Where My Time Has Gone – Minecraft!

I recently posted what I had been doing in Minecraft but didn’t offer up any proof.  Transworlder declared with smileys that “This topic is worthless without pics!”  So here’s a video which should be far better than any pics.

A tad dark, first time I’ve rendered a Minecraft video.  On the other hand, got the mic and in-game noise to work at the same time, a first for me!

To head off the inevitable question, my texture pack is Quandary’s October v2.6.  I liked that he had created a variety off of the clean, simple style of the original textures.  Yes, I plan to switch it to November when November rolls around.  Though I will use Painterly’s Spooky pack on Oct-31st.

Fallen Earth – Do You Feel All Alone?

In response to my Fallen Earth – First Impressions write-up fellow OTGer Zoyd asked the excellent question, “Is the game well populated at this point, or do you feel like you’re all alone most of the time?”  In a normal bout of verbosity I probably answered his question in far more detail than he expected.  Here’s that answer which was originally posted on the OTG site.

Star Trek Online, 1 Week On

It’s growing on me. An hour or two here and there. Probably will pick up once I can get my Cruiser. The starter ship just makes me a sad panda.

But I agree, my main complaint right now is the complete lack of concrete information. There’s nothing in game that explains clearly and concisely what the stats do. I think they system is wonderfully complex; it provides many ways to customize things to your exact playstyle. But the lack of information is epic facepalm inducing.

The only other gripe I have, so far, is the notion that we get to set one, and only one, bank fore and aft to autofire. Ok, great, but the notion of slapping space while manipulating everything else on the keyboard doesn’t increase my enjoyment of the game one iota. I get that they don’t want the player to be disconnected from combat but even at Lt9 I have plenty to occupy my time. I’ve gotten into the habit so bad that I slap space even though my only 2 beam banks fore and aft are already set to autofire! Yes, it serves no purpose yet I still do it!

Besides, when did a captain ever say “Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire” every 4 seconds. Never. He would give a blanket order to his bridge crew (which we get, go fig!) to fire once. It implicitly meant, “Keep firing, assholes!” Wait, wrong movie. It meant, “Keep firing until I say ‘Cease fire!’” For the weapons that are more about opportune moments (Torps), have another button which the player has to press when they feel the time is right.

Just let me link like weapons together and set any of those linked weapons to autofire and/or a single button press. Beams with beams, torps with torps. Engaging combat, no button mashing.

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(Originally posted on The Old Timer’s Guild forums)