#vanishingage

1) What images do you have set for your desktop/cell phone wallpapers?

My current desktop wallpaper is concept art from Elder Scrolls Online, a desert landscape from the Alik’r with some travelers on the road and a city in the horizon. Phone wallpaper is still an artwork of the Millennium Falcon accompanied by a couple of Y-wings.

10) Favorite ice cream flavor?

Pistachio gelato. ♥ Also mango sherbet is my favourite thing on hot summer days.

70) What's your favorite breakfast?

When I actually can be bothered with breakfast, pretty traditional tea and eggs and toast + some fruit.

100) What are some words that you live by? Why?

"You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.” - my bb girl Rose Tyler

Because, well. Someone has to. And because “Fear is the path to the Dark Side.” (Master Yoda) and “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

...why yes, I am a Gryffindor. :p

It’s worth reading this article from a bunch of game animation folks on the whole ME:A animation debacle animstate.com/round-t…

Yeah, I’m reasonably aware of all the factors that could affect it, it’s just surprising to me that the animation is still that unpolished by the time of the release because I know they can do better. Inquisition had the same engine, and the scale appears to be similar, yet (barring some of the famous glitches like Krem apparently not knowing how to sit in a chair) it didn’t have these issues. 

So what I suspect is that EA gave them some kind of deadline or ultimatum, and somehow it ended up being character animation, textures etc. that suffered the most (other evidence of this is terrible hair on almost every character and the strangely limited character creator options). Which is extra weird considering how character-driven these games are.

(There’s also an implication that the dev staff went through some serious shuffling during the development and that kind of stuff is bound to have an effect. But I don’t want to speculate further.)

@vanishingage replied to your post: “also I think I’ve finished writing my first proper essay in 17 years...”:

.... Accidentally hit the button but yes, I work at the writing centre at school helping people with essays all the time!

A few friends and I play on Roll20 and our DM just trusts us to report honestly if we wanna use real dice. (I know Roll20 has neat tools for various checks and bonus calculations but Dice Are Nice.)

Yeeess! :D

…the hell does pumpkin spice even taste like? ...

not dissimilar to what i think of as ‘christmas flavour’ or masala chai-like tbh. like cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger seems to be a common combination.

this is one of my completely OOC weaknesses aaaahhh

Going back to school as an Adult is so weird but also so much better.