Games to Play

Driving: Trackmania: Canyon, Eurotruck Simulator 2
RTS: Company of Heroes 2, Endless Space, Sins, Civ 5
City Building: Tropico, Anno 2070
RPG: Skyrim, Witcher 2, Torchlight 2
Action: Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs then Max Payne 1,2,3, Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
FPS: CS:GO
MOBA: Demigod/Awesomenauts/LoL

Man

I use to write here a lot. Especially in high school. And if you take out the "I think" and "I like" that I use every other sentence, and make it more assertive, its not too bad. Some decent observations in there. Especially under the tag: Game Theory.

Playlist:

1. Oblivion
2. Company of Heroes

Almost Quit Oblivion

I put a bunch of stuff into a chest and I think the chest respawned and it lost a bunch of. The included items:

Graw Cowl of Nocturnal
Black Hand Robe and Hood
Daedric Weapon I custom enchanted with Grand Soul Gem

If PC didn't have console, I'd be piiiised
Playlist:

1. Oblivion
2. Company of Heroes
3. Worms

Oblivion

I am seriously obsessed with Oblivion. What's so amazing to me is how much I missed the first play through. Like, I've done the Mages Guild and the Thieves Guild before. But I don't think I did the Dark Brotherhood. What I really missed though are the little things. I never knew how soul gems worked! I didn't know you need specific creatures to fill certain gems. I also didn't know that you could use them to recharge your enchanted weapons, which is really useful. Especially out in the field or if you don't have much money.

I also never figured out how to do the Speechcraft minigame either. I figured out that each character responds positively to 2 responses. Then, you want to hit the 2 that usually increases their disposition when the bar is at the highest and the 2 that makes them more unhappy when the bar is the lowest. It took me so long to figure that out. Holy shit! How did I miss that?

I also never realized how awesome Alchemy is. I like making potions and the fact that they have use blows my mind too. Putting silence or poison on your arrows makes them fucking ridiculous. It almost becomes unfair. I didn't know you could put things on your arrows either.

Maybe not this crazy. I'm still at Level 42.

My goal with this guy is literally to max every skill. Now I don't think I'll get that far, but Im thinking at least to get him good with everything. It's amazing how good you can be if you use every tool available to you. This same realization came to me when I played WoW. When I realized that I was getting killed because I was spamming one spell. The key is use everything the games gives you. 

For example, I am an Acrobat. So my primary means of attack is Bow and Arrow. So, to start with, I've casted a Mysticism spell to detect life in the dungeon. I got there by picking the lock of the door before me. I then use a Illusion spell to make me invisible (though my sneak skill helps with that too). I poison my bow and arrow with a poison I made in Alchemy. I get into position and let the arrow fly. It hits him and he staggers back. 3x critical damage! And thanks to my sneak, he still doesn't see me, so I can continue hitting him with impunity. He finally sees me, so I start casting some destruction spells at him to further weaken him, (and save arrows). He hits me and I take damage. I turn to run while using my restoration spells to heal myself. I get out my cleverly titled "A Sword of Fire and Ice", which I have enchanted to make the NPC weak to fire and then do Fire and Ice damage to the enemy. I swing and it does massive damage. I realize the NPC is about to go down, so I cast Soul Trap on him and swing once again and take the enemy down. Soul Captured! Now I can recharge my bow and sword without having to leave the dungeon. I loot the body and find a sweet piece of loot, but I'm overburdened. No problem, I can use my Alteration spell Ease Burden.

So as you can see, this approach should drop an enemy with little difficulty. I'm only missing conjuration right now, but I could probably find a way to summon an enemy to help me haha. Just might get in the way of stealthing. Way easier than just trying to whack them to do death after being surprised in the middle of the dungeon. I am no longer scared of going into dungeons. With the cowl of the Grey Fox, I have life detection without casting anything, so that's pretty dope. 

I'm having a lot of fun with it right now. Maybe that'll go away, but for now, I'm enthralled. Almost Evil Genius level of addicted. Who needs reasons when you've got Oblivion?
Though I have to say, the conversations seem really artifical.
Playlist:

1. Oblivion
2. Company of Heroes

Fuck Yea

Love it when Steam puts games on sale.

