Well, I'm back from vacation... and it's only taken me all of four days to get around to updating. *facepalm*

Things acquired

Books

- Galactic North (Alastair Reynolds)
- Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds)
- Redemption Ark (Alastair Reynolds)
- Absolution Gap (Alastair Reynolds)
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Just the other day, I managed to smoosh my left ring and pinky in between a couple of 45-pound weights while unloading the plate press at the gym. Admittedly, 45-pounders are pretty good implements where tenderising meat for hamburger patties is concerned... though not so much the Ethical Treatment of Personal Digits. And then, of course, my left ( Read more... )

Thought I'd post works in progress from time to time, in case somebody somewhere wants to see them. Like, ha.

Daniel from Amnesia: The Dark Descent doing something utterly horrible that was only mentioned in a letter in the game:


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[I was going to play and review Wings of Prey but, surprise surprise, Mass Effect 2 actually finished downloading before WoP, so I decided to be reacquainted with my sniper rifle, haha.]


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So Tory and I were discussing Temeraire and dragon anatomy, and moaning over how Longwing markings should look. And since she wanted to do a dragon picture and had trouble with the anatomy, we both decided to fire up Deviant Art Muro and rough out the markings and skeletal system respectively. Here's my majorly screwed up half:


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My dad's clinic was packed today, all the way to closing time. I asked him if the major complaint of his patients was overindulgence during Christmas. Force knows, we came dangerously close.

Christmas eve we went out for dinner and cheesecake, and to catch the Christmas performances at the mall. Christmas day breakfast at this spanking new dim sum ( Read more... )

Amnesia Diary

How big a wuss do you have to be to hit the EXIT button in panic halfway through a game? >.< That's what I found myself doing after encountering a monster and turning tail to run - only to realise that I'd lit all the candles in all the rooms, which meant I had nowhere to hide, and was therefore DOOMED. (I would've used my lantern ( Read more... )

... I'm cowering behind a cushion. Really.

I'm no stranger to survival horror, seriously. One of my two favourite arcade games has always been House of the Dead, particularly the third installment, where you're armed with shotguns powerful enough to send things flying. I can cheerfully run around in Left4Dead (1&2), spraying bullets at the infected ( Read more... )

OMG.

I just logged onto Steam today to find that my friend Linda had bought me Amnesia: Dark Descent. ^____^ Just two weeks ago, I got her Left4Dead 2 (because she enjoyed the Zombieland movie so much), so she could watch and laugh her head off every time TankMagnet ran away screaming from a Tank/Hunter. Apparently she tried it then (alone) and got ( Read more... )