OK its been roughly 4 weeks since I bought a second hand CV1 so I thought I would post this. I am an old dude (50) but the Rift has definately changed the way I use my PC and although it sounds melodramatic, it has even changed the way I live LOL (i.e. I have turned my bedroom in to a full scale room scale setup ). Since buying it I have also added a new sensor (for the roomscale) and other little bits and pieces (foam cover etc) and I think the next big purchase for it will be some frames and prescription lenses (Lens Labs). I am an avid sim racer and I dont think I will ever be going back to using monitors for racing. This is a list of software/games I use/enjoy the most (again, bear in mind I am old and slow and still experimenting in the world of VR).
There are others I enjoy (Firma, Space Pirate Trainer, Eve Valkyrie, LyraVR, etc etc) and there are more that I am looking forward to (Fallout VR, Project Cars 2 in particular) but I just wanted to post how much I am enjoying the whole experience so far. Kind Regards.
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you sir, are insane.. I struggled for 6 weeks to read Lord Foul's Bane when I was 14, and (thinking I was too young) had similar issues when I was in my 20's and tried to read them all.. had LOTS of trouble with those books.. the gap into madness were ok, but the Chronicles were baaaad :tongue:
L.E. Modesitt Jr on the other hand, writes a good "moral ambiguity" story - I recommend any of the Recluse books, or the Ecotech War stuff :smile:
Though you are more than slightly incoherent, I agree with you Madam, a plum is a terrible thing to do to a nostril.
you sir, are insane.. I struggled for 6 weeks to read Lord Foul's Bane when I was 14, and (thinking I was too young) had similar issues when I was in my 20's and tried to read them all.. had LOTS of trouble with those books.. the gap into madness were ok, but the Chronicles were baaaad :tongue:
L.E. Modesitt Jr on the other hand, writes a good "moral ambiguity" story - I recommend any of the Recluse books, or the Ecotech War stuff :smile:
The best thing about the Covenant books is Thomas Covenant himself. As you're reading the books you begin to realise that Thomas Covenant's character has the worst parts of your own. Perhaps you're too nice a guy to appreciate that part and you don't identify with the protagonist enough..?
The Gap novels are pure genius too. I loved the way that the hero, the victim and the baddie roles switched between the different characters all the way through the series. Very clever.
Best of the lot is the Wheel Of Time series of novels, although I haven't read the last few. I think I stopped reading when Robert Jordan was inconsiderate enough to die from a rare blood disorder, so I haven't read any of the ones that were written and published after that. The Wheel Of TIme novels were outstanding, particularly the politics throughout. Better than Tolkien imo.
you sir, are insane.. I struggled for 6 weeks to read Lord Foul's Bane when I was 14, and (thinking I was too young) had similar issues when I was in my 20's and tried to read them all.. had LOTS of trouble with those books.. the gap into madness were ok, but the Chronicles were baaaad :tongue:
L.E. Modesitt Jr on the other hand, writes a good "moral ambiguity" story - I recommend any of the Recluse books, or the Ecotech War stuff :smile:
The best thing about the Covenant books is Thomas Covenant himself. As you're reading the books you begin to realise that Thomas Covenant's character has the worst parts of your own. Perhaps you're too nice a guy to appreciate that part and you don't identify with the protagonist enough..?
The Gap novels are pure genius too. I loved the way that the hero, the victim and the baddie roles switched between the different characters all the way through the series. Very clever.
Best of the lot is the Wheel Of Time series of novels, although I haven't read the last few. I think I stopped reading when Robert Jordan was inconsiderate enough to die from a rare blood disorder, so I haven't read any of the ones that were written and published after that. The Wheel Of TIme novels were outstanding, particularly the politics throughout. Better than Tolkien imo.
actually my issue was with the writing style itself - for some reason it just grated on me. I like stories that deal with social and moral ambiguity (hence the LE Modesitt stuff, and liking the Gap series), but the Chronicles just didn't work for me.
If you like that stuff then I definitely recommend the Recluse books.. there are a couple of stories told from opposing sides in the same war/events and you see the "good" guys and the "bad" guys and they are just people operating inside society and reacting to pressure and forces.. the stories cover ~700 years and you can see the origins of myths in the world, and the decisions that people make and then how they're considered 100's of years later.. awesome stuff.
I understand about the Wheel of time - I think I stopped around book 7 though. got way too samey for me (plus going in wanting to write the longest series in history made me grumpy about Robert).
Though you are more than slightly incoherent, I agree with you Madam, a plum is a terrible thing to do to a nostril.
