I wish I could stop hearing about him. I’m not American; I’m Canadian. He literally isn’t my President. That being said, I’m equally glad Hillary isn’t either. Were I American, I’d have voted for anyone but either of them.
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Kale is not a food. It’s something Waitrose stitched together then dyed green to fill the gap in the market between cabbage and moisturiser for people who’ve spent too long on yoga mats.
DotA 7.0 Update, Later: Reviewish
I’ve found the new update very weird.
I still strongly hate the VERSUS screen. It is violently unattractive.
The new placement of the bounty runes allows for easy farming, but I think it’s excessive; one bounty rune every two minutes is more than ample. I don’t understand the spawning of the buffing runes; it seems kinda random to me.
The aura or whatever those shrines in the jungle? They’re handy, but I feel that they’re unnecessary. I do like the increased creeps in the jungle though.
The gimped bot on each team is still annoying as all hell. I wish I knew how to implement the community AIs.
And why did they move Roshan?
Overall, I like it, but I think it’s made things too easy.
DotA 7.00 Update: Reviewish
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this update.
I’m not going to do a rundown of all the new features and things, because everyone will do that, and you can read it all here.
Sigils of Elohim: Reviewish
I just gave Sigils of Elohim a go. Sorry, I don’t have a graphic for it it, but it doesn’t have a website, and I don’t like cheesy screenshots.
I finished the game, while watching TV, in 76 minutes. I liked the overall look and feel of it. I’m a sucker for grungy stuff. The bright colours on the brushed metal are appealing. The brushed metal was pretty. The puzzles were entertaining, and the controls were simple. If you play The Taltos Principle, every few games or so, you get some codes for free stuff.
Citalis: Reviewish
This game was cute,
The Witcher: Reviewish
I’ve started playing the enhanced edition of The Witcher. Honestly, I’m not sure it’s going to be my thing.
There are WAY too many cut-scenes; the start of the game was like half an hour! They are too frequent and too long. If I want to watch a movie, I’d watch a movie. I’m playing a game, because I want to actually play.
Take your stickers, and go away.
I know that, being a woman, people like to stick labels on me.
Lately, I’ve noticed a load media coverage of the whole trans/gender-identity community, the laws regarding them, and public opinions on the topic. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love that we’re finally pulling our heads out of our asses and allowing people to be who they want, and do what they want.
Emergent Damaging Derogatory Terminology
This is likely a little off topic for this blog, but I feel that I need to say something.
Recently, I’ve noticed a damaging trend of people saying things like, mansplain, whitesplain, and straightsplain being thrown around.
Being female, I understand the frustration of people that fall into the non-cis, non-male, or non-wasp group for one or more reasons. I have, in several occasions, had my dumb little female brain subjected to what would be classified as a mansplaination.
There are two reasons that I think ths sort of language is damaging. I’m just going to use mansplain as an example here, because I’m not going to repeatedly list all the different ‘splains.
Torchlight II: Reviewish
Torchlight II game is really REALLY fun. I initially thought that it was going to be like Diablo, which, though fun, was a little disappointing. I felt Diablo was short. And too easy. I was a noob, and I creamed it on the hardest setting.
I’ve been traipsing around Torchlight II for two weeks now, and I’m nowhere near finished, as far as I can tell. Also, I HAVE A BADGER FOR A PET. A BADGER. I, of course, have named it Honey.