I shouldn't have stayed up until 5:30 playing Lion....

[tempestuously]

I forgot to mention yesterday that Stephen Hawking believes aliens exist and THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US ALL!!

Also, we assume this lawmaker is working on some warped gay noir novel or that he's just that special. Read and witness the insanity.

Still loving "Gods Behaving Badly." The humans aren't as annoying as I'd thought they be and are even a bit cute in their fail way. But yes, the best thing is definitely the true-to-form portrayal of the gods. Apollo's conversation with Alice after she rejected him was just... wow. But hey, the gods always were bastards in the Greek pantheon. I think my one complaint is while I love the characterization of Artemis, I feel that her leadership is more of an Athena role and instead Athena has been reduced to practically nonexistent. I assume this is because Apollo is also in a lead position and the author wanted to focus on their dichotomy. But it wouldn't hurt to have more Athena.

I broke down and downloaded "Lion," the sequel to "Wolf." Not only does this game not come with a tutorial but it is HARD. It's also realistic in that a lion's chance of success in a hunt is probably a lot smaller than a wolf's. You really have to strategize how to sneak up on prey and plan your lunge and chase so that a sudden turn or rock/tree won't slow you up. It's also harder to figure out where prey/water is in relation to your animal since you just get an amorphous map with icons to represent the prey's proximity to you rather than a number indicating how many screen away it is as with "Wolf." But I do love how you can speed up time 8 days at a time so long as your lion is in full health and also how you can switch between lions when you get one hurt by doing something stupid. I still haven't figured out how to have cubs, but mating seems to be easier than in "Wolf." A huge flaw though is the 5 to 10 minutes it can take to load the actual game. Might as well pick up a snack once you click on your saved file. "Wolf" is still the superior game in terms of enjoyable gameplay, but "Lion" definitely captures the realism of lion life, down to the need for frequent rests. Lions rest about 20 hours each day. Lazy bastards.

ETA: I just saw someone suggest NA CG casting of Orlando Bloom for Guilford and Kate Beckinsdale for Cornelia. I think my soul died a bit. :(

Comments

[zidane.livejournal.com]

Too late Hawking, we've already shot messages toward Gliese 581 d. Better hope nobody's living there!

[nayami.livejournal.com]

NOOOOES. DD:

[zidane.livejournal.com]

The earliest we can expect their deconstructor fleets is 2049.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

Why 2049?

[zidane.livejournal.com]

Gliese 581 is 20.3 light years from us; the message is expected to reach the system in 2029. So, assuming there's a sufficiently advanced civilization with speed of light travel, it'd still take them 20.3 years to reach us.

Or they'll just text us back.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I want to see alien-styled text-speak.

[synergic.livejournal.com]

OH MAN, LION WAS MY CHILDHOOD.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

Wolf was my childhood. My dad was too much of a cheapskate to cop for both.

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

Wolf! Man, I loved that game as a child. Never managed to mate, though, even as an alpha in the right season.

I don't think Wolf tells you exactly how many screens prey/location is away? It seemed to have a number that signifies some sort of distance, but not screen....but then I played with scrolling on, so maybe I just didn't notice.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I watching a YT vid that explained the trick to mating. You have to be playing your wolf on the exact DAY it turns the required age (usually _ years and 9 months). The other alpha will come to you and you don't have to do anything. A screen will just run them being cuddly. If you click on her/him, the other alpha will make you wait another week before being ready to mate with you. Literally, the second the sun comes up on mating day, the alpha will wander over and that's when the screen rolls. The annoying part is waiting around the several hours it takes to reach mating age and then an additional 12 for the pups to be born. But I love puppies so it was worth it.

I think the number indicated screens. We just didn't see them because of the scrolling. That's why it would be 0 when you didn't have to move much.