Ask Lyra

Nov 16

Anonymous asked: OH, WELL I DONT REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE X-COLT, I M SURE YOU COULD TRANSFER THE SAVE OR SOMETHING. SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT FOR THE PC, ITS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ARE SURPRISINGLY LOW AND YOU GET THE BENEFIT OF MOD SUPPORT!!!!!!

You sound like Bon-Bon…

theblackstrawberry asked: It's a golem, it's technically not alive. So i'm going to go ahead and say no.

I thought I heard somewhere that some enchantments can feel through some sort of mana-based nervous system.

ask-twi asked: You're right. When you think of it like that, all games are puzzles. You have to do <x> to get to <y>, if we simplify it like that. It's just that different genres take different approach how to do <x>. Also; Timesplitter heavily reminds me of the good ol' Quake :D

Timesplitters was such an awesome series… and three was the real deal!

Make your own map? Forget that garbage! Make your own, multi-objective mission!

Of course, Quake was great too!

Anonymous asked: DO THE NORMAL THING, BUY IT, AND THEN PIRATE IT TO PLAY IT EARLY, THATS WHAT ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING. YOU GETTING THAT PREORDER MAP?

But I’d have to start over. I’m getting it for the X-Colt.

Nov 15

Anonymous asked: SO MANY WORDS, YOU WRITE SO MANY WORDS, AND THEY ARE ALL SO INTERESTING, WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME FROM PLAYING SKYRIM!?!?!?!?

I’m sorry. I’ll stop for now. Go play Skyrim.

Hopefully my copy will come in the mail tomorrow.

theblackstrawberry asked: It took a few tries to adjust the power, but it did. It's hilarious.

It’s not in pain or anything, is it?

theblackstrawberry asked: Hahaha! Exactly! It's kind of like a HEY SCIENCE! LOOK WHAT I CAN DO WITH MAGIC! and it's also kind of like a HEY MAGIC PEOPLE, TRY AND CREATE SOMETHING MORE RIDICULOUSLY IRONIC THAN THAT!

So… Did it work at all?

ask-dead-end-blog asked: i dont only mean the quantity, but also the quality of your following. you seem to, for the most part, have some of the most friendly followers ive seen since i started my tumblr. it gives me hope.

You know, I can’t quite explain that.

They are great followers, though. I’ll grant you that ten-fold.

theblackstrawberry asked: Well i mostly invent for fun spells now. Back in the old days I worked for the army, and had to make many spells that would be considered banned and forbidden. Today I made a golem of sorts. I gave it a water body, with a fire core.

How would that even work? Wouldn’t the body destroy the core?

ask-twi asked: *snerk* There are many puzzle games, true. Portal is one of my favorite from the genre because of the fact that you can get trough the game on so many ways, that designers didn't think of it. either by exploiting it's glitches or just run trough the map in some really weird way. But I digress. On the other hand; I hear that the Pony revolution is awesome. I don't have the money to buy it yet, tho. Also; Hard Reset is a decent game as well. I don't know, if I could get into Rage, tho.

The point of this conversation, at least from my perspective, is to point to the underlying puzzle-ness that all games possess.

Games like Portal are just more heavily structured in precision and clairvoyance problem solving while something like Timesplitters is more involved in timing and accuracy. In the end, it’s still a matter of hitting that button, moving that way, and doing the thing.

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ethepony replied to your post: Ohhhhh no wonder the ground is squishy…
I call that spell tequila sunrise.

Help yourself!

ask-dead-end-blog asked: hey lyra, i just wanted to say how much i enjoy your blog. i like how real you are to your followers. and ill admit, im a little bit jealous of your following. lol. oh well. have a good morning, day, night, and life.

Well thank you!

I’m not really that concerned with the number of followers I have. I’ve stayed pretty consistently around five sixty-five for the last week or so. I just hope the ponies that follow my page are at least entertained!

You have yourself a good morning, day, night, and life!

theblackstrawberry asked: Ohhhhh no wonder the ground is squishy... I think I invented enough spells today. I'm well rested now... I think.

What, did you invent a spell to pass-out or something?

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Edit: Hmm… Not coming out right on the dashboard. View it from my page.

Anonymous asked: watermelons

Great in bubblegum form!

Too much work in fruit form.