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As I alluded to elseweb, ESO became unfun.

To be precise, with the rollout of the Dark Brotherhood expansion the combat design team basically decided to double down on the “party roles? who needs ’em!” design strategy. While some people may think “wow, cool, they’re trying to ( Read more... )

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Yes, I still play Elder Scrolls Online. Because of course I do.

I still would love people to play with me, now that it is buy-to-play.

Recent observations and amusements:

The UESP guild is best guild. We don’t do much, aside from occasional contests and fishing tournaments. ( Read more... )

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… is probably a better name for Don’t Starve, at least as far as I’m concerned.


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1. I will not sing “Blue Entoloma” to the tune of “Smooth Operator” whenever I come across said plant.
2. Nor will I tell my husband to “wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute” when I come across cotton
3. Same with “Flax! Ah-aaaa! Savior of the Universe!”
4. Ditto “Hey Jute.”
5. I will not refer to trickster god Rajhin as the Dickster God, even if he is.

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Last year, before The Elder Scrolls Online (TESO, or ESO) went live, I was cajoling you all to play with me. I had a lot of fun grouping with friends in the beta, but when the actual prospect of paying came up, most people I knew were not sufficiently interested.

But! As it ( Read more... )

Last day of my Thanksgiving break, and it was a good one--a fine mix of productivity and fun ( Read more... )

This was a blessedly free weekend, during which I:

- Worked on the new outline for Lioness. Trucking along through the middle now.
- Had lots of sewing failures, and some sewing success?

First I finished everything but the facings on the shift in this pattern, only to discover the size I'd made (24) was basically falling off me. It's a ( Read more... )