Test run

This is a test run of my mail to blogger, I really have nothing else to say.  Except maybe that I welcome our new google overlords and wish to bake them cookies. Hmm, maybe I need to check my bread

Gaming Fail (Epic)

I am a geek. Anybody who knows me knows this. I did something that's geeky even for me, I built my own computer. This computer is by no way top of the line, but it is significantly more upgradeable than the last two computers that I've had (both of them big name laptops). So yesterday, I went to the big-box computer store. I wanted a couple of games to play on my computer now that I have one that will run games without seizing.

So, I'm looking at the PC game selection. The selection however, is not that great. I see the newest WoW expansion, LotR online, Left for Dead, Civilization 4, and a few other FPS games. None of these hold any sort of interest for me at ALL. Okay, there were some Sims there too, but I already have those, so therefore don't need more. I know my reason for not playing FPS games is rather unique, as they make me really motion sick (I have enjoyed them otherwise), but when did the gaming industry stop making games that would appeal to someone like me?

I want a pretty game that will take advantage of my graphics card, but that dosen't require me to overclock my computer to do so. I want something that appeals to me as a woman, yet dosen't make assumptions. There were several games with female leads at the store, but they all looked like they were going to fall over because they were too top heavy. The other games with women on the boxes were things like "Cooking Mama Madness." If I wanted to cook and experience madness, I'd go to my kitchen and do so, I don't need a game to simulate that. It'd be like playing "Driving to work," where the goals are to eat a sandwich and drive in stop and go traffic all the way to work! I like roleplaying games. But I don't want to have to get a MMORPG to play one. I know the general population of the internet, and it is stupid. I don't want to have to interact with them while playing a game. I want a game that makes me think, just a little though. Just shooting the bad guys is not fun, as I'm bad at it, but if I can solve a puzzle and get rewards that way, I'd enjoy it.

Basically, I want a Monkey Island 5 and Diablo 3.