tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post5095058744846915066..comments2024-03-27T10:35:46.596+01:00Comments on Ravalation: My Steam Awards nominationsRavanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-12424689826946085292016-12-08T21:20:17.303+01:002016-12-08T21:20:17.303+01:00George R.R. Martin. The author of Game of Thrones....George R.R. Martin. The author of Game of Thrones. And the guy who never met a character he didn't kill off (or try to).<br /><br />I can only imagine what a G.R.R.M. Romance novel would look like...Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-62002753024253110622016-12-08T18:44:49.118+01:002016-12-08T18:44:49.118+01:00I put Gone Home on my Steam wishlist. I still have...I put Gone Home on my Steam wishlist. I still have a lot of games to play before I get to it, but this way I will at least remember!Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-5610538555028499162016-12-05T01:51:21.607+01:002016-12-05T01:51:21.607+01:00What's G.R.R.M.? I totally agree with the sent...What's G.R.R.M.? I totally agree with the sentiment, though. It's also why I don't like to watch horror movies and the likes, or movies that seem to revolve about super much violence. They just make me feel miserable. There are already enough *real* horrible things happening in the world, right? I know people like it, but personally I don't think I'll ever see the point.<br /><br />Haha, and yes, it's nice to know a like minded soul when it comes to hype resistance! It shows in your blog design as well, no nonsense. And you're one of the few people I know that play SWTOR and LOTRO both. *high five*Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-64047358745728832062016-12-04T22:54:17.261+01:002016-12-04T22:54:17.261+01:00I do recommend Gone Home. It is a pretty short gam...I do recommend Gone Home. It is a pretty short game and I like the story. Steam should have its winter sale soon so if it is on sale then you might want to buy it.<br /><br />Yeah, I won't be surprised if Civ wins on that category. I thought about trying to vote for something else but since Civ is pretty much the epitome of that syndrome it just didn't feel right for me to vote for something else.<br /><br />Yeah, it took me quite by surprise when that happened too. Even more so because councillors do add to the gameplay (and can be quite a pain to deal with too depending on what DLCs you have) so putting a horse as councillor does have its consequences. :)<br /><br />Other funny thing insane rulers can do are: enact a law banning pants (or other equally silly choices), thinking they are a werewolf and other stuff I forgot now. They can make for some very funny rulers even if not very popular among their subjects. :)<br /><br />I didn't even think about it making a good blog post so I didn't take any screenshots. Oh, well, if they do this next year I will be sure to take a screenshot of my choices.Rakunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253609981961681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-30140175541956977272016-12-04T21:06:03.668+01:002016-12-04T21:06:03.668+01:00I was already looking forward to your picks, becau...I was already looking forward to your picks, because you tend to come up with these cool games that I haven't heard of. Gone Home must be one of those. Do you recommend it? I wasn't particularly sold on the graphics, but if the story is that good...<br /><br />I'd be very surprised if Civ doesn't win the "Just 5 more minutes" award. I would have voted for that, too, if I wouldn't have played ARK.<br /><br />The personal councillor horse made me laugh out loudly at my desk! That's just brilliant. <br /><br />Bit of a bummer that we can't look back at our nominations. Guess I'm lucky I made screenies before the nomination period was over.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-3918108731668431932016-12-04T18:29:14.938+01:002016-12-04T18:29:14.938+01:00Wooot, you know about the crunchy chicks! Thinking...Wooot, you know about the crunchy chicks! Thinking about that gave me this huge nostalgia vibe. Now I want to play Fable again. Which I probably shouldn't, because it's never as good as in your memory.<br /><br />I really wanted to include Dragon Age as well, but as you had to select gamesin the Steam store to nominate them (and DA is on Origin, not Steam) I couldn't. Only downside of the awards, for the rest I really liked that you could pick *anything*, not just preset games per category.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-5645021446511412752016-12-02T11:21:48.582+01:002016-12-02T11:21:48.582+01:00HAHA! The crunchy chicks, oh man. The original Fa...HAHA! The crunchy chicks, oh man. The original Fable was such a trip when it came out. I used to max out the evil meter by beating my wife, the Grey Lady. Now I'm sitting here at work laughing at the idea of eating live chicks. How horrible. <br /><br />But, this was a good list! I haven't played most of these games, so my answers would've all been Dragon age, Dragon age, and Dragon age. I'm boring. Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742580853401318176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-8470060144789016832016-12-01T14:17:23.822+01:002016-12-01T14:17:23.822+01:00"However, I still haven't finished the la..."However, I still haven't finished the last chapters because I am so afraid (more) sad things will happen."<br /><br />I believe that you just described me. I've gotten too down over the tendency in SF&F novels these days to go in the direction of "grimdark" and "edgy" plotlines/worldbuilding, which typically means "kill off people and make the world more realistic". The thing is, if I wanted that much realism, I'd go watch the news.<br /><br />(I'm looking at you, G.R.R.M....)<br /><br />"If you know me, you know it's far more likely for me to start playing a game waaaay after everyone has hyped about it and already left (*cough* Guild Wars 2 *cough*) than the other way around."<br /><br />Maybe that's why we get along so well; I'm the same way. The more something gets hyped, the more resistant I am to jumping on board.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-1545386437682468792016-12-01T13:05:01.177+01:002016-12-01T13:05:01.177+01:00Interesting choices!
Unfortunately Steam doesn...Interesting choices!<br /><br />Unfortunately Steam doesn't have the Steam Awards page around anymore so I can't see which choices I picked. From what I remember what I picked for "I'm Not Crying, There's Something In My Eye" was Gone Home. I realized after I picked it that Life is Strange would probably be a better choice but then I thought Gone Home deserved some votes too as probably everyone else would pick the latter for this category.<br /><br />For "Just 5 more minutes" I went with Civilization V. It would have been VI but I haven't played it yet as I am waiting for further news if there will be a Linux port of it or not. :p<br /><br />For "I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award" I think it was Morrowind. It was for either that category or "Villain Most in Need of a Hug". Either way, that was the game that made me see the potential of modding and what a good, well-built, sandboxy world could do. It has a pretty good villain too, with a motivation and a plan.<br /><br />For "Best Use Of A Farm Animal" I went with Crusader Kings II since if you have a ruler with the insane trait you can put your personal horse as one of your councillors.<br /><br />I really wish I could remember what I came up with for the last category as it was something that amused me (and probably no one else) but alas, I completely forgot it.Rakunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253609981961681014noreply@blogger.com