[Click the image for larger comparison, Click here for full view]
First I made a simply retouch version where I just basically smoothed out her skin a bit and removed some “imperfections” to make the photo feel a bit more fresh.
Of course I think Frida is amazing in her own right, don’t get me wrong, but now it’s a bit more magazine like.

[Click here for full view, I recommend it]
Second I did a more dramatic look just for fun. As you can see I haven’t poked at her skin quite as harsh because I wasn’t after the same feeling as in the first.

/Sam.

Okay, that’s a lie.
I haven’t had much to gaming to write about is more like it.

I spent pretty much all of June in Thailand and when I got back my computer decided to kick itself,which wasn’t a big surprise to be honest. I’m still using the same computer and it’s frustrating to game on something that shuts down every now and then. On the other hand I can now be considered a pro at quick saving.

So yeah, I’ll update the blog every now and then but you won’t get much gaming news until I’ve managed to put together a new computer.

/Sam.

Chances are that there will be a review of The Witcher soon, most likely before the release of II, since I played through it quite recently… gotta have the first fresh in mind when taking in the second

I realise that I should probably post an entry about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim so people don’t think I missed it but there’s quite a few months until the release so at this point it feels really far away.

In other news I don’t really have any news.

I pre-ordered this game months before it came out and got the signature edition for PC, I guess my hope for an epic adventure was what set me up.

As a gamer that almost exclusively plays on a PC one of the things that stood out for me was the fact that this game was ment for a console, unfortunately it didn’t make the game as enjoyable as it could have been (if you’re playing on a console I doubt this will be a problem). The game doesn’t offer a very good overview because everything from your inventory to the level up is divided and throughout the game I was frequently reminded of a random shooter game, not what I had expected.

In fact there wasn’t much I had expected, if the game had another name I would probably thought “they stole Dragon Age’s world and character design” because that is pretty much all that remains the same. The game as a whole made me think that they were targeting a whole different group than the ones who love Origins, in my opinion the change wasn’t in the right direction.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that while change can be refreshing I wouldn’t suggest hitting yourself in the head with a hammer just to live it up a little.

After play-through I was honestly disappointed, it felt like I’d just went through a rather long expansion with an anti-climax to end it all, I even got dead silence during the credits to really help that empty feeling.
BioWare have favored special effects over anything else and there is nothing epic about this game.

5/10
And that’s me being nice!

Personally I love it because it’s not as gloomy as autumn fashion usually is. While there is black and some muted colors it also has a lot of soft colors with pink, green and red, which brings a certain freshness that is invaluable at this stage.
Most of the time I get really sad when it starts to get colder because it means I have to put away all of my fancy summer/spring clothes, so campaigns such as these are a welcome change.

Click the picture to view the campaign.

/Sam.

Of course that might be because google knows that I’m looking for it but anyway, try to google it and see if it shows up… I dare you.

/Sam

It’s not like I’ve forgotten about the blog because I sit a lot in front of my computer and it’s on my favorites so I see the link every day, still I haven’t clicked on it except from looking at my stats every other week. Funny thing is that every day I’ve had readers, except for yesterday.

I guess that’s why I started posting things again. The human mind sure is a marvellous machine.

/Sam.

I also saw Inception.

Yay.

Last week I volunteered at a Swedish festival as a part of the safety team (the one that does a little bit of everything when needed and just generally solves problems). I had a great time and I didn’t get sick until the last day so it’s all good.

My problem however, aside from the obvious, is that I have no idea what to do now. Ever since I got home it’s been kind of empty.

/Sam.

It says Hethert because that’s my username at a number of sites including DA.

The original image is by http://katanaz-stock.deviantart.com/

/Sam.