Incanus
Auror
Made it to Vegas. Conference begins in a couple of hours.
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What have I gotten myself into this time...
!?!?!
What have I gotten myself into this time...
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You seem to be a bit hesitant about this, perhaps a bit afraid? Can we say that there might be some fear and loathing in Las Vegas?
Anyway, Have FUN!
Russ
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I am with Banten. Relax and have a good time.
Then share everything you learn with us!
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
It was so unique and beautiful and creepy, but there was something about it that didn't quite work, and I can't place exactly what that is...
TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
Maybe the plot twists were too easy to figure out?
See you there soon!
Tom
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Oh hey, I read that book years ago! I actually read the sequel, Sapphique, first without realizing, so I had no idea what was happening through the entire book. It also didn't help that I had a fever and was mildly delirious. But yeah, it is a hard book to pin down. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. The characterization was nice but the plot was a little rambly and I....don't know about the style...? It was interesting.
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DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
^Huh. Yeah, exactly.
Some of the twists confused the heck out of me as well. (You're telling me the Warden and...the Sapient in the tower with the sphere thingys whose name I forgot...are the same person? If so did the Warden poison Attia? Or did I totally misunderstand that? Why did the ring work on Attia but not on Gildas?....)
I enjoyed it and it was good but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I should given how good it was? Something like that.
Tom
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Yeah, I just remember feeling a vague sense of dislike as I read it that I couldn't explain. A lot of the worldbuilding and plot twists were completely nonsensical to me.
Incanus
Auror
Great book and movie--of course, I didn't pack a suitcase full of drugs, unlike the original gonzo--
I'm already having fun. It's gonna be great.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
For me it wasn't so much a sense of dislike as a lack of chemistry.
Tom
Istar
The concepts were intriguing, but their execution was......ehhh. Definitely could have stood to be thought out a little more. And like you said about chemistry--I don't even remember anything about the main romantic plot. Nothing. Or the majority of the character interactions, for that matter. They all stood as well-developed characters on their own but didn't have any real emotional connection to each other.
TheCrystallineEntity
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Shadow of the Colossus and ICO are two of the best games ever made: true works of art in all areas--sound effects, music, a deep yet minimalistic plot that has nearly unlimited ways to be mulled over and examined, beautiful visuals. --and I've played neither of them.
Tom
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My kind of gamer! I'm good at appreciating games and very bad at actually finding time to play them.
TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
^
I only like specific games; I'm very picky about the things I like. I only have a DS, 3DS, PSP, and Wii. My small game collection includes: Metroid Zero Mission, Pokemon Pearl [my first video game ever], Pokemon Explorers of Sky, Dragon Quest IX [my first fantasy RPG!], Radiant Historia [one of the best games ever in my opinion], Castlevania Order of Eccelsia, Castlevania Portrait of Ruin, Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, Pokemon X, Pokemon Moon, Super Smash Bros. 4, Final Fantasy Curtain Call, Tales of the Abyss, Rune Factory 4, [ditto FFVII and Radiant Historia], Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy VII [ditto Radiant Historia], Fire Emblem Fates [Birthright, Conquest, and Revelation], Okami, The Last Story, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
What games do you like/play?
On a totally unrelated note,
It's a mithril-clad rule that characters do not have human anatomy, sexual organs, or sex of any kind in my books. It's just :eew: :eew: :skull: :skull: utterly disgusting to me. Any characters who do have children reproduce by the intention to create and energy fusion.
I only like specific games; I'm very picky about the things I like. I only have a DS, 3DS, PSP, and Wii. My small game collection includes: Metroid Zero Mission, Pokemon Pearl [my first video game ever], Pokemon Explorers of Sky, Dragon Quest IX [my first fantasy RPG!], Radiant Historia [one of the best games ever in my opinion], Castlevania Order of Eccelsia, Castlevania Portrait of Ruin, Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, Pokemon X, Pokemon Moon, Super Smash Bros. 4, Final Fantasy Curtain Call, Tales of the Abyss, Rune Factory 4, [ditto FFVII and Radiant Historia], Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy VII [ditto Radiant Historia], Fire Emblem Fates [Birthright, Conquest, and Revelation], Okami, The Last Story, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. What games do you like/play?
On a totally unrelated note,
It's a mithril-clad rule that characters do not have human anatomy, sexual organs, or sex of any kind in my books. It's just :eew: :eew: :skull: :skull: utterly disgusting to me. Any characters who do have children reproduce by the intention to create and energy fusion.
TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
^There is, however, [or consequently, depending on how you look at it], lots of brother-sister incest, twin-cest, marrying cousins, gays, lesbians, and non-gendered characters, and everyone is naked except for the ones who wear cloaks, because cloaks are just awesome.
Yes, I'm weird that way. There's also a peculiar and unique spirituality that is both subtle and unsubtle, but I'm not trying to convert anyone or force people to accept my view of the universe. I'm neither religious nor atheist; undefinable.
Yes, I'm weird that way.
There's also a peculiar and unique spirituality that is both subtle and unsubtle, but I'm not trying to convert anyone or force people to accept my view of the universe. I'm neither religious nor atheist; undefinable.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
^
What games do you like/play?
On a totally unrelated note,
It's a mithril-clad rule that characters do not have human anatomy, sexual organs, or sex of any kind in my books. It's just :eew: :eew: :skull: :skull: utterly disgusting to me. Any characters who do have children reproduce by the intention to create and energy fusion.
that's more games than i've ever played! I only know some online MMORPG's, Donkey Kong Country Returns (which is actually great fun), New Super Mario Brothers, some kind of terrible games adapted from movies by brothers watched, Broken Age (the mobile version, it's amazing but i havent touched it in a month cuz i'm stuck on a part), uh I might be missing some but mostly just my lil brother's games. Oh yeah lego star wars 3 which is kind of boring. (Ive heard other Lego games are better, but I haven't played them.) I would like to venture out into the wide world of gaming but I balk at it cuz I know it would eat my life lol. So I just play whatever my younger brothers play (except Super Mario Galaxy which is boring as far as I can tell.)
Oh, and some Mario Kart while visiting at friends houses of course.
Oh yeah, i've played DragonVale for something like 4 years (off and on now) but idk if that counts since it's an app.
I'm like a weakly aspiring gamer or something.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
I am sick. Ugh.
Tom
Istar
^
What games do you like/play?
Sweet!
I'm broke and only have a PS3 right now, so I can't play some of the games I'd like to. I enjoy the Dragon Age and Mass Effect series, Skyrim, Dishonored, Bioshock, Fallout--mostly the big name stuff. I haven't had a chance to play much of anything not supported by the PS3, unfortunately.
So no human characters? Huh, that's interesting--I'm the exact opposite. I love writing about humans, and as an art major specializing in character design, the human figure is the most common subject I draw. The nature of human beings and how we relate to our physical bodies is fascinating to me, and my writing style is physically oriented--a lot of sensory description and as much of a focus on body language as spoken dialogue.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
I just finished another book (I read almost the whole thing just today) and I have been reading so much lately I feel like my brain has been dragged over gravel.
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I'm STILL behind on my goodreads challenge...
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I'm STILL behind on my goodreads challenge...
