Tale

Finished my second playthrough. Was level 30 this time around, tried to recruit all alies (I had two Doctor Henrys. One in an Enclave suit, one in his normal outfit), went NCR, and got more favorable outcomes for all the slides I could think of. The Alien Blaster is cheating. This is probably the best ending for Veronica. And the Cass ending was... interesting. I want to see what Lily's is like without medication.

I'm kind of happy that we don't see a single family member for any of the characters. We don't have to reunite any wives or siblings, mourn any of the companion's parents, or any of that. After DAO and ME2 I was getting kind of tired of that. A lot of them are simply trying to adjust their place in the world. Is Boone the only companion you met?

This game keeps making me want to buy Fallout 3 GOTY and hit all the DLC and stuff I missed when I first played Fallout 3. But I recall getting bored halfway through my last Fallout 3 replay.

Agility effects weapon draw and reload speed.

Let's not forget that headshots have a higher crit chance, as does VATS.

The flooding of those three vaults seems relatively recent. It might have something to do with the attempts to refill the Hoover Dam. There are notes in the vaults about the flooding though. Yeah, but do the notes give any time indication? Vault 3 was only recently taken over by fiends in probably the past decade or so from what I gathered. It sounded like Moterhead was leader back then too. And they only opened their vault in the first place due to flooding. Vault 34, the one the Boomers come from, seems to have flooded sometime after the Boomer exodus and possibly even after they transported the Pulse gun from Nellis. It was already infested with ghouls by the time the flooding started (drowned ghoul). Vault 11, I don't recall any notes about flooding. And the Hoover Dam was only refilled I think sometime in the past 7 years. Which seems like a reasonable timeframe for the fiends to have started occupying Vault 3.

The flooding of those three vaults seems relatively recent. It might have something to do with the attempts to refill the Hoover Dam.

I don't know how people can insult Gannon. He carries a Plasma Defender. Those things are stronger than Plasma Rifles.

Usually if you move away from an enemy, your companions will follow you, albeit slowly, until they too are out of range.

That's not really the pipboy's fault. The control scheme simply isn't properly adapted to the PC. It's the exact same control scheme as the 360. That's why we hold down buttons for functions that should be independently bound and have no bindings for half the sensible functions.

I actually had not noticed. I keep hoping to find a blind old woman, though.

My reading of it seemed more like they were offering it as a bit of a donation. If it is the Vatican and they are sitting on that kind of money, of which I have no doubt, then maybe they're just wanting to do some goodwill toward the global economy. That does read absurd now that I type it out.

Someone just made me realize the one thing New Vegas is missing. A heist. Just think of the opportunities. Infiltration, subterfuge, guns blazing.

Thanks for reminding me about the Vault. One of the two remaining Vaults for me to conquer.

My hindsight interpretation of the Followers situation is that they were overwhelmed by the chaos of the battle. But Freeside becomes safe afterwards. This comes about because of things Arcade says towards the end of his quest.

I'm largely happy with Civ V. I do wish it had more options, that you could cover the entire continent with your borders, and I sometimes wish the opponents didn't play to win. But I love hexes, I love 1UPT, and I love the fact that I'm no longer losing my happiness and productivity in the modern era to overcrowding and health factors I have no idea how to fix.

There's a big mythos built around them unlocking a great treasure and guarded by an immortal man.

That's a different guy.

Two words: Wild Mage

Caesar is dead! The Laser Gatling Gun mowed through everyone but his Praetorians. Who died to my Thermal Lance. He, on the other hand, said hello to a Holy Hand Grenade. Meltdown is almost more trouble than it's worth. It's the entire reason I even have the Thermal Lance. Firing energy weapons into close quarters is a gigantic nono.

So is that a problem children need to be protected from?

So, we should beware DVD sets? How many parents read their children's books ahead of time? "____ an entire ____" hasn't exactly been a problem.

The Laser RCW is officially AWESOME. Against Fiends it will rip through them faster than they can run down hallways. It's like a mini-gatling laser.

Just a leisurely stroll.