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I finished the Dawnguard and Aetherium questlines of Skyrim. I'm comfortable saying I'm done with the game until Dragonborn comes out. Undecided on what I'll play next.

Played Modern Warfare 2. Now this one I would actually say was good. Not fantastic, I'm not feeling an urge to play it again any time soon, but worth the $9.99 I paid.

Maybe you were just more aggressive at pushing forward in the latter portion? I'm pretty sure the spawning doesn't change later in the game, but as long as you keep making forward progress it's much less noticeable than it is if you sit back and try to pick people off. The forward progress combined with the lessened number of enemies (less respawning of enemies) might make it seem like you're having more of an effect as well. EDIT: and humanoid is here too! D: I was always pretty aggressive. That makes me think it's a level design shift. Because the part that sticks out the most as being terrible, there is no pushing forwards. It's a defense mission. The one at the tank. And when I first started playing the game, it would punish me for pushing forwards. That's when guys would start showing up behind me. But then that stopped. Right around the time it stopped flashing "YOU'RE HURT, TAKE COVER" on my screen every time I got shot.

I finished Modern Warfare. I no longer consider it the worst FPS I've ever played. Though I'm not sure I would even call it a particularly good one. The fact that it went from "worst ever" to, well, anything else, precisely between the two play sessions, implies that there was something wrong in how I played it before. Or maybe that was just a coincidence and the level design makes a major shift. I started feeling like I was contributing to the firefights. The enemies no longer seemed to spawn constantly. Did it become a more refined experience a few levels in? Or did how I perceive the same kind of thing change?

Sir Terry Pratchett

I really wanted to like the MMO. But the Bounty Hunter story was so bad. And I can't bring myself to try another with that bad taste in my mouth.

I expected Dragon Age: Origins to be uninteresting. It exceeded my expectations. I expected Call of Duty to be pretty darn exciting, but probably shallow, it fell well below that expectation. Popcorn flick is too much of a compliment for this. FEAR was a popcorn flick. I honestly can't think of an equivalent for this. I'd say SyFy channel B movie, but there's no monsters. This is barely interactive. Like the first mission. The boat is swaying, so you can't aim for crap. But that's a-okay, because all of the NPCs can and will kill the bad guys without you having to try. I'm not seeing any challenge in the missions, I died a couple times from enemies that showed up behind me. Apparently I moved ahead before I was supposed to. And a car blew up another time. I have no idea when it's okay to move up or not, it's just whenever the game decides to stop spawning enemies. Completing an encounter feels like the game got bored of that firefight, not a natural ending. And if the game does that breaching maneuver where two other guys stand in my way to shoot up a room while I watch on or risk a game over for friendly fire, I might just scream. I feel I understand why so many other developers are copying Call of Duty. Not because this franchise sells well, but because they know they can do better. The firefights in Spec-Ops the line had more going for them.

So, I finally decided to give Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare a try. I'm 5, maybe 6 level into the game and I am incredibly surprised. I did not think it would be this bad. I had this guy trying to convince me the game was about these stealth missions, but half the levels have been loud and obnoxious war. Where the entire gameplay is just sit down in a spot and pop at waves until they decide to stop spawning. If you want to. If you don't, the NPCs will take care of it for you. How did this get popular? The missions are boring and far too linear. There was some nice openess in that one street firefight, but that was forgotten after 10 minutes of gametime. Artistically it is bland as heck. It's mostly just visual noise that's barely comprehensible. You see something slightly darker or maybe a little red, shoot at it and hope it's a bad guy. The plot is non-existant. There was a nuclear bomb! Now there's a war! And I don't know any of these characters or who I'm fighting or why.

Something pretty cheap. $26, I don't remember the brand. The problem I was having is I've been buying shoes a size too small for a long time.

NEW RUNNING SHOES This is amazing! I went twice as far as usual without even realizing it.

The concern is likely inconsistency. They are low resolution and nothing like the new ones in style.

Deponia, no question.

More like it's become the boogeyman of RPGs. Don't do ___ because the ghost of Dragon Age will get you!

Close enough. Sometimes you get gifts from bundles or as part of promotions or from trading. But you can not turn regular games into gifts after the fact.

I have a spare copy of: -Deus Ex GOTY -Cogs -2x The Ship -Cthulhu Saves the World -Breath of Death VII -Divine Divinity (via GOG) I'm not entering Deadly Nightshade's contest, just hijacking. I own all the games he's offering except Hearts of Iron 3, anyway. If you're interested in these games and promise to play it, just send me a PM. Last time I tried to give them away there were no takers.

I grabbed the GTA IV Complete set. I figure that I owe it a chance after enjoying Saint's Row The Third and Just Cause 2 so much. I thought I was done with these back when GTA 3 was a yearly franchise. The indie game I spent the most time with is Terraria followed by Space Pirates and Zombies. I also recommend the Penny-Arcade Adventure titles, Legend of Grimrock if you're into that sort of thing, Gemini Rue and Resonance for the big adventure buffs (not must own by any means, but good). Oh, and both Puzzle Agent titles. Those are indeed must own if you're into puzzle/adventure games.

That's the cat's job.

They ignore each other. Now the other dog (not pictured), that's another matter. She wants to play with the cat since they're about the same size. The cat doesn't like that.

This is what I call a day off. Bonus photo. My phone is a terrible camera.

There's lots of rumors about a Legacy of Kain reboot. Though nothing solid so far.

Beat Resonance. It was a neat little game. Worth it for the adjusted $2.00 from GOG's sale, but nothing to be excited over.

The answer is no. They, or rather Avellone specifically, said they don't want to design around console limitations for Project Eternity.

I think I'm at the end of Resonance. And I am comfortable that I've predicted an up and coming twist.

What is the WiiU? All I know is that people in the ME 3 MP say the WiiU will join multiplayer. New Nintendo console.

This is the only non-compilation I can find. http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-NWN2MW/neverwinter-nights-2-mysteries-of-westgate