Sure, I'll pay $8 to have CoH forever on my steam account.

Left 4 Dead and other stuff

So I have not written in here for a while. Let's rectify that, shall we? Left 4 Dead came out and the game does not disappoint. It has the most incredible blend of shooter with co-operative game play. Playing it over and over with only the same chapters does not seem to matter. The levels are so well designed that playing them over and over doesn't get boring. The key to it is that each level is randomized. The witch is not always in the same place and you don't always get a tank when you go into a certain room. The director decides what enemies get thrown at you and when. And even if you die within the same chapter, every time it is different. This helps the game maintain its freshness. Another key thing that L4D does right is that it is designed around co-op and team play. If a survivor runs off by them self, they will die. There is no way that they can survive all the hunters and smokers that are continuously thrown at the party. Survivors are not the only team that needs team work. When playing as the infected, you need to coordinate your attacks. Just going one at a time will not work. This intense team work will satisfy most of the gamers out there. Gamers that like to lone wolf it will not find L4D as enjoyable as Call of Duty 4.

Wrath of the Lick King also came out recently. I have not been playing it as intensely as I have been playing L4D. But Wrath is good. The quests are very similar to what they were in classic and Burning Crusade, but if something's not broke, don't fix it. The quests are better than they were however. A lot of them are more compelling and have things to do that are more fun. I've been taking it slow, doing a couple quests at a time then logging off. I'll get to 80 eventually, but right now I'm taking the time to smell the roses. I think that this will lead to a more highly enjoyable experience. I'll probably raid over either winter break or over summer break. I won't have time to do it while in school.

Playlist:

1. Left 4 Dead
2. World of Warcraft
3. Call of Duty 4
4. Company of Heroes
   

Digg

I joined Digg, and its really neat. I particularly enjoy that I can put what I "digg" onto the side bar of this blog. Also, I blog things that I find of interest. It cool.

Playlist:

1. Team Fortress 2
   
2. Company of Heroes
3. Counter-Strike Source

Keyboard

I had my LAN yesterady/today. Ill talk about that later maybe. But I want this keyboard:
http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/cykeyv2.htm. 
When it comes out, I'm gonna buy it. Its 1337.

Playlist:

1. Team Fortress 2
   
2. Supreme Commaner: Forged Alliance
3. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
4. Guitar Hero 3

Starcraft 2

So, Blizzard finally admitted to making a second Starcraft. Finally. My reaction was that of the picture of Blizzard: Hell it' about time. Ya, they don't have a release date yet, but that is expected. So, still playing Supreme Commander like crazy, as you can see in my xfire profile. It is an awesome game. Try it if your computer can handle it. Gears of War I was playing and I got two achievments: Like a spider and Pistelero. So the achievements pool dwindles.

Playlist:

1. Supreme Commander
2. Gears of War
3. Company of Heroes

Gamerscore:

2150

Days Till Shadowrun:

8 Days

Days Till Halo 3

4 months 4 days

SupCom

Is the greatest RTS ever, am i Right?!!?!?!?
Ya, well I play, unfortunately, the games take forever. You spend like 30 minutes building your economy, at least I do. I always have less points, then eclipse everyone in the end. Artillery FTW. Aeon FTW.

Playlist:

1. Supreme Commander
2. Company of Heroes
3. Gears of War
   

pwned

Is target. I got Supreme commander and Medieval total war from there. I haven't played either of them yet. I am actually installing SupCom right now. I intend to play it, and if not that Gears. I played CoH (Company of Heroes (Coh=City of Heroes)). I suck, but I like it. I should play it more, but not as much as Gears.

Playlist:

1. Gears of War
2. Company of Heroes

Gamerscore:
2100

Days till Shadow Run: 13

Days till Halo 3:
4 months 9 days

New Stuff, Same Games

My brother was generous enough to let me bring his computer into my room. So now, I have a relatively good computer to play. I was playing company of heroes and it worked well. I really liked the game. Even though I lost, and died, I had fun. I really liked the aspect of like an FPS into a RTS. It was a lot of fun. I am still playing Gears of