Cat temperatures

[lathany]

It is cold and wet outside. I knew this before I looked out of the window because Emily Marle (our resident feline) has made a bid for the sofa. She is curled up with an air of "I'm staying put until dinnertime" which means that life on the other side of the catflap is pretty horrible.

Computer-wise, I have finished Broken Sword 2 and enjoyed it (I'm now considering ordering Broken Sword 1 which is supposed to be better). It is a click and point adventure in the style of the Monkey Island series although the hero, whilst blond with comic lines, is slightly less Guybrush-like than the original (his girlfriend has the best line though : "I decided to play dumb, but with good bone structure". OK, you probably had to be there.). Icewind Dale 2 is now listed (by WH Smith) as "out of stock" and "due to be restocked within 14 days". Hmmmm. It has already been nearly that for them to find out they were out of stock in the first place. Never mind, I have instead been looking at distant future releases such as Syberia 2, Final Fantasies X-2, XI and XII and reading the Final Fantasy VII sequel rumours (OK - only one actual official rumour, but pages of speculation).

The twins are a little more whingy and attention-grabby than usual. Bea fell asleep on a sofa cushion in a cute pose, so I photographed her, leaving Ryan feeling outdone (for once). Hopefully the Monde and Dragon-blooded sessions at the weekend will saturate their attention wants. Either that, or leave them incurably spoilt.

Finally, my second book is going incredibly slowly. At least its still going though. I thought last week I had become permanently stuck.

Comments

Question

[applez.livejournal.com]

Ever get into those Tolkien-esque Forgotten Realms novels that lead to games like Icewind Dale?

Also, an observation that is somewhere near purile - how many *Final* Fantasies can there be? It's almost like the 'Neverending Story' saga. ;-)

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Re: Question

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Ever get into those Tolkien-esque Forgotten Realms novels that lead to games like Icewind Dale?

Nope. My route was via Baldur's Gate 2 (I haven't played ID 1 either).

how many *Final* Fantasies can there be?

You probably know the story, but anyway...

Square were about to go bankrupt. Final Fantasy (I) was going to be their last game. There was no way that they would produce another, because the money from FF, assuming it made any, would get to them too late. But then, it actually saved them (they got the revenue just in time), so they went on to make others.

Re: Question

[applez.livejournal.com]

1) Ah ... probably a good thing. Still, Drizzt is an awfully fun character.

2) I didn't know the story, or rather, I had heard it a long time ago and completely forgotten about it. Cool!

[triskellian]

Give Ems my sympathies, but remember how much worse it would be if you had a cat who actually liked being outside in the rain. Especially the 'coming in and being wet at people' part of being outside in the rain ;-)

Talking of babies and Monde, what's Bea's favourite colour?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

No real sign of a favourite colour yet. She'll either be in purple jeans and a white top (with blue cat) or navy-with-pink-flowers trousers with a white top (with pink flower shape); so you could try something that goes. ;-)

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I was going to make a snarky comment about how Broken Sword II was a load of rubbish compared to BS1, but then decided that I ought to swear off trying to derail people's innocent enjoyments before they have a chance to make up their minds for themselves ;)

If you actually liked BS2, then I heartily recommend BS1 - it's a similar affair, but with way better jokes and characterisation.