Monday evening

[incandescens]

I drag myself away with a struggle from the pretty balls of wool on ebay. Fortunately none was pretty enough to be really tempting, so it isn't too much of a struggle.

One coworker has been hit by the lurgy. This is not a good time to have coworkers going down with the lurgy. Fingers crossed she is back with us soon. I do care about her as a person, really I do, but I also care about her workload.

Have been indulging myself playing Sword of the New World. Some new screenshots up here -- http://pics.livejournal.com/incandescens/gallery/0000dfrf?page=1 -- the ones up to "Three men fighting in a dungeon" are from the beta months ago, while the ones from "Heroes in quarters" are today's. It really is ridiculously pretty. I would like to have a game which is this pretty, though with more costume choice, and with the interesting quests/storylines of some of the other games out there. And set the whole thing in baroque steampunk Sigil while you're at it, Providence.

---

Fog

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

-- Carl Sandburg

Comments

[marith.livejournal.com]

Oh, they are so very pretty. I wish I hadn't found the UI so clunky - has it improved any now it's out of beta?

[incandescens]

I haven't much experience with MMORPGS (City of Heroes, and that's about it) but it feels reasonably smooth. There are occasional slowness problems when there are a lot of people on screen, but then again, my computer is several years old, so I'm not sure whether to blame it, blame the game, or whether this is fairly normal. But I'm enjoying it.

[archangelbeth]

Very Pretty!

[incandescens]

Indeed! (Even if WoW might be more satisfying . . .)

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Oooo.. pretty!!

[incandescens]

Yup! Though a bit lacking in customisation (at this stage, at least).