MindFreak

As it turned out, me too! So I bought Sonic and played Act 1-3 for now. Seems OK but might be glad that it isn't a long game.

Oh my, Sonic Ep 2 (and Ep 1) is (are) tempting, even though I still have Generations lying around waiting to be played. I want Rayman 3 HD too but I haven't got a Gold subscription so I'll wait for it to go on sale for everyone. Should buy some more MSPoints, though, as I also want Dust and perhaps Deadlight.

I don't play this game much. Just a half hour every now and then which is perfect. I'm in World 2, having grapped every Star Coin for every level I have visited. It took me a while to find the second one in 2-5 but finally found it. I just have to find the secret exit in the mansion (2-4) in World 2 - or at least I believe the secret exit is in that level. I haven't played much Coin Rush, though. Tried it the other night, got to level 3 of the first pack (which was castle 1 in World 2) and had collected about 2000 coins when Mario decided to slide down something, that was sinking into the lava, instead of jumping on it so I died and turned off. Hehe.

Ah, no. It's not really atkins - I find that a bit too strict and too limiting. I just replace my lunch bread by vegetables and replace pasta and other fillers by salads, beans or vegetables like broccoli. Having said that, though, I must say that we're not fanatical. We do eat bread just really try to avoid it mostly, and then we try to find replacements for rice and pasta. For instance, I today made 'pasta' and meatsauce - but the pasta was squash - or we replace rice by quinoa which has more protein and less carbs.

It's funny that this is really something we only do in Denmark. I've had visitors from Spain and they bought some rye bread (which I now know it's called, not rugbread) and eated it like it were a snack. That was very weird to watch but then again, freshly baked rye bread is perhaps somewhat the most delicious thing ever. If you are up to it, there is a recipe in the external links of this Wikipedia article about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbrød (ø is pronounced somewhat like the e-sound in 'erm'). On topic, my girlfriend and I decidede to try some low carb 'diets'. It's really more of a life style change than a diet. We get inspiration from the paleo diet, of which I am a huge fan, and then just cut back on bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes. It's really nice, we both feel more energetic and I think I can tell a difference on her body. My major concern at first was that it was going to be very expensive but it's really ok. I've started going more to the Middle Eastern supermarkets to buy my vegetables and other things because it is quite cheap there, and cutting back on bread and cold cuts (sorry if this isn't the right word for it; the topping you put on bread) actually frees quite a bit of money. So it's all good.

New telly: LG 42LM620T. and also just received

I finally took the game disc out of the Wii now, having completed the game after 96 hours and 36 minutes, and I was level 81.

Some guy sells the game for the equivalent of 26.78 pounds, new. So I bought it off him and look forward to playing this game. It's really weird that there is a limit in Coin Rush, though. Hopefully they might fix that in DLC.

Yeah, gem crafting is kind of lame, and yes, it easily takes up 30 minutes of your play time. (But not just ONE gem.) I'm 85 hours in now. I just spend time doing a lot of minor quests in Colony 9 to raise my affinity and get Shulk's fourth skill tree. Then when I've done that, I'm going to head towards the end of the game. And jeez, the last 10 hours where 5 hours of cutscenes! Or so it felt. But it was great to finally get the truth about all those things earlier. Edit: Got Shulk's last Skill Tree now. I don't want to get the other party members' so I'll just finish the game tomorrow. I think.

Pre-ordered! Amazon don't charge me the money now, do they?

Eat whole grain. In Denmark, we have this fantastic kind of bread called rugbread: It's a lot healthier than any kind of "white" bread you can find, even though it has around the same amount of calories. By white bread I mean something along these lines or a bit better but not still as good: Also, eat some vegetables with that scrambled egg. Some broccoli and some paprika/carrots and tomatoes. By paprika I mean this beast: It does add some calories (perhaps 70 kcal) but also good vitamins and I promise you they won't make you gain weight.

True, perhaps it's more like 2500 I'm aiming at. Whatever it is, though, it works like a charm. I haven't gained nor lost any weight over the last eight years.

No, I'm only 181 cm which is 5.93 feet or 5 feet and 11 inches according to my conversions - and Google's.

I'm not accustomed to the feet-measurement so I wrongly inputted 5 in the feet-box and 93 in the inches-box. That was a bit stupid of me. It's a bit weird that they allow you to input your weight in kilograms but then only allows feet-measurements in the height-options. Well, that's a bit more realistic then. Hehe. And I am 25 so that's fine.

As Raining_Again says, it's not enough to eat 1000 kcal a day, especially when you're exercising. You body will then not get enough energy to maintain your functions and it will begin to cling on to everything it can, thereby you not losing any weight at all. But I don't believe that calculator one bit. I'm 68 kg (10.7 stone) and 181 cm (5.94 feet) and I exercise 5-6 times a week (about an hour each time), and it tells me that I burn 4800 kcal a day! That is way too much. I would rather say that I burn about 3000 kcal a day and I try to eat after that.

Exactly what I thought when I played it here in the spring. I will get the sequel at some time.

Well, 50 hours in and have just passed Sword Valley

I really want Deadlight but the price is simply too high for it. I am also afraid that the price of Dust: An Elysian Tale will be too high for its length.

So, 24 hours in:

I just started watching this series but having seen now the first four episodes of season 1, I just don't feel it that much. Sure, I want to find out what happens and (perhaps most importantly) how the hell this series can be five seasons long, but it isn't urgent and I feel no real desire to watch the next episodes. The production value is high though and the cast is good but.. well... it's just not doing it for me.

No, not yet. It's out on 3rd September in Europe and 18th August in the US.

Could anyone perhaps explain the chain-thing to me? To me it seems random when you are allowed to continue a chain after the first three hits.