Tale

Preloading the very day before is a bit late. If it's not tonight, I don't expect it at all.

The it doesn't matter what you chose and who you killed in the last game, and even though you imported a save from that game we're still going to ignore it. That's a stretch, the game is aware of quite a few decisions and reflects the appropriately, but Leliana's magic rebirth is pretty egregious. They've done worse. Right now, I am more than prepared to believe they are willing to ignore any decision the player makes or reasonably wishes to make.

The it doesn't matter what you chose and who you killed in the last game, and even though you imported a save from that game we're still going to ignore it. I came to a conclusion once after reading an interview with Avellone. To write and design RPGs well, you must be able to DM well. And if someone DMed a P&P RPG where the players killed an NPC only for it to spontaneously show up again, the reasonable response of the players is to throw dice at the DM or yell "ZOMBIE" and stab whatever showed up. Neither of these were options.

Tuesday US, Friday Europe, with exceptions. Starcraft 2, for instance, came out on Tuesday worldwide. Skyrim is coming out Friday for most of the world.

It would be beyond hilarity if this was Dragon Age 3.

You'll never find a town that thinks walking is for suckers ever again.

Not available before 50. Water walking and breathing are barely useful. Water walking being the better at a rare travel convenience you might use twice per quest line. Feather is useful maybe twice per dungeon. The spells are so situational you might get one or two skill increases per level. So it's going to fall behind, leaving the open spells falling behind as well. Unless you grind it, you won't be able to use open average lock for a very long time. Dispel is useless, nobody casts spells with long enough durations to be worth the mana cost. Soultrap is useful, yes. Reflect and absorb aren't available until late. Detect life before 50 has a pathetic range. Telekensis is borderline useless. It's a general design issue with the game. They're utility and 90% of the game has no use for it. Lockpicking managed to get around this by giving multiple skillups per failed lock. So you can go up 3 times on a single lock and with no gates. But magic has neither of those benefits.

I know the mathematical definition of it, but I doubt that is what people mean when using it on a gaming forum What right do we have to call ourselves nerds if we can't use math terms properly?

Why do streams have to be so terrible? Tried watching one stream. NPC: Look in those chests. Streamer: I'll look in the chest. *lists off every item in the chest* This is how he does everything. It's a running commentary of mundane actions and repeating what NPCs tell him nonstop.

The lowest common denominator is not a particular group. It is the trait that all groups share.

I was already set not to buy ME2 because of the stupid system in ME1. But more because of the lame plot, characters, and planet exploration. I'm curious as to how many people use the phrase "catering to the lowest common denominator" without knowing what it actually means.

Trying to play Oblivion to get a refresher of what they did wrong and right with it. The leveling system it has is soooo terrible. And the skills just generally aren't well designed. Hopefully the changes they've made will rectify this problem. Mysticism being rolled into alteration can prevent them from both sucking. And maybe they've made illusion useful beyond having to grind frenzy, calm, and light until 50. I think the main reason I pre-ordered Skyrim is because they detached skill increases from stat increases. Yay for being able to cast better spells without grinding conjuration or alchemy.

I forsee Bethesda taking issue with the kickstarter.

I see and This does feel pretty creepy.

They may not be ready to go outside. They may be light sensitive and with some funky reactions to airborne particles.

Was Dungeon Siege III a AAA project?

I think lots of people are more frightened by politics than zombies.

Better or worse than Uncharted 2? About the same for me.

Finished Uncharted 3. Still more frustrating bs fights at the end. However, fewer than the second game.

I've always thought that would be awesome. Start off with just a robot form, hit a milestone to get your vehicle form, hit another milestone to get a second vehicle form.

Where's the satisfaction in competition at all? Let alone exclusive rewards from competition. It's not rational to begin with. It's a basic trait that easily fooled and substituted.

Now let's try exchanging the word challenge for trophy, medal, ring, ribbon, or belt. Not only will people pay to try for those things, other people will pay to watch them try.

Went ahead and moved this to computer and console. I'd want them to keep it simple. Only the host can do quests so they don't have to worry about states. But the client can keep XP. Loot could be a concern. Depending on how the developers felt about item duplication.

Woke up with a feeling of bile in my throat. And a slight urge to burp. Not feeling weak. Not feeling too hot or too cold. But calling it in, anyway. Last few times I did this, I always ended up coming in a bit after noon. So we'll see if it lasts.

Didn't get that job I interviewed for last week. That'll teach me to be optimistic.