tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:38:03 +0000Of videogames, cabbages and kingshttp://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Nymeria)Blogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-1898048952805388247Mon, 12 May 2008 20:10:00 +00002008-05-12T22:11:48.337+02:00The Universe and EverythingNew site's up! Clicky here!http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-neu-noveau-nuevo-nieuw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-1700814770472812299Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:49:00 +00002008-03-26T19:17:12.893+01:00The Universe and EverythingIn case someone were wondering, no, I am not dead. But building the new site is taking longer than expected, or, to be more exact, I've had a lot less free time (and energy) to learn how to build a decent site than I expected. And... ok I confess, a good part of my free time has been absorbed by Team Fortress 2, and another good part by my pathetic attempts to remember how to drive a car after http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-atent-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-3020184358644116227Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-12-10T22:26:58.162+01:00The Universe and EverythingIngredients: 1 (one) bored geek, 1 (one) very bad tuna sandwich, 2 (two) 500 ml bottles of water.First of all, make sure it's lunchtime and that your geek is bored, stressed and unsatisfied enough. Then sit him/her on an office chair stolen from the Medieval Torture Museum and force him/her to eat the whole sandwich. The put the other ingredients on the desk and wait five to ten minutes, http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/its-random-picture-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-2971870908897177929Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:53:00 +00002008-12-10T22:26:58.352+01:00Foemina Ludens When discussing “girls & videogames” (a topic that gets more annoying every day), there is always, and I mean always (always!) some idiot who feels the need to mark the territory. I try not to get furious (and kick the above mentioned idiot’s butt to dust), I really do. So this time, after risking death again (shaky hands, blurry vision, red hot face), I decided to follow Ivan Fulco’s advice (http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/sexist-bs-anthology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-8342865674076556979Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:12:00 +00002008-03-04T13:15:58.569+01:00The Universe and EverythingGoing to work on the first real spring day of the year, when the sun is warm, the air is fresh and the trees are full of tiny pink flowers and cute little chirping birds, is a HUGE waste of time. Huge. I’d like to meet the guy who first thought videogames for girls were a good idea. Maybe a headbutt could fix his brain. I wouldn’t mind trying anyway. Perfume does not attract the http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/random-thoughts-on-deadly-deadline-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-7755114325179324883Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:48:00 +00002008-12-10T22:26:58.555+01:00The Universe and EverythingI dream very often, and I’ve had lots of videogame-inspired dreams in the past, but the one I had the other day was, by far, the weirdest I’ve ever had. It was even worse than that one about me in a kwama nest (kwamas are some huge termite-like creatures in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind), wearing a chainmail and wielding a silver sword, and trying to defend the kwama queen from a group of Arx http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/videodreams-why-cant-i-just-dream-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-7029925432369465160Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:53:00 +00002008-02-25T20:06:07.310+01:00The Universe and EverythingLadies and gentlemen, this blog is going to move. Blogger is nice and all, but it's a bit too basic for me and there are so many things I'd like to do. So I'm moving it to a new address, and I'm going to use Wordpress to build my homepage. No, I've never tried it before, but it doesn't sound too hard and learning is part of the fun anyway.Besides, this is a good moment to learn how to build a http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/migrating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-470463001766724395Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:08:00 +00002008-12-10T22:26:58.726+01:00Foemina LudensI’ve been fantasizing about it for years. Since the day I put my hands on a computer and tried my first videogame, I’ve been thinking about how, some day, a more direct, mind-based control system will take the place of manual controls. As I, and my collection of sci-fi novels, grew up, what in my mind was the ultimate game controller (a helmet-like device full of wires) turned into a tiny http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/final-frontier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-5605738673187267974Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:20:00 +00002008-12-10T22:26:58.876+01:00Foemina LudensI somehow managed to get over my FPS-complex (Aaaargh! Too many weapons! Too much stuff on screen! No time to think!) and the panic that freezes me every time I try to play a game that’s even vaguely scary (I’ve had it since the time I played Undying and American McGee’s Alice. Having never even watched a horror movie, the fact that I survived that experience means I’m probably immortal). So, http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/bioshocked-and-enraptured.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-6710222891086976343Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:23:00 +00002008-12-10T22:26:58.984+01:00The Universe and EverythingSometimes, my love for eating rubbish (probably due to the fact that, as a child, I followed a very healthy and junkfood-free diet) can be useful. If I only ate healthy stuff, I would have never opened that bag of crisps.And would have never found this.http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/gamefood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482100236238529881.post-7845737179042068137Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:44:00 +00002008-02-16T23:38:33.630+01:00The Universe and EverythingHello. I am Marianna, this is my blog, and I'm glad you're here. Actually, this is the English version of Praticamente Innocua, my other blog (in Italian), and here you will find, together with the new stuff, English translations of my older posts (if I manage to translate them, since for a non-native speaker translating something into English is A LOT harder than translating someting from http://themostlyharmlessblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/mostly-english-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marianna)5