Creatures Caves

Yes, all of these things apply to me.

1. You think shoving a Norn in the injection machine and doing random experiments makes for a fun Saturday night.

2. You set up an entire network of cameras, Grendel detectors, and alarms connecting the Grendel and Norn terrariums to protect your Norns. You do routine check-ups, tests, and repairs.

3. You strive to keep the Norn terrarium/Meso neat, clean, and organized.

4. You talk out loud to the computer screen, addressing your Norns (I.E. "Now Anna, you know better than to hit that little Hardman Norn." ).

5. You get excited about decorating the Norn terrarium/Meso for Christmas.

6. In C1, you tweak the Encyclopedia Nornica COB to make your Norns sound smarter (you put in "cogitate" instead of "think" ).

7. When you order a Creatures game in the mail, you hype yourself up for days by studying Norn care guides, looking at screenshots, making up makeshift tests, and bookmarking sites.

8. You tweak Norn genetics and breed generations of Norns until you get one that's your favorite color, and then you treat it like royalty.

9. You've actually asked your mother for a female Horse Norn-shaped birthday cake.

10. Your parents know exactly what you're talking about when you mention something about a floating lemon.

11. You become slightly obsessed with certain items and rooms in the games (the C1 koo-koo clock, the C2 Ettin swamp area, ECT.).

12. You've sat down and explained Norn genetics and biochemistry to your elderly grandparents.

13. You've actually downloaded the crockpot COB for C2, and spent hours steaming doozers, fish, and anything else you can get your hands on.

14. You have ideas for tacky home decor COBs (lamps, doilies, decorative vases, ECT.).

15. When your history teacher announces you're beginning a unit in Greek Mythology, you secretly get excited and take out a pen and paper to write down the names of the gods, so you can use them as Norn names later on.

16. You've memorized "Len the Pen", and/or had a framed copy of it on your dresser.

17. It's three AM, and you know where your Norns are.

19. You think the C3 fish terrarium is a thing of terrible beauty.

20. Your mean little cousins taunt you by threatening to sneak onto your PC and kill all your Norns.

21. At one point, you've actually had a small frame sitting on a doily on a table with a picture of a random Norn in it.

22. You've actually said "Creatures: My Anti-drug."

23. You love the idea of downloading a Norn that speaks German, but you get frustrated when all of your other Norns start speaking half-German and half-English, and you have to teach them all over again.

24. You taught your DS Norns curse words once, accidentally sent them to someone via the warp, and still regret it.

25. When someone says something about the Christmas of '02, you remember that as being "the Christmas some schmo sent thirty very friendly Norns through the warp and it took five hours to get rid of them and their eggs."

26. You have actually customized the DS hand color to match the tanness/paleness of your skin.

27. You've had a Norn named Danny Boy, and in the description, you typed "The pipes, the pipes, are calling."

28. You've nicknamed the Grendel terrarium "the Ghetto".

29. You somehow incorporate Creatures into your daily To-Do list
(I.E. Number One - Mop kitchen floor
Number Two - Take out trash
Number Three - Download shelf COB; inject.)

30. The first time you saw the Toby Simpson C2 easter egg, you screamed.