Screenies Galore - Happy Holidays - Christmas Preparations and Nordic Traditions - and Let Us Not Forget Berzelius
Yesterday I got to meet Berzelius the Engineer and her pooch Swedenborg and might I say, Star Stable, I am impressed. You managed to create a smart, attractive character with gray in her hair, a female engineer, someone who is at least partially complex, which is more than I can say for some of the other characters I've run into recently.
I'm a fan of a page on Facebook called Mighty Girls, and it's all about empowering female youth to understand their potential and this character gives me hope. Granted, this game is already rather female-centric, but many of the characters are lacking any sort of complexity. Add to that the fact that during the first quest, the text initially led me to believe she was a male character - with a strange name, etc - that finding out she was a cutie was a pleasant surprise.
More awesome Berzelius quips:
Have I ever mentioned how this game, despite my heritage and small amount of education in Norwegian and Swedish ways, has some culture-shock aspects to it? The Christmas goats and house-elf pudding I was asked to take care of by the Silverglad Councilman certainly fit that bill. If this is truly a tradition, I imagine the history of it is that cats or bunnies or some other adorable homeless animal would nibble at it and cause people to become assured that the house elves had been sated. I find this to be rather adorable, while simultaneously hoping that no animals were harmed by ingesting it. The goats are totes adorbs, too! I want them to decorate my home next year (far too late for this year and this busy gal).
Spoiler alert: the goats go all magic-crazy and hilarity temporarily ensues.
I found out today that you have to be POPULAR with the Kallters to purchase a Fjord horse. This is somewhat exciting because perhaps using that information I can calculate the length of time required to raise my rep up high enough.
Happy Trails and Happy Holidays
...and I'll bid you adieu with a GOATastic screenie:
She looks so fancy astride my sweetie, Snowangel
This is her informing us that she's too overqualified for the menial junk Prof. Einstein insists of her
I'm a fan of a page on Facebook called Mighty Girls, and it's all about empowering female youth to understand their potential and this character gives me hope. Granted, this game is already rather female-centric, but many of the characters are lacking any sort of complexity. Add to that the fact that during the first quest, the text initially led me to believe she was a male character - with a strange name, etc - that finding out she was a cutie was a pleasant surprise.
More awesome Berzelius quips:
Have I ever mentioned how this game, despite my heritage and small amount of education in Norwegian and Swedish ways, has some culture-shock aspects to it? The Christmas goats and house-elf pudding I was asked to take care of by the Silverglad Councilman certainly fit that bill. If this is truly a tradition, I imagine the history of it is that cats or bunnies or some other adorable homeless animal would nibble at it and cause people to become assured that the house elves had been sated. I find this to be rather adorable, while simultaneously hoping that no animals were harmed by ingesting it. The goats are totes adorbs, too! I want them to decorate my home next year (far too late for this year and this busy gal).
Spoiler alert: the goats go all magic-crazy and hilarity temporarily ensues.
I found out today that you have to be POPULAR with the Kallters to purchase a Fjord horse. This is somewhat exciting because perhaps using that information I can calculate the length of time required to raise my rep up high enough.
Happy Trails and Happy Holidays
...and I'll bid you adieu with a GOATastic screenie:
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