"Beneath the waves, in R'lyeh, Cthulhu dead lies dreaming. "
As you may have noticed me mention it a time or two, I went on a cruise with my family. Oh the fun of of the and two kids, ages 2 and 3 1/2 on an 7-day cruise out of Baltimore, with stops in Florida and the Bahamas.
First, an observation, then a PSA.
If you are going to go on a cruise out of of Baltimore on Super Bowl and you aren't a) a longtime 49ers fan or b) stupid, you're going to root for the Ravens because, if they had lost, the subsequent rioting on the shop would take out the aforementioned groups first.
Second, if you never have been on a cruise, or haven't been on one for the last 15 years, it might be wise to check the cruiseline's website or perhaps the back of your boarding pass for rules and regulations. Cruise passengers go through similar security as an airport. Sure they are friendlier, but they do follow the cruiseline restrictions, as well as the basic no bombs, guns, knives, and illegal stuff. With all that said the people in front of us in line were stopped a) they allow each person a small lunch cooler 12"x12" to bring on cold soft drinks, water, etc. they brought on two 20"x30" coolers on wheels. Those items were confiscated. Next, you may not bring through security an open container of any kind. In parental speak that means sippy cups out, unopened juice boxes in. These people brought in large water bottles full of iced tea... And vodka. If you need a liter of Long Island Iced Teas to get you through the boarding of the ship, I'd hate to see your drink costs at the end if the cruise.
That all being said, outside of foot races to catch speedy Millie as she ran away from us, a good time was has by all. The kids had there fun, we had ours, and by the time we were off the coast of South Carolina, it warm enough to use the balcony for reading.
After some failures on eBay to acquire a non gaming book or two, I assembled my reading list
Contemptible Little Armies
Day of the Beast
Secrets of New York
I had also downloaded a number of podcasts from Cthulhu on Parade. This group that plays vis Skype.sounds either very familiar with Lovecraft or at least with the classic tropes of CoC. After listening to the first half hour of the first episode, I figured another ten hours should me over on the boat.
A word of warning, the original female player just turns into an annoying escape of air, and the jury is still out on the second female player added during the second session, but it's not looking good.
Tony West is my new personal god.
Luckily, no Deep Ones came up onto the boat, although a few Hybrids definitely booked passage.
Oh man! My vanity Google searches finally pay off! I edit and kinda run the Cthulhu on Parade podcast. Glad that you liked it even for a little bit! Tony West is my favourite too. As for the female players, the second one was Amy, my ex-girlfriend, and she got too busy with university and stuff, plus now she has a job and other things. I can try and get her on again some time maybe but I'm not sure.
ReplyDeleteSam is also pretty extremely busy with things and she's not prioritizing us either, but I totally agree with the implicit thing about how the podcast is another DudeQuest! We need to get more players generally.
Anyway! Thanks for listening. Any other comments or whatever, let me know? Sorry this is like a month late!
Ha!
ReplyDeleteI need a new set of headphones (and this Walking Dead marathon every night to end) so I can catch up! Great stuff.
Oh, I get that, my headphones are always breaking and I've been re-watching Buffy pretty much every night for the past few months with my sister.
DeleteDoes The Walking Dead get considerably better than the first season? I kind of wound up losing interest in the tv show before the second season started airing here. Love the comics, though.
Oh also forgot to say, hope Sam/Ruby grows on you more through the podcasts when you listen! I think she brings an important energy which is why it kinda sucks that she's gone. Oh also the site seems cool from what little I've looked at! I'll have to check out more later. Bye!
I will happy to give Sam/Ruby a second chance. Perhaps it's more the character than anything else.
ReplyDeleteHaving only read a handfull of the comics, I find the show to be a completely different animal. The season finale airs this Sunday and AMC has been airing all the previous episodes between 8-11 each night until then.
I'm finding I'm appreciating things a bit more the second time around. As much as many complain about season two running slow, most forget the first three (?) episodes take place in the same 24 hour period!
I'm waiting for them to be done with The Governor. David Morrissey does an admirable job, as the TV show version is a decent man who descends into madness, but I still prefer him as "The Doctor."
Yeah, I heard that it's supposed to be better if you watch them quicker together! I guess it's hard to write stuff like that where you change the passing of time to what you're used to and not expect it to feel a little weird or like things are moving too fast or slow, just because you're used to that rhythm?
DeleteI guess another reason why I haven't picked it back up yet is because I like to get dvd box sets and watch them all the way through, which is hard to do with ongoing series because then you have to keep buying new ones!
And, huh! That seems weird, since in the comics he's more of a dark mirror of what Rick is capable of being, and what Rick is afraid of becoming, I guess. As well as also being just a brutal psychopath. I suppose if you get to see the road he goes down then they could also play with sending Rick down a similar road.
Also long message! Sorry. On the Doctor Who front though, I guess that's coming back soon! I only just caught up with the seventh season since I quit after the first episode when they showed before.