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GoG version of Divine Divinity is borked due to a blunder from Larian. From one of their status updates: :'( But... but... that's the version I have!

Pidesco asked similarly about a week ago. http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=58127 No word in that thread about any separate official release. Not a criticism of the thread, just saying you're not alone. Sadly, I'm usually not very sensitive to music except in rare situations, so I missed the hubub. I'll have to pay more attention next playthrough.

Is CoP? That's often considered the best of the three.

Spared the Archon. Then the rest of the Archons. Spared Jeyne. Y'know, I think it'd be easiest to just say I spared everyone. I'm a goody goody. I may have burned some soldiers that were asking for it, though. So, that last minute decision with Marten. If you take him with you he dies, right? I wasn't falling for that old trick, again!

Muffins vs. bread. Tough call.

Origin does release date checks and counts concurrent installs. It is indeed DRM. It just isn't always online DRM, since you can run (at least some) games without it active.

Thanks for reminding me I have Divine Divinity. I was thinking about jumping into Divinity 2 this weekend, but recently decided to beat 1 first. Dag nabbit, I think I need to get my spreadsheet out again.

I've never agreed with this idea. It always seems to be confusing academic grading systems with reviews. Your usage of "graded" seems to imply the same. And that you can seek a formula and milk it for 10s. It's a far more subjective matter than that. Individual elements can't be specifically quantified and properly attributed.

I really like what 4E has. This may largely have to do with it being the only system I have books for. I'd be playing it now if my groups didn't fall apart for unrelated reasons. I may be the reason for one of those, but the other two are not my fault!

I received Calculus of Victory on 360 when I beat it. hmm Are you updated? Are you beating it in any weird way? Quitting the game too early after beating?

No. You can max out about 5, as I recall. Will, without question. Pump will, drop Geometry, watch everything fall dead.

Entropy Reinhart destroyed this fight. Dropping a Geometry on a pod would kill everything that came out of it, the pod itself, then the pod next to it.

You know you want to.

It's a great game. I rented it a while back and just had to buy it the first time it showed up on midweek.

I always enjoyed the caster. That spell that steals health from everyone around is enough to beat the game with.

Just beat Super Scribblenauts, too. On to the S levels.

Finished Dungeon Siege 3. Really enjoyed it.

Decided to pick up Two Worlds 2, as well. Only other game I've gotten this sale is Spacechem. And you know what? Spacechem is awesome. Most intellectually challenging game I've played in a long while.

Hm, out of curiousity, does the Blu-Ray LOTR extended actually have anything beyond what's shown in the normal extended set? Or is just the same in better picture? Should be the same with better picture. I've not heard about anything new.

Amazon did something I've never seen before. They combined two seperate orders into one. My LOTR Extended Blu-Ray and Super Scribblenauts arrived in the same box, despite being placed 10 days apart. I always wanted them to do that. Anyway, the point of mentioning that is Super Scribblenauts arrived. So once I get my daily tickets from Steam sales, time to get time travelling dinosaurs.

Then talk to their ghost. That's a gimmicky ability that I can't help but adore. Like Wild Mages from ToB.

Steam sale and last week's Uber update are interfering with my ability to finish Dungeon Siege 3. In fact, that's possibly going to continue through the weekend. The backlog is only getting worse. So much worse. Never did finish Dead Space 2 after the freezing. LA Noire only just started vice. Oh I need to play the first Alice that came when I bought Alice 2 before I even start Alice 2. Yeah, guess how that is going. But hey, I finished FEAR 3.

Arcanum is a dang good game. Comparisons to Fallout are not entirely unfounded. A bit imbalanced and quirky in the old school vein. I found the plot captivating.

The novel or short story collection? That is, Last Wish or Blood of Elves? Got them both, but haven't read either. I think some gents around here have gone through them, but I'm always interested in other takes. So I can know where to play them in the queue.

I don't think the line on DA2's success or lack thereof is all that relevant here. We do have a DA2 thread floating around somewhere in computer and console if you really want to talk about it.