Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20190411204100

Something funny - the graduating class of students invited me to their prom thingie. This is the first time they invite me (I guess the previous classes didn't know me that well, considering I've only been working there for 4 years). The invitation itself was in the form of a medicine box with a small flask inside. The flask is filled with a mysterious pink-ish liquid and the label has my name on it. Very original, very well-crafted. I am impressed. Photo.

Wow, playing with a blanket. Sounds very uncomfortable. I wouldn't have tried it. Yeah, Doom 3 was probl;ematic on our old monitor due to its weird color hues when brightness was turned up. The game always seemed unusually yellow-ish.

Daggerfall' political intrigues could make even Game of Thrones or the Dune series jelous. After all this time, I am still not quite sure how and why King Lysandus was assassinated. I thought learning about the War of Betony could help dispel some mysteries... but guess what there are actually two in-game books about it (both of them with the same title but by different authors). One book presents the Daggerfall's perspective, and the other - Sentinel's. And they contradict each other so much that it's pretty much impossible to establish the truth about this war... which is actually an impressive bit of realism in gaming, since many real-life wars also suffer from such contradictions in the points of view that the truth is lost forever. I am still unsure if King Gothryd is a villain or not. I don't know if the queen of Sentinel is genuine or just very good at hiding her true intentions. I don't know who will get married to whom... though they'd probably kill their spouses, because why not, it would fit so well into the overall narrative. The Underking was a behind-the-scenes villain in Arena, but then became something like an unfortunate victim of his circumstances in DFall, which was confusing. Then there is some random merchant quest that helps you find out that old witch, Nulfaga, created the magical storm at the beginning of the game (the reason you end up in Privateer Hold)... a whole bit of lore you can miss, if you don't get the right quest. But of course, the witch is insane, which is a whole new layer to the story - you never know if you can trust what she says or not. With all the intrigues and plotting going on, it's no wonder I decided to trust the orcs in the end - they seemed most genuine of all.

Arena's story may be very simplistic, but it was easy to follow and (like you mentioned) I can remember many of the smaller details. Like saving Eldenroot from the spider menace by stealing the Heart of Selene. Or tracking down the mad monk in the depths of the Mines of Khuras, in order to obtain a map he stole. There was also the excitement of Stonekeep, the first real dungeon, with its atmosphere of a fallen fortress. All of this sounds more heroic than delivering letters (the whole point of the first visit to the King of Worms) or being a pawn in someone's political plotting.

Heh, I recently saw a mod that turns Doom into a corridor shooter. I mean literally a corridor shooter. One of my comments on Facebook about it was "Oh, nice, a version of Doom that CoD fans can play." :P

Back in the day we didn't have Sims, but we had Tamagochis... I didn't own one myself, but I had a chance to play around with a few. It's a virtual pet - an idea I didn't find all that appealing since I already had a real cat at the time.

Indeed, there were times when I could barely beat some things without a bit of cheating. But this is no longer the case and that makes me feel good. This is especially true of strategy games - not quite my strong suit, but I am getting a bit better. Still making weird mistakes from time to time, of course.

Heh, the IT guy tried to suggest upgrading to Windows 10 when I visited him due to my hard drive issues a while ago. But I made it pretty clear that won't be happening.