I am a freak. I know this. You know this. There is no disputing this. In terms of all the societal norms, I fail them. We’re not even talking about the biggies such as married, children, religion, etc. Those are a given, and it’s not something I think about much (despite my voluminous blogging about… Continue Reading
I’m good at reading people. Not in the current vernacular and how I put it in the title (though I can do that as well. I just mostly keep it to myself), but in knowing them better than they know themselves. Back when I actually worked around people, I was able to tell when they… Continue Reading
Currently, my office is my couch with my laptop on my coffee table and my keyboard on my lap–along with my cat sometimes. Such as right now. He is standing on my knees (on top of my faux fur throw) and staring at the vicinity of my face. I don’t know why he’s not sleeping… Continue Reading
At this time of year, gifts become the focus of society. Oh, sure, Christmas cheer and blah, blah, blah (can ‘you tell that I could not care less?), but the gifts, though. This is yet another time when I’m firmly on the outside of society. It’s a good thing I don’t work in an office… Continue Reading
Elden Ring. We were talking about the NPC questlines in FromSoft games and how brilliant they are. In the first Dark Souls game, Solaire’s questline demonstrates the mentality of FromSoft towards NPC questline. The first time through the game, you run into him and probably are just happy to have a friendly face in your… Continue Reading
In the last post, I finished by whining about the catacombs/caves in Elden Ring. I hate them. I’ll be honest. The first playthrough, I went into every cave I could find and went to look for more. That’s because I wanted to experience all the content there was to be had. That’s my nature with… Continue Reading
In reading my stories this morning, I came across an article at Slate about Taylor Swift. Normally, I would just ignore it because I don’t care much about pop culture and the weird nitpicking Slate does with celebs. I don’t mean nitpicking at celebs is weird–but they choose to focus on weird things like the… Continue Reading
I want to talk more about Elden Ring, of course. Here is my post from yesterday. Now. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. Elden Ring has been rightly lauded with changing the open world genre. This is the aspect I was most worried about before the game released because I don’t like open world… Continue Reading
I’ve watched a bunch of stuff about Elden Ring (FromSoft, natch) since I finished it. I’m on my fourth playthrough, trying to do a dex character with a healthy amount of Intelligence. I’m in the first third, but I’ve ventured into a later area. I did a mad dash into a fort in Caelid to… Continue Reading
On the RKG Discord, someone wrote the words that are guaranteed to enflame me (even as a Pyro!): DS 2 doesn’t have an easy mode. It was said presumably to me and another person discussing the fact that you cannot start as a Pyro in DS II. I can tell you my immediate impulse was… Continue Reading