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Playing a mage in Dragon Age II, I was running around in what looked like a bathrobe with a codpiece for half the game. That was pretty bad.

If you are planning on purchasing a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Scarlett, how long do you intend to wait to do so? Will you buy the console right away when it releases? Will you wait a few months? A year? Several years? Since I have skipped a generation (PS4), I will probably not wait long to buy a PS5 after it comes out. Once I make a space for it in my tiny home, I will wait for the initial price drop, and then get it immediately. What about you? @killamch89 @kingpotato @The Blackangel @DylanC @skyfire @Executor Akamia @Alyxx

@killamch89 was telling me about laptop cooling pads, and it got me wondering, does anyone know if there are cooling pads for consoles, or if one can just use a laptop cooling pad for a console? We've talked in the past on another thread about ideas for keeping consoles cool on hot days, but I don't think anyone brought this idea up.

Wasn't Morrowind an open world game too? I agree that Skyrim's dungeons do seem more streamlined--and I find the menus likewise. I didn't know you can change spells on the fly in Oblivion. How do you do that? I have been opening the menu each time.

@The Blackangel How did you actually figure that out? By the third exchange, I'd have been assuming the problem was somehow on my end. The whole ordeal would've made me super angry. @DylanC I just hope it won't like ... get worse over time, like Fallout's issues. But I think that has to do with how Fallout save data accumulates, and hopefully Oblivion doesn't have that issue. Skyrim doesn't seem to, or if it does, I've simply never gotten a large enough save file for the game to start breaking.

Thanks! I like that it can also raise the keyboard/screen.

It's really interesting how the way we see ourselves impacts the characters we create, even if they don't actually look like us.

Oh yeah, in a mulitplayer game that'd be terrible. One more reason for me to mainly stick with single player games, lol. Because I mix up controls constantly between games.

Regarding death to vegetables, which veggies are your favorites to murder and devour? :)

I have something like this, but it usually happens when typing. I think it's the result of branching thoughts and hyperfocus issues, but I am not sure. It makes me anxious for professional reasons, because I am always afraid that these errors will slip past me at work.

Best TV show or film you've watched this year?

How would you order all you've played from best to worst? I hadn't thought of that--that new features might render some old ones incompatible, so they get sacrificed.

Can you share a screenshot of what you like about the textures?

@DylanC @kingpotato Wondering if you have any input on this topic :) @killamch89 I always wonder what makes developers drop features from previous games that actually were pretty great.

Okay, good to know, lol. It's one of the worst features I've ever encountered. I figure I'll just work on getting some kind of charm spell instead.

So far all I have is the skeleton you get when you start. It is hard to know what to spend money on, since it seems like there is a lot less loot in this game than in Skyrim, so I have just been saving up all my money aside from what I lose buying repair hammers.

I think I will grab one of those. It can get really hot in the room where I work because of where my window is positioned. I'm sure my laptop would appreciate the cooling pad whether I'm gaming on it or not. Are there any in particular you recommend, or are they all about the same?

@DylanC I forgot to tag you on this.

No, I didn't even know about them. Looks quite useful!

5 foot 5. Ultimate average. I don't know. I keep trying to figure out if 5 is average, and if so, what is average for swimming? Maybe I'm a 3? I escaped a rip tide once--without knowing what I was doing--so I must be adequate! Borderlands 3.

I was prejudiced against cats until I adopted one my neighbor abandoned. I thought they were horrible sadistic creatures. Now I think they are more curious and playful, but simply don't have any empathy for their "toys." I don't project malice on them by default anymore. As many as I can without removing balance from my other obligations.

I just started playing Oblivion. I am enjoying it so far, but it is the only other Elder Scrolls game I have played outside of Skyrim. And I can’t help but notice how many areas Skyrim advanced in significantly over Oblivion. But that has made me wonder in how many ways Oblivion pushed the envelope back when it was released. And then I wondered if Skyrim advanced more over Oblivion, or if Oblivion advanced more over its predecessor (Morrowind). For those who have played many open world games, especially sequentially in series, what open world game do you think made the most significant advances over preceding games in the same series and in other series at around the same timeframe? I mean in terms of graphics, gameplay mechanics, character writing and animation, menu design, etc. Anything and everything you can think of.

A friend recently told me that the original Starcraft is free now, like, officially free, direct from Blizzard. This is quite exciting to me, and made me wonder if there are other classic PC games that you can download for free? I don’t mean ones you can get from questionable sources—I’ve found adware packed in with those in the past. I mean free direct from the publisher.

If you are current on video games (unlike me with my ancient console), what is the best new game you have played in 2019 so far? By "new," I mean games that released either this year or late last year.

Any in particular you like? I lean pretty heavily on conjuration.