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Well yeah, that's why many of them prefer to be called "illusionists" now. The only people going around calling themselves magicians are those crappy ones who can't perform without a group of actors pretending to be amazed for the cameras for their TV series. Err, I might be too opinionated on this.

The one "area DLC" also has a story. Just pointing it out, haven't played it myself either. No news of other DLC, but they told about that one only a day before it was available, so I'd assume it's the same for any future ones. I'm pretty sure there will be some. That's why I said "compelling."

Needs to be Rogue Trader. Because I want an Ork companion.

Any word of other DLC? Still saving my next playthrough for some sort of compelling story DLC. I know they released that one area DLC, but never heard anything about it that had a hook for me.

As one of his fellow skeletons, don't speak for me. It is entirely possible, and I'd argue even desireable, to enjoy something while still criticizing its problematic elements.

It took me 7 runs and 3 characters (~230 h) to get all the achievements in Dark Souls. They were very inefficient runs, but I've never really felt the need to get all the achievements in a game before. The best part is that I still boot up the game occasionally for PvP or random challenge runs. Definitely worth the price, I doubt Bloodborne is any different. Does the game still have those horribly long loading times? I never really noticed the load times, even before the patch that was supposed to fix them. So I'm not a good judge. Got about an hour of The Witcher 3 in. Feels like The Witcher 2 to me, but slower to start, and with more openness. That's not a bad thing.

Speak of the devil, the packet dropped today right as I was itching to buy Witcher 3. And then the battery on my kindle got really low while reading, so I bought it anyway to play while charging.

3D is for suckers. Really great movie.

Got my platinum for Bloodborne, pretty excited. This meant that I ran through it three times, defeated all the bosses, got all the equipment, and beat the chalice dungeons. And I loved every minute of it. Not playing anything now, but might grab the Witcher 3 this week. Depends on when the Hugo voter packet drops. Got lots of reading to do.

I just hope the PS4 version is fine with the Day 1 patch. Because I'm looking to get it day 2 or 3.

Only one more trophy needed for Bloodborne and it's one of the three ending trophies. So I've started up a new character for my third and final playthrough. I'll probably skip most of the grinding and side bosses this time.

Better than Dark Souls 2, not as good as Dark Souls 1. Couldn't get into Demon Souls myself.

Final chalice dungeon of Bloodborne! Only two bosses left and then I just need the ending trophies.

Beat the tar out of the penultimate boss of Bloodborne. Running around to do other stuff before finally committing to completion.

I went to a clinic and it might be strep. That's going around and I don't want to take any risks. The quick test was pretty inconclusive, but I still got penicillin. Aww yis. I'm also apparently getting worse if last night is anything to go by. Back to my too-hot/too-cold sleep routine, where I'm freezing until I fall asleep, then I immediately start sweating. This causes me to freeze even more a short while later. On the plus side, the tylenol kicked the sore throat in the nuts just well enough for me to sleep pain free. Never felt like tylenol actually did anything for me before today.

Finally attempted to play Pillars of Eternity. Framerate is unplayable, so it was a failed effort.

Came down with something Sunday, maybe the Flu. Damned if I know. Couldn't sleep at all that night because swallowing was accompanied by pain. The good news is last night I simply slept through the pain, having delicious nightmares about pain induced superpowers.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place in Bloodborne. I have access to three areas. The first I've gotten all the way to the boss, but can not beat him. I've only beaten him once while cooperating with others and there's usually a better track record than that. Thankfully he's optional. The second area I haven't reached the boss in yet. It might be the most annoying area in the game, though. The enemies respawn as you progress. I've made my way nonetheless to the second lamp, only to find out that there's THREE $#@%#@^$# NPC hunters a short distance away. Two of them aggroed me simply for entering a room and kicked my butt. I can probably take them with a little more care, but it's intimidating as NPC hunters are some of the strongest enemies in the game. And they won't ever respawn once killed, meaning that at least I'll make some progress. The third area is probably simply too high a level for me, which makes it good for farming mats. So no real complaint there. But it also is home to numerous illithid wannabes that like to steal my insight. Being that I can't two shot them with the big freaking sword and they have binding spells, they get pretty obnoxious.

Compared to me you are. I'm bitter and snarky and trying my hardest to keep it contained. I merely wish to encourage others to not be me.

I'm kind of at the intersection of "it's going to stink" and "even if it didn't..." But don't let me curb your enthusiasm. The franchise needed to get in different hands, so that's a point to be optimistic as far as I'm concerned. I'm just also the type of person who thinks game franchises should end on a high note, not get dragged along kicking and screaming until the road burns finally do them in. That just got dark. Mass Effect didn't get to end on a high note, which is why I can see people being optimistic for the change and continuance. A change in direction could be a steeper downhill or going back up it.

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena DOTA's kind of the big name here.

Loving Bloodborne.

Direct from the rumor mill.

Well, I'm excited.

Beat Pre-Sequel. The base game was pretty meh, but Claptastic Voyage was fantastic. On to Bloodborne.