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Maybe even 15 lbs, just to be safe. :D

I started a horror novel but couldn't get into it, so I've been reading Mass Effect fanfic all afternoon.

Tell him it's Mahnogard. Which is Dragonham spelled backwards. Which I refuse to explain just yet. :D (Heh. It's not even a steamy story. I just like to seem mysterious.) I haven't been gaming much the last few weeks, but I'll probably be buying Far Cry 3 soon, then I'll be all over Steam again.

Christa wrote: "Maybe even 15 lbs, just to be safe. :D

I started a horror novel but couldn't get into it, so I've been reading Mass Effect fanfic all afternoon."

*nods*

Christa wrote: "Today, I was called an "adventurous reader", and the phrase was uttered with admiration. I don't know how to respond to that. They are books, FFS. I'm not jumping out of airplanes.
"

Figuratively, you could be jumping out of airplanes.

I just watched a food segment on the mid-day local news show. It was for a "fruit gazpacho".

Are you shitting me???

Bitch, that is a smoothie in a bowl.

Christa wrote: "I just watched a food segment on the mid-day local news show. It was for a "fruit gazpacho".

Are you shitting me???

Bitch, that is a smoothie in a bowl."

*dies laughing*

I was supposed to start the July challenge for another group today, but I'm still reading fanfiction. No biggie, I only have to read 7 books of any length for the challenge.

True Confessions Time

I have a thing for Harry Potter fanfic involving Snape.

lol!!

I just took over a group. I was looking for a group about American Western history, and I found one. It had no mod. I joined and was able to take it over. This should be interesting. It's here if anyone is interested:
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...

Either everyone clicks through directly to the discussions, or no one wants to come out and tell me that they don't like our new masthead on the group home page.

Christa wrote: "Either everyone clicks through directly to the discussions, or no one wants to come out and tell me that they don't like our new masthead on the group home page."

Mine just always opens up at my home which shows me recent discussions and such. So, I went there. I think the only thing I might change is that random conversation is way underemphasized in comparison to its real weighting. :)

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I think the only thing I might change is that random conversation is way underemphasized in comparison to its real weighting. :)"

LOL! So true, but we at least try to keep up appearances. I mean, most of our conversations are in the challenge threads!:D

I'll see about making revisions this weekend. I try to only Photoshop on weekends. :D

Loosheesh wrote: "I'm still lurking around here and, yes, I normally click directly to the discussions. I checked now and it looks good, though my OCD is whispering that "and random conversation" should be centered under Book Challenges. But what does my OCD know, huh? ;-)

And I agree with HiMS that that line needs more emphasis. "


Hey Stranger!

Christa wrote: "Either everyone clicks through directly to the discussions, or no one wants to come out and tell me that they don't like our new masthead on the group home page."



*guilty*

hangs head


But it looks nice!

LOL! Thanks! Yeah, I usually just click the recent comments from the group feed on my home page, so I assumed most others did that as well.

A Question?

Actually I don't know for sure where this post belongs as this software that GoodReads uses is, and always has been, highly confusing to me...duh!

Why are Grave Peril and Cold Days not included in "challenge-the-dresden-files"?
--
Alan :)

Grave Peril was on "read" but got missed on the Dresden shelf. Fixed that. At the time the challenge was created, Cold Days hadn't been released yet, so I just added that as well.

The Steam Summer Sale is causing my game library to grow at an alarming rate. Even snapped up a classic favorite of mine - Civ III, for less than $3.

Meanwhile, I'm playing Skyrim again.

Christa wrote: "The Steam Summer Sale is causing my game library to grow at an alarming rate. Even snapped up a classic favorite of mine - Civ III, for less than $3.

Meanwhile, I'm playing Skyrim again."



:-D


I've been avoiding Steam since the sale started. LOL!

Ok, is WarHammer an RPG?

And what about Titan Quest? RPG?

Well, you've already got more games than I do on your account, but I'm catching up very quickly. The other day, they had Witcher and Witcher 2 on a flash sale. Got them both for less than $6 total. Deus Ex: Human Revolution was on my wishlist - got that one in a flash sale for $2.99. I bought Railroad Tycoon 2 Platinum for $2.49.

And I've never played WarHammer. I have no idea. I know that it's called an RPG but we know how often the definition is blurred. Never played Titan Quest either.

Shelly wrote: "My resident expert says that Titan Quest is an RPG."

Yaaaaay!

I might grab that one.

Christa wrote: "Well, you've already got more games than I do on your account, but I'm catching up very quickly. The other day, they had Witcher and Witcher 2 on a flash sale. Got them both for less than $6 total...."

But I hate almost all of them. :(

I only like point and click games - I own a laptop at home so moving with the keyboard is uncomfortable. I've not been able to catch on.

:(

I'd trade/sell/giveaway almost all of them if I could. Especially that TombRaider set I bought. I'll never play them.

I've gotten burned a few times, myself - that's why I try to snap up the ones that interest me on sale.

Have you tried Dragon Age: Origins? It's got the click-to-move interface. I'm not crazy about the game, but you and I seem to have somewhat different tastes so you might like it. A lot of people LOVE that game, and I actually bought it on recommendation from a bunch of people. It sucks that we can't trade games once they've been installed. :(

Christa wrote: "I've gotten burned a few times, myself - that's why I try to snap up the ones that interest me on sale.

Have you tried Dragon Age: Origins? It's got the click-to-move interface. I'm not crazy abo..."

I've got a couple of Dragon Age. Let me check it again. One I installed was just...not working on my computer. Now i need to try the other two(?).

Origins is the first in the series, so it should be less system-intensive. Don't know, though. Games are weird.

Christa wrote: "Origins is the first in the series, so it should be less system-intensive. Don't know, though. Games are weird."

Damn you, Christa!!!!!!!!!!


I just bought Titan Quest: Gold.

*sniff*

Well, in my defense, I didn't say a damn word about Titan Quest: Gold. :D

Yeah but you mentioned Steam.


>.>

<.<

:D You push books, I push games.

Thank you. We all wallow in the same pool of guilt 'round these parts. :D

:-P


I'm horrible. I need to read...not play video games.

Thanks for the timely reminder to check this morning's sales. :D

lol!

Just spent a few hours playing Civ III. Forgot how much I love that game. Next flash sale in 15 minutes... :D

lol!

Well darn. They aren't running a flash sale this time. Next one will be in 8 hours, so I'll have to check tomorrow morning. Boo!

False alarm, the site just didn't update. They are there now, but nothing I want. So still... Boo!

Christa wrote: "False alarm, the site just didn't update. They are there now, but nothing I want. So still... Boo!"

I voted!

Today I grabbed Sim City 4 and Risen 2.

Grabbed Children of the Nile and the expansion. It was $4.99 for both...or the package which was $9.99 for both.


O_o


I was thinking of getting a copy of T2 (back on sale) to play with hubby but I'm not sure if his computer is new enough. I have about 45 hours, right? COuld you check?

You have 42 hours in T2.

:-D

I can check specs tonight:)

Min specs for T2 are pretty low:

OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
Processor: x86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
Memory: 1GB System RAM
Hard Disk Space: 1.2GB free space (subject to change)
Video Card: DirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory.
DirectX®: 9.0c

O.M.G.

So I had my eye on both Age of Empires II HD Edition, and Age of Empires III Complete Collection. I had decided that if AoE2HD went on flash sale I'd just get it, but if neither went down any further I'd get AoE3CC at the 50% price of 19.99.

Well, AoE2HD went on flash sale for $9.99. Just on a hunch I hit up my wishlist, and saw that AoECC was down to $13.99. Went to the store page, scrolled down, and there was a bundle of both marked down to $16.99.

Combine those with Civ3 that I got yesterday (or was it the day before?) I now have all the old games that I used to play for hours and that got me into gaming in the first place. As much as I love Skyrim and other more recent games, it's awesome to have some of my old favorites again. :)

Christa wrote: "O.M.G.

So I had my eye on both Age of Empires II HD Edition, and Age of Empires III Complete Collection. I had decided that if AoE2HD went on flash sale I'd just get it, but if neither went down a..."

:-)

I bought Cleopatra on GOG because i used to LOVE that game. So I also bought Children of the Nile cause it was made by the same employees.

I used to have Children of the Nile! Damn, now I want to hunt that down too. That was an awesome game!

Oh shit. The Enhanced Edition of CotN is only $4!!! Woohoo!

Guess that makes us even on the game pushing, eh? :D