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She still has the stone. They're not removing it until Monday. They were putting the stint in first. They're going to break it and remove it to my knowledge.

They let my mother out today. Orogun, I asked, and both my mother and sister agree, the kidney stone is more painful.

Mother is in the hospital. Has a kidney stone that's too big. Today they were to put a stint in and actually take care of it on Monday. In the process they moved the stone, so she's in lots of pain. Putting her on medication that will knock her out and they're keeping her over night.

New thread up. This one's past 500.

End of old thread. I did everyone's favorite activity, nothing. Which I'm feeling guilty over because I need a replacement for my current job. Should have been looking at new ones and sending out resumes.

Finished Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Had to force myself to do it. Didn't care for it, so won't be grabbing 2 or 3 unless they go on sale. Starting Charles Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden.

On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 is back in the works. This time from Zeboyd Games. http://zeboyd.com/ http://penny-arcade..../episode/game-3 Apparently they showed it at PAX. So this isn't exactly breaking news, but it's the first I've heard of it.

Finished Ghost Trick. Wonderful game.Shu Takumi and his team are alright in my book. I enjoyed it every bit as much as I did playing the Ace Attorney games from the same team. Or 999 from Chunsoft. Time to browse my GOG list for adventures that might come close.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Pacing is a bit uneven so far, but the puzzles are fun. Story has my attention.

Who was it that was wanting to do a setting described as Lord of the Rings if Sauron won? Was that Sawyer?

Aside from the whole Triss thing, I do really prefer how The Witcher 2 did it. Mass Effect made me realize that I don't particularly care for between game C&C. 1) Because they keep bringing back the same 10 people, even though you're a world away. 2) Because I can't trust them for the rest of it, anyway. The small things they can manage to keep changed make the setting feel smaller. The larger things they can't afford to change for locking content out. Perfect example is Dragon Age 2 with Lelianna. There was some ruffled feathers about how she could have died in Origins, but showed in in 2 anyway. And the only thing I could think about is that it wouldn't have mattered if they hadn't had her pop up in Kirkwall, period.

Defrosted a freezer at work today. Was amazed to find an ice cube tray afterwards.

That doesn't happen now? Not to the same degree. And it's not considered typical when it does occur. I played through the PS2 Prince of Persia games pretty recently, then did Forgotten Sands. The cameras and cheapness of enemies is simply not comparable. Even Super Mario 64 had a camera that wouldn't be tolerated today.

Force Unleashed felt like a PS2 game. Or even PS1. Back in the days where cameras could suck and enemies could be cheap. And I still found it charming.

Doing a Recruit run of Alpha Protocol. Playing as a sarcastic jackadoodle. Stealth and SMGs. Stealth when he can, goes nuts when he can't.

Just saying. October 2013 is a long way away. I'll probably have been killed in a freak skydiving accident while fighting against communists by that time. Or the Nabiru collision. But seriously, I hope that's enough time. If they're able to get the jump straight into content, good luck to them.

I rarely speak ill of the dead.

You ever see one of those glowing blue crystals? That will revive and restore everyone.

Dragon's Dogma has the ability to set yourself on fire, then jump on the enemy's back. There's no way for me to not be excited.

Spent $100 more than I wanted to spend on a TV. And it's not even larger than I wanted.

Cabin in the Woods Not very scary, but still very good. It felt like SCP: The Movie.

See I didn't get that at all from any of the endings. The series makes a point to tell you that galactic civilization is only possible because of the relays.Arrival makes a point to tell you that destroying relays destroys the system they are in. And there is nothing anywhere in the franchise, let alone in Mass Effect 3 or its ending, to indicate that the ending is a special circumstance. I can totally understand not getting that out of the ending. Because the ending itself doesn't give you anything to get. But with information the series has provided elsewhere, it's a very bad day. This information from elsewhere being the only information available to parse it with.

I don't know. I'm onboard with Double Fine Adventure, Banner Saga, Wasteland 2, and Shadowrun. And I'm waiting to see if Obsidian does it. I feel overloaded in futures.

I dunno. Ending galactic civilization and maybe ending all life in the known galaxy seems like a misstep, regardless of how hard your medium is to work with.

It very quickly ended up as my number 3 most played game on Steam. Below Team Fortress 2 and Dragon Age Origins, but right above Fallout New Vegas. I'm surprised at how much time I spent with it, really.