Recent content by Vanalosswen

I think my favorite example of an atheist to religious is C.S. Lewis. He's written that if it weren't for his Catholic friend J.R.R. Tolkien, he probably would have never become a Christian. So, yeah, it does happen... OT, I think it depends. I'm personally a searching Christian (I believe in...

I beg to differ. As a woman sword-and-shield fighter, we can still block shots pretty effectively even with less muscle mass. Is it easier to dodge? Depends on armor and weaponry, but sure, we're generally faster and nimbler. But we still can and do block decent shots with shields. I've blocked...

My brother got a Gameboy Color shortly after they first came out. With it, he bought Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Time. I think we played through that game six or seven times apiece; I never got some of the puzzles, and had to keep passing them off to him, but that game defined the idea of a...

Funnily enough, a lot of the people I know who have Asperger's or are fully autistic aren't all that dickish. They have varying levels of control over themselves, but for the most part, they tend to get REALLY focused on one thing. And those that I know, they know they don't have social skills...

I think it was the Persona gun from Persona 3...since I played that more recently than DA2. Well, at least it doesn't fire real bullets, and who knows, maybe I'm a latent Persona user! Way....way...latent...eww.

I like that this whole town pulled together to thwart WBC. That being said, I wish they'd used the counter-protest measures displayed by others standing against the Phelps family in the past. For example, the veterans on motorcycles drowning them out and blocking their view with American...

I approve; this made me smile, even though I knew it was a prank before clicking on the thread. And the song made me actually laugh out loud.

I wear a twenty-dollar watch that manages to survive what I put it through for at least a year. Admittedly, because I'm allergic to any metal that isn't silver or gold, I have to cover the back with something to keep it off my skin, but I like being able to tell time without pulling out my cell...

I work in a hospital, and we're trained to say someone "passed". So that's been embeded into my mind. Besides, I like how it sounds. A little less abrupt.

Freechoice and Sven, I agree with you, reservedly. On the one hand, yes, one does have to dig rather hard in the Pit of Voles (as GAFF used to call ff.net) to find any decent works. There's a lot of dreck, especially in my favorite fandom, Lord of the Rings. I would say, though, that jumping...

A friend of mine had the best idea: a funeral pyre. I wonder about the smell, but I still think that's an awesome idea. Maybe an Arthurian boat-in-the-water-shoot-flaming-arrow-at-it? Anyway. I want my funeral to be a celebration of my life, since my beliefs state that I've gone to a better...

I save quite often. As a new gamer, I didn't...and then had to replay almost an hour's worth of work a couple times. After that, I wised up and saved as often as they'd give me a save point. In DA:O, I took the advice of the load screen that said, "You never know when you might walk into a...

I destroy it every time (and I just finished my third playthrough). Honestly, I can't ignore the wishes of the guy who made it, and Branka's crazy. And while Bhelen's a bit of a douche personally, he's much better for the Dwarves, so I picked him this time through. I suppose I'll have to keep...

There's a few of us here. I'm on the shallow end of the gamer pool, but depending on the subject I can be quite nerdy... And yes, accents get immediate attention. *hinthint*

I know, right? Especially since I particularly like the British accent, and everyone with that accent is *thousands* of miles away. *pout*