Tale

You were gone? Are you sure?

Nope.

Demogorgon is dead! And he's also sealed, because there's a short window to do both. Took a few tries and I actually beat him three times, but someone like Minsc or Jaheira would die after he did and I just wouldn't have any of that. Almost had a death on the final kill, exeunt pursued by Glabrezu.

You know how to hurt me.

Anyone want to lend me their PC so I can play this? I'm stuck with a crappy old laptop. Just overnight it to me by Fedex, kthx. I should try when I get home. Beta had poor perf, but release might have improved.

Disappointment always struck me as irrelevant. Still, I'm a big fan of Halo campaigns and that's why I'm even looking at Destiny. I consider their PvP to be terrible. Edit: Super Mod-power edit 3 hours later. I'm still playing Throne of Bhaal, still going through Watcher's Keep. Defeated the Demilich and Dragon, both took a handful of tries. Lum the Mad... Before today I never knew how badly I wanted to be a reference in a video game. Hint hint everyone out there.

Here's where I think the core of disagreement comes from. People who like those dumb action games aren't the type to appreciate what Spec Ops is trying to say. And people who are the type to appreciate it aren't going to be fooled. I wasn't fooled, but I appreciated it. To see what it had to say along those lines is the only reason I played it. Making the transition is a sticking point for some people. I have a personal rule that I think others share on less conscious levels. "Don't force me to do something I don't want unless you're going to pay it off later." Some people don't see the torment of the character as a payoff, or they feel like they're being criticized as the player. And thus it fails. There's a requisite detachment to appreciation.

I haven't listened to the radio in over a year. I've been listening to writing podcasts and then an audiobook the entire time. So what do I find when I finally start listening to it again yesterday? All the same freaking songs. How am I supposed to develop into an out-of-touch curmudgeon who hates modern music if the radio never plays anything different?

Almost bought it today, checked reviews and one said that the story mode was short and repetitive. This put me off. Is that an opinion you share? Borderlands could easily be called repetitive, but definitely not short.

I thought they unofficially cancelled it a while back. Didn't they start moving people back to WoW? Or am I remembering the opposite?

Watcher's Keep, just got through the maze. I like puzzles.

How is Destiny if you're not big on loot collecting? And by "not big" I mean "sees it as a detriment to otherwise good games that have it."

I think I dislike Throne of Bhaal. It's not bad, really, it's just kind of boring. All the fights are either a bunch of dudes with generic +2 weapons that I have to buff up for anyway or a bunch of respawning enemies I just have to swim through. And why is the worldmap smaller? That doesn't even make sense. Sure, make it have less places but at least fill the map screen!

I wish Unfinished Business worked for BG2: EE. It's such a shame for so many characters to not have quests. At least Minsc and Boo need theirs.

I'm still two paychecks behind at my current job. And it's beginning to get annoying.

I feel like I'm going to regret this. "#GaiderGate?"

In the Underdark, everyone calling me "male" with a condescending tone. Listen up, buddy, I just did all of the mage battles in the arena with a throwing knife. Do not get on my bad side.

For KOTOR 2, it's established that Revan's motivation isn't conquering the galaxy for a Sith Empire, it's strengthening the Republic. Even in his worst acts, he's only trying to make the Republic stronger to prepare for a worse war. Revan disappearing into nowhere with a dominant Sith force outside his guidance isn't really going to be feeding into that agenda. Perhaps he took it with him to confront the true Sith. Or he would have disbanded and betrayed it. And regardless, nobody was strong after the Jedi civil war. Sure, he could build a giant fleet with the Star Forge, but he wouldn't have anyone to actually man the dang ships. That was kind of a major point of KOTOR 2. The events and wars of KOTOR 1 were so disastrous that everyone was still weak. The Jedi were nearly wiped out by it.

Dragonfall is out? I have to test the perf on that, see if it runs better or worse than the original.

I have four skeleton summons quickbarred on Viconia just for that. Feels pretty cheap though.

Haste and improved invisibility works well. Damn, it's honestly been about ten years and I still remember that So does protection from evil, chant, aid, free action, chaotic commands. But sometimes they swarm. Or there's only one of them and I totally don't want to blow a bunch of spells on one guy, but they get lucky and it's ARGH.

Have I told you that I hate mind flayers? It's not helped by the fact that I know of no spell that totally prevents int damage. Also Minsc is my front line. And his int is like 8. Three chomps and he's gone.

I hope you get better.

The biggest lie of depression is the feeling that it will last forever. And the truth is that it doesn't have to. There is help. Sometimes medication, sometimes circumstance, and sometimes we just get over it. And there's no really a way of telling which it'll be. It's hard to come out the other side, but it's worth it. Depression doesn't want you to know that. It's silly personifying a feeling like that, but there's no better way to express it. It makes you forget the good days or tells you that they were never good enough. But it is wrong.

I thought if I made my surprise over the top and ridiculous enough then nobody could take it seriously. I have failed. No, it wasn't my first run with him. In fact, I only brought him along to Spellhold so that he could betray me. I vaguely recall bringing someone else in run #2 and them getting stuck there in the maze. I figured old Traitey-McBackstabber wouldn't cause that problem.