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yendiDM: You see a bunch of stones floating in the air.
Dwarf: I jump onto the first one.
DM: It starts blinking. So do the stones to the right and left, as well as the diagonal forward left and straight ahead.
Dwarf: Okay. That leaves the stone diagonally to the forward right. I jump to--
DM: Too late. You fall into oblivion. Want to try again?
I like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance a lot. It captures a lot of the feel of a classic D&D game, while still maintaining a nice focus on action (it's also a nice introduction to the RPG genre for Elayna). But there's the most annoying jumping puzzle ever about a two thirds of the way through the first act. And it almost completely breaks the game.
And besides, it's a fucking dwarf. Putting a dwarf in a jumping situation is just cruel.
For the record, I hate jumping puzzles in anything but a traditional 2D platformer environment. Hate hate hate hate hate them.
*ahem*
Anyway, this was a nice weekend. Friday, we caught Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I hadn't read the books yet, and I quite enjoyed the movie. Nicely grim, and Jim Carrey's skills were well-used. Meryl Streep and Billy Connolly are wonderful, as well, as are the kids. I was surprised to realize that the actress who plays Violet, Emily Browning, was the little girl from Ghost Ship. She's damned talented, as is the kid who plays Klaus.
The rest of the weekend was spent doing random stuff -- housecleaning, shopping for clothes at JC Penny during a sale from Hell, eating at the Northlake Crescent Moon, packing presents, etc.
Right now, Miss Kid is in the office with me. Means I can't shout "fuck" at the top of my lungs through the cube farm. Dammit. But she's being good.
Inspired by the movie, I decided to finally read the Lemony Snicket books. I finished the first two, and I do see why folks are a bit miffed at the film, as there was a lot more they could have captured.
I truly fell in love with the series about halfway through The Reptile Room. At one point, after the murder (not a spoiler, since LS himself spoils it about twenty pages in), there's a line (paraphrased, since I don't have it with me) along the lines of "Ackroyd," said Sunny, a word which very probably meant "Roger." This was fucking brilliant. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is more than just a random Agatha Christie title. It's one of the most groundbreaking books she wrote, as well as one that pissed off more than a few mystery fans. One of its big twists, of course, is the amazingly unreliable narrator. It also contains more than its share of red herrings. I suspect that the LS books, as well, rely heavily on both.
Anyway, it's cold outside. Fucking cold. 17 degrees. It's warmer in NYC. That's just wrong.
But my Jets won. Yay! That doesn't make their road to the playoffs a sure thing, though. Next week's game is against the Pats. We can beat them, but we need to bring the A game. Yesterday was pretty close to an A game -- not a single punt, good D in the second half, and Eric Barton was just amazing.
*gasp* Bobby Knight did something wrong? I'm shocked. That's almost like hearing that Todd McFarlane mismanages his business.
Anyway, kid and work both need attention.
Dwarf: I jump onto the first one.
DM: It starts blinking. So do the stones to the right and left, as well as the diagonal forward left and straight ahead.
Dwarf: Okay. That leaves the stone diagonally to the forward right. I jump to--
DM: Too late. You fall into oblivion. Want to try again?
I like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance a lot. It captures a lot of the feel of a classic D&D game, while still maintaining a nice focus on action (it's also a nice introduction to the RPG genre for Elayna). But there's the most annoying jumping puzzle ever about a two thirds of the way through the first act. And it almost completely breaks the game.
And besides, it's a fucking dwarf. Putting a dwarf in a jumping situation is just cruel.
For the record, I hate jumping puzzles in anything but a traditional 2D platformer environment. Hate hate hate hate hate them.
*ahem*
Anyway, this was a nice weekend. Friday, we caught Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I hadn't read the books yet, and I quite enjoyed the movie. Nicely grim, and Jim Carrey's skills were well-used. Meryl Streep and Billy Connolly are wonderful, as well, as are the kids. I was surprised to realize that the actress who plays Violet, Emily Browning, was the little girl from Ghost Ship. She's damned talented, as is the kid who plays Klaus.
The rest of the weekend was spent doing random stuff -- housecleaning, shopping for clothes at JC Penny during a sale from Hell, eating at the Northlake Crescent Moon, packing presents, etc.
Right now, Miss Kid is in the office with me. Means I can't shout "fuck" at the top of my lungs through the cube farm. Dammit. But she's being good.
Inspired by the movie, I decided to finally read the Lemony Snicket books. I finished the first two, and I do see why folks are a bit miffed at the film, as there was a lot more they could have captured.
I truly fell in love with the series about halfway through The Reptile Room. At one point, after the murder (not a spoiler, since LS himself spoils it about twenty pages in), there's a line (paraphrased, since I don't have it with me) along the lines of "Ackroyd," said Sunny, a word which very probably meant "Roger." This was fucking brilliant. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is more than just a random Agatha Christie title. It's one of the most groundbreaking books she wrote, as well as one that pissed off more than a few mystery fans. One of its big twists, of course, is the amazingly unreliable narrator. It also contains more than its share of red herrings. I suspect that the LS books, as well, rely heavily on both.
Anyway, it's cold outside. Fucking cold. 17 degrees. It's warmer in NYC. That's just wrong.
But my Jets won. Yay! That doesn't make their road to the playoffs a sure thing, though. Next week's game is against the Pats. We can beat them, but we need to bring the A game. Yesterday was pretty close to an A game -- not a single punt, good D in the second half, and Eric Barton was just amazing.
*gasp* Bobby Knight did something wrong? I'm shocked. That's almost like hearing that Todd McFarlane mismanages his business.
Anyway, kid and work both need attention.