Stunner of the Month

I love sunglasses. I went through a time in my life when there was literally nothing I'd rather buy than a new pair of sunglasses. Not even food. Really. Unfortunately, my funds have decreased since then and I haven't bought a new pair in quite some time. The packrat store I have been saving is slowly dwindling as lenses get scratched, frames break, plastic pairs get sat on in the back seat of my car, and the choisest items in my collection get lifted by delinquent teenagers.

So naturally I am thrilled about this: http://stunnerofthemonth.com/gift.html

I love stunner shades and here is a way for me to get a new pair every month like a magical gift through the post! And for a pretty minimal amount of money! Unfortunately, at this juncture in my life, I don't even have a minimal amount of money to spare, so I guess I'll have to put this on the backburner until I'm actually getting paid to work. Or until someone else gets me a subscription (WINK WINK).

Rockstar wants me to quit playing and buy another game

A few days ago, I "finished" Red Dead Redemption. I got to the ending but still had to help a few strangers, collect some plants, play some poker, etc. One of the things I still needed to do was get some beavers for the Daedalus dude. Those suckers were hard to find, but, thanks to the guidance provided on internet message boards, I discovered some near the river to the north of Beecher's Hope.

I was pretty excited because I had spent maybe two hours already looking for them and had ended up wandering around in the snowy parts of Tall Trees. It was there that I stumbled upon some sort of super spawning area. Initially, I saw some wolves near the path in the distance so I shot them to prevent an attack. As I was shooting them, however, more wolves were spawning in the trees nearby so there was literally an endless number of them. I rode past and got to a cabin near a river where I thought I'd look for some beavers. Unfortunately, the wolves kept spawning and attacking me and my horse, no matter how many I killed. I ran into the cabin but ended up being killed when a wolf leapt through the open door.

So, whatevs. There's a lot of wolves up there. Later, however, when I found the beavers, there was a rapid and endless spawning of cougars nearby and I ended up being killed and losing all the pelts I had collected. I was pretty livid.

Has the game gotten harder since its official end or am I just somehow stumbling across more rediculously active spawning areas? I don't remember any place where animals spawned so quickly before I "finished" the game. Now that I'm going around tying up loose ends, it seems like every time my horse is going too slowly or I'm on the ground for more than a few seconds in the wilderness, something attacks. And if I'm quick enough to kill it, three more animals spawn in its place.

Yesterday, I was trying to save someone from a wolf attack when a bear attacked me. Really, how many animals are in this game? At this rate, they'll be overrunning the towns in a week. Because I'm constantly paranoid about being attacked and can't get much done before being killed by a pack of twenty cougars, the game really isn't much fun to play anymore. Is this Rockstar's way of getting me to give up and buy another game?

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