Trismegistus

...it's just that life these days is pretty much Baldur's Gate 3. To the tune of I'm going to reach the 400 hours played mark by the end of next week.

So strap in or set your phasers on ignore, because this DW is probably going to be all BG3 all the time for the foreseeable future.( Read more... )

これで以上です。

Who do we appreciate? (Or, hello. A three day weekend means I have time to catch up on these challenges with an omnibus post. Let's see if I can keep on track for the rest of the month.)



Challenge #2

In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


So I waffled a lot on how to answer this prompt, because there are so many things I'd like to promo, primer, or manifesto. Then I realized I could do that for a favorite fandom, character, and ship all in one fell swoop. Allow me to introduce ( Rasaad )

Just, gah. Play these games. Play them at least once with Rasaad in your party. Romance him too, if you’re inclined. It’s worth it.


Challenge #5

In your own space, tell us about 3 creative/fannish resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom or like many people at the moment, fannishly adrift right now) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

( Here )


Challenge #6

In your own space, post the results of your fandom scavenger hunt. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

( Hurrah, )


Challenge #8

In your own space, create a quiz or a poll (or tell us your thoughts about answering quizzes/polls). Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm not a paid user and I try to avoid third party websites with a gazillion tracking scripts and cookies, so we'll do this old school. English-language fantasy? Yes! But which one?:

• The Dark is Rising Sequence
• Discworld
• Harry Potter
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Mists of Avalon
• The Prydain Chronicles
• The Queen's Thief
• The Sandman
• Temeraire
• Other

これで以上です。

I spent the long weekend binge eating Indian home cooking and sipping 8th Wonder's Rocket Fuel porter, which is pretty excellent as far as long weekends go.

I also got my hands on this:

which we declined to buy at our local game store two years ago because it was heavy(!!) and we wanted to walk home--a decision we have rued ever since. This particular copy is a Giftmas gift that was delivered to a friend of the GC’s through a shipping misfire. We were finally able to collect it this weekend and cart all 22 pounds of it through the airport and multiple modes of public transit, where it attracted the attention of metro staff and the women at the check-in counter who (no joke) made us unbox it for them. And apparently the TSA, who unboxed it again at some point after we sent it on its way to the belly of the airplane. D:

Then this arrived today:

I hope my friends, family, and colleagues remember who I am, because I am not likely to be mentally present for anyone or anything until I've finished it.

If that weren't enough, the FFVII Remake opening goes a long way toward compensating for the fact that it's no longer coming out on my birthday. Then there was the Castlevania 3 trailer, which, OMG.

And then.

AND THEN.

And then came today's little announcement of a Baldur's Gate 3 gameplay reveal in ten days.

To say that I am OVER THE MOON about this would be a slight understatement.

Full disclosure: I have both Divinity games. My friends love them. I have not managed to play more than a few hours of either before moving on to something else. But I am completely sold by the genuine, enthusiastic geekery of the Larian crew in their promo videos. And I am so, so excited for this game, I am going to go nuts when it's finally out, and I cannot wait to see what next Thursday's reveal brings.

これで以上です。