Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Jun 23 12:02 am

Tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three... | Mail Online »

Key Points:

  • “The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit.” This about sums it up for me.
  • She claims: “I think he didn’t understand what I wanted. He spoke only fractured English and French.” In Belgium they speak Dutch, French, and German… I find it difficult she’d go forward with the procedure if she felt he didn’t understand her.
  • The best reader comment: “It is very easy to find out who isn’t telling the truth — just check the bill how much she paid and how much it cost to tatoo 1 star. Simple!”
Jun 23 12:52 am
Irony: Playing an Infocom game on an iMac.

Irony: Playing an Infocom game on an iMac.

Jun 23 12:54 am
Ultimate Irony: Playing Ultima VIII—which I have owned at least since 1998 and never previously been able to play with sound, nor ever completed the game—on an iMac.

Ultimate Irony: Playing Ultima VIII—which I have owned at least since 1998 and never previously been able to play with sound, nor ever completed the game—on an iMac.

Jun 23 3:24 pm
Just like mom used to make. I’ve forgotten how immersive old pixellated graphics can be. I mean, I totally am the Avatar. After I figured out how to move around and crap. Ultima VIII is primarily mouse-driven. Your hands and eyes are controlled by the left mouse button. Your feet are controlled by the right mouse button. You’d think that would make it easy, like Diablo, but it does not. At least not at first. MOVEMENTWithout pressing either button, move the cursor around the screen. Notice that the mouse pointer has three lengths. JumpingYou can jump nearly half your height to climb taller objects - but you cannot climb some things such as most vegetation, sharp objects and the highest mountain ledges. When the arrow is short, try clicking both buttons simultaneously. You jump in place if there were a ledge or something overhead to grab, you would grab it and pull yourself up With a medium arrow (pointing any direction), try clicking both buttons. You jump forward There are at least two more pages of this…. I included the info box just to show how old this game is. I’ve owned it on an Ultima compendium CD since about 1998, and I’ve tried to play it twice since then, maybe this time I’ll really go for it.

Just like mom used to make. I’ve forgotten how immersive old pixellated graphics can be. I mean, I totally am the Avatar. After I figured out how to move around and crap.

Ultima VIII is primarily mouse-driven.

  • Your hands and eyes are controlled by the left mouse button.
  • Your feet are controlled by the right mouse button.

You’d think that would make it easy, like Diablo, but it does not. At least not at first.

MOVEMENT

Without pressing either button, move the cursor around the screen.

  • Notice that the mouse pointer has three lengths.

Jumping
You can jump nearly half your height to climb taller objects - but you cannot climb some things such as most vegetation, sharp objects and the highest mountain ledges.

  • When the arrow is short, try clicking both buttons simultaneously.
    • You jump in place if there were a ledge or something overhead to grab, you would grab it and pull yourself up
  • With a medium arrow (pointing any direction), try clicking both buttons.
    • You jump forward

There are at least two more pages of this….

I included the info box just to show how old this game is. I’ve owned it on an Ultima compendium CD since about 1998, and I’ve tried to play it twice since then, maybe this time I’ll really go for it.

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