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What would "indifferent" combat look like? The first thing that pops into my mind is Arcanum combat, which is downright frightening.

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Without knowing anything about it at all, I'm going to assume that Bloom is very bright.

You both have solid points. I clearly didn't think it through.

Why the grumpy face? If I was hundreds of feet tall and had a sword that created bonfires I'd be pretty happy.

Do you mean Eredin, the King of the Wild Hunt, or Emhyr var Emreis, Emperor of Nilfgaard?

If it wasn't for the fact that Geralt is a Witcher, and thus immune to disease, the final boss should be gonorrhea, considering how many times he, ahem, wet his whistle.

I think Drew Brees has replaced Tom Brady as the quarterback you are not allowed to so much as breathe on. Cowboys got a nice win on Turkey Day. Granted, it was against the Raiders, so I'm not exactly celebrating and proclaiming them future Super Bowl winners, but they played well in the second half and actually had a viable running game, plus, had a surprisingly competent clock killing scoring drive to ice the game late in the 4th. The defense is still a mess, but baby steps. Now, if I could just get an Iggles loss, this week will be a rousing success.

I played through both NWN1 OC and NWN2 OC multiple times. I guess I'm just a masochist like that.

I just operate under the assumption that everything is based on something else. Practically every single archetype and storyline has been done before (hundreds of times in most cases). So, the whole "Simpsons did it" thing means nothing to me.

So the game begins differently depending on race/class? Cool, that gives me reason to do several playthroughs. I'll stick with my Nord Thorwalian Aveline knockoff for now.

I have just come to the grim realization that I created Aveline from Dragon Age 2: Oh dear lord, what have I done?

It's as good as any. There is, I guess, a storyline that continues throughout the series, but this is Bethesda writing we're talking about, so it's not exactly memorable, hence, you're not really missing out on anything by not having played the earlier entries first. Bethesda games aren't really about story, anyway, they're about having a giant sandbox to **** around in. Morrowind had the most interesting sandbox, but even with the graphical overhaul mods, the character models and animations can be quite jarring. Skyrim has the least ****ty combat of all the Bethesda games, though still quite ****ty. Plus, FUS RO DAH-ing chumps off cliffs never gets old.

Playing Drakensang: The River of Time and having a grand ol' time so far. The game seems very story and dialogue heavy, which I THOROUGHLY support, even if some of the dialogue and voice acting is hilariously cheesy (some of it is surprisingly decent too). Heck, I'm liking it better than Dragon Age: Origins (it's the game that seems the most naturally comparative to it) so far, likely because it's fairly lighthearted and cheery and not all DOOM DOOM DOOM! BLOODSPLATTER EVERYWHERE! Of course, I'm still very early in the game so my opinion, as always, is very much subject to change.

It's the awesome background music. It makes everything better.

While not actually on television, I watched the Turkey Day MST3K marathon online yesterday, in addition to footbaw. They had some terrific episodes too, including Werewolf Man (WARWLF), The Final Sacrifice (ROWSDOWER!), and Mitchell. That show was so brilliant. As for television television, I think Almost Human is surprisingly decent. Agents of SHIELD has been a borderline trainwreck, though. Blacklist is the only new show I'm at all invested in, and it's honestly not a good show, but James Spader is awesome and is carrying it.

I'm keeping an eye open for the first Drakensang game and Cognition at 75% off, otherwise I'm probably done as far as this sale goes. Drakensang: The River of Time should keep me busy until Broken Sword 5 arrives into my grubby digital hands in about a week's time.

$7.99 here. Dark Souls is a whopping 80% off.

It wouldn't be a proper Twitcher game without ample sexy time.

In the southern hemisphere it's spring rarther than autumn. Oh that crazy earth tilt not being exactly aligned with the solar plane That wacky planet alignment.

Thanks for this tip, I have just bought Skyrim Legendary Edition for $20 dollars, that's a good price for this game It's the steepest discount I have ever seen for the game, anywhere.

Yes, actually yes there is. Each truck is available with regular setup and Silly Englishman setup for wacky wrong side of the road driving. The game is realistic enough that bizzaro driving is correct driving on Britannia, while regular driving is correct everywhere else. Your truck doesn't magically change when you take a ferry so you'll have to deal with the steering column being on the wrong side if you're driving a standard truck in Britain or vice versa. It's a surprisingly enjoyable and addictive game, then again, I've only put 69 (HEYOOO!! [no, I didn't plan that, I swear it was a cincidence]) hours into it, so how would I know?

Just starting out in Drakensang: The River of Time: Standing amid blowhards: Aww, look at the kitty cats. Lady C, eat your heart out.

This last series of posts is both confusing and immensely entertaining. By all means, gentlemen, do carry on. Allow my to interrupt for just one moment. Remember that Command & Conquer FPS spinoff Renegade? Well a fan made game in the same vein has been in development for a bunch of years and will be released soon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUaiic-yEcwEv8VG6wRaHcDQ&v=k-bLTYiaqqk