblers on Mar 5, 2020 12:39:13 GMT
Hail! King of the Nerds!
That’s how you do it in the big leagues.
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Post by cobblers on Mar 5, 2020 12:51:55 GMT
[Reading for an hour each day will destress you and prolong your life. It is more effective than Valium for relieving anxiety and depression... Try it Just don’t try it with The House on the Borderlands... I finally got round to The King in Yellow by Chambers the other day. I’d say that’s equally relaxing. |
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Post by amipal on Mar 5, 2020 12:54:40 GMT
Where the hell do you people get time to read books? Answers on a postcard. Reading for an hour each day will destress you and prolong your life. It is more effective than Valium for relieving anxiety and depression... Try it Its getting an hour of free time that's the problem... I think that when FFVII Remake hits the amipal household, I'll have plenty of time to myself. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Mar 5, 2020 13:02:13 GMT
amipal, my own experience tells me that you can win back some valuable time if you start half assing everything in your life. I am worried that those videos you make are too professional and energetic, and that you are showing high levels of commitment to your hobby. Admittedly, you will inevitably waste the half-assing time dividend by half-assing whatever it is you do instead, but who fucking cares?
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Post by gongfarmer on Mar 5, 2020 13:21:51 GMT
Afternoon
3 hours a day commute gives loads of time for audiobooks. Just finished HP Lovecraft's Necronomicon.
GAnes! DQB2.... I have a lil doggy now. Great.... another game where I can pet imaginary dogs while not walking my own flesh, blood, and flatulent one.
Lunchblog! - due to a burst water pipe there is no food therefore I have had to rely on my emergency stash. 2 mugs of 'Aromatic Thai Noodles'. Made in Leeds on an industrial estate, and past their best before date. Nevermind it's...
FirstThursdayCurryClub! - tonight it's a Nepalese Indian with a Gurkha twist. I shall have the Yak Vindaloo if it's an option.
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Post by amipal on Mar 5, 2020 14:45:29 GMT
amipal, my own experience tells me that you can win back some valuable time if you start half assing everything in your life. I am worried that those videos you make are too professional and energetic, and that you are showing high levels of commitment to your hobby. Admittedly, you will inevitably waste the half-assing time dividend by half-assing whatever it is you do instead, but who fucking cares? Thanks for the tips, but could I half-arse it instead? |
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Post by scubar on Mar 5, 2020 14:49:04 GMT
Maybe you could half-ass your half-assing.
Quarter-assing, if you will.
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Post by amipal on Mar 5, 2020 14:50:37 GMT
Maybe you could half-ass your half-assing. Quarter-assing, if you will. Someone knows how to ass an onion. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 5, 2020 15:15:58 GMT
So this "self isolating" thing means that gamers are going to inherit the Earth. That's nice. For years I've worked diligently on my backlog in anticipation of this kind of situation. I'm prepared. |
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 5, 2020 15:43:49 GMT
Morning Everyone. I'm not reading all that.
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 5, 2020 15:49:50 GMT
Morning, Shenguin.
Busy with chores and stuff around the house that isn't gaming. This self-isolation isn't working for me the way I thought it would. Also, it's premature as I feel disgustingly healthy. But I've just seen more Animal Crossing gameplay and I can predict with confidence that I'll just lock myself into a room to play it.
Lunch: Selection of continental cold meats, the "sliced antipasto selection", a steal at half price. Served with bread and beer.
DQB2: After five to six re-designs my new castle front is almost complete and the building once more has a roof, although I kept falling off. I want to attach more banners to the front, but they are all at different heights and so I'm having trouble organising my scaffolding. I'm now more than ready to move on to the endgame.
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Post by Faceless on Mar 5, 2020 16:02:47 GMT
Hello,
James: Yes. Some more spideyman. I'm up to 65%. Going to ignore the main mission for now and clear some of the busywork from the map.
I also downloaded demos for DQB2, DQXI, and FFVIIr. Probably won't play any of them.
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Francis Begbie Book Review
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Post by Francis Begbie Book Review on Mar 5, 2020 16:07:37 GMT
See if it wis up tae me, ah'd git ivray fuckin book n pit thum oan a great fuckin pile n burn the fuckin loat. Aw books ur fir is fir smart cunts tae show oaf aboot how much shite thuv fuckin read. Ye git aw ye fuckin need tae ken ootay the paper n fae the telly. Posin cunts. Ah'll gie youse fuckin books!
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Post by cobblers on Mar 5, 2020 16:17:20 GMT
It's fucking boring after a while without the books.
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 5, 2020 16:26:47 GMT
I lost a half hour's post earlier as well as a domestic fiasco that meant yet more bathroom steam cleaning ... I'm also trying to put together a DVD of mp3s for two of my Nurseys as a thanks... taken forever. One of the picks is Jillian Aversa's Origins |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 5, 2020 16:52:30 GMT
@itsandyryan
"I'm moving to Germany - I've heard children are kinder there"
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Post by crankcaller on Mar 5, 2020 17:18:28 GMT
I'm away home early as it's parents night. Some succession later and hopefully a gaming window.
My phone autocorrected that to a ham window. I'm hoping dinner isn't a ham window. I'm not sure what that would involve. Perhaps a ham frame with aspic for the glass.
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Post by mlu035rsc on Mar 5, 2020 18:19:53 GMT
Evening youse lot. Busy day here almost drawing to a close. Books? Get tae fuck. Reading. Nope. Spend most of my day staring at code so to relax I need moving pictures.
Ganes: Nope.
TV: Finished Altered Carbon S2. Felt the writing got a bit too clunky this season.
OTTM: Birmingham has COVID yay...
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 5, 2020 18:52:42 GMT
Flybe part-owner Sir Richard offers stranded passengers a green alternative ... To be fair (unusual I know) all those blaming the government for this debacle are idiots. This is the first of many and they cannot bail out Flybe. It would also seem insane to bail out a carrier which uses recycled air, thus ensuring a greatly increased chance of Covid-19 spread. [a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0854gfl?xtor=CS8-1000-[Discovery_Cards]-[Multi_Site]-[SL10]-[PS_IPLAYER~N~~]"]More I've heard which you should hear [/a]... [/span][/div][/div][/quote] Why do you say they cannot bailout Flybe? Of course they could, even if they were still trying to abide by Articles 106 and 345 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which I'm sure they're not. I'm not saying it would be a good idea, but it would be perfectly possible and legal. |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 5, 2020 19:11:47 GMT
Morning all. Still off work, so more Dark Souls 3. Found out the hard way the roof midgets are indeed in 3, and am currently stuck on a long rooftop stretch with two of the grave maidens at the end. Bad business.
Also started some Outer Wilds, which is top banana.
Thursday question - which chatterboxer will be the first to pass on coronavirus to their pet ("unprotected" contact)? My money is on JBG but since he isn't around these days, maybe that one with the giant hamsters. You know the one.
Also taking bets on which 'box cast of peripheral characters will contract coronavirus first. Wide Andy? The lad? The preferred mammal?
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 5, 2020 19:13:28 GMT
So this "self isolating" thing means that gamers are going to inherit the Earth. That's nice. For years I've worked diligently on my backlog in anticipation of this kind of situation. I'm prepared. Speaking of backlogues, Murder by numbers is on Switch today. One for the pile. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 5, 2020 19:13:31 GMT
In honour of World Book day, I've been speed-reading the Kojak 1977 Annual. Turns out his Grandad didn't get married until he was 53 and then had 27 children.*
All the stuff you need to know in a children's book.
*Telly Savalas, not Kojak, who is fictional, I think.
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