Sunday, 6 March 2011

Rome: totally nailed

 

Mr Ashbless is a big fan of Rome: total war, which if you haven't come across it is a real-time 3D strategy battle game. Having conquered the entire ancient world playing the Romans, he is now doing the whole thing again as the Egyptians.

I happened to walk in while he was explaining to a friend what his current battle was.

"So at the moment I'm trapped in a desert fort with 230 highly-trained men, beseiged by barbarians."

"Heh. You've just described one of Janine's sexual fantasies," said the friend.

I opened my mouth to protest, but nothing came out. I had to walk away. It was, after all, a fair cop.

But I will have my cruel revenge by showing them both this:


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12 comments:

  1. Jo6 March 2011 at 11:53

    I love 'an online roleplaying game and birth control device'.

    It's sweet that Mr Ashbless spends his days constructing elaborate sexual fantasies for you :)

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  2. Janine Ashbless6 March 2011 at 12:06

    lol!
    Yeee...eees. I wish.


    "side-effects: may cause bloating"

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  3. Janine Ashbless6 March 2011 at 12:07

    And, of course, thanks for the vid link, Jo!

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  4. Fulani6 March 2011 at 13:30

    Wonderful video! And so true (apparently).

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  5. Chris6 March 2011 at 13:37

    What a great post! From the sublime naiads to the ridiculous RTW. Still, defending a city against barbarians is lots of fun - the question is, in your fantasy version, do you want the barbarians to get in, or not?

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  6. Janine Ashbless6 March 2011 at 14:16

    The question is, are they hot barbarians, Chris? Well, it's my fantasy so of course they are...

    Though let's not be greedy. 230 highly-trained men should be enough for me, surely ;-)

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  7. Jo6 March 2011 at 15:03

    I suppose if they get in, there's always the chance of watching some Roman/Barbarian action while you recover.

    This is a smelly fantasy, I fear, Janine.

    Link comes from Shanna! I have no gamer credetials at all...

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  8. Veronic6 March 2011 at 17:19

    The WOW vid was hilarious!
    And I want to comment on that 230 barbarians thing but it would say wayyyyyy too much about me! :)

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  9. t'Sade6 March 2011 at 22:42

    Mmm, one of my favorite stories that I wrote (Improving Morale) was pretty close to that idea. But, in my fantasy, barbarians get sweaty but take a bath beforehand.

    I can attest to the addiction of online games, though mine was in the MUD days, not these fancy graphical things. I can get addicting and you end up dropping everything (college, blowjobs, leaving the apartment) for a while. Or at least, I did. But, it was the blowjobs that brought me back. Well, that and getting into a committed threesome.

    I *loved* that video though.

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  10. Madeline Moore7 March 2011 at 09:09

    Jeez I hear you're out of town for a week so I don't pop in and then when I do you've got posts up the yin yang. I find posting twice a week exhausting. WTF?
    Is this an age thing.
    And you know you could handle those barbarians Janine. I read your story. Just so long as you were their 'Queen' so you could say - Tomorrow, forty barbarians may torture and beat me. The rest of you go conquer a country in my name.

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  11. Janine Ashbless7 March 2011 at 09:57

    barbarians get sweaty but take a bath beforehand

    I'm with you there, t'Sade. Oh, we're so prissy, aren't we? ;-) Heh. And a threesome would bring me back from almost anything too, up to and possibly including death.

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  12. Janine Ashbless7 March 2011 at 09:57

    Work harder Madeline! Harder!
    ;-D

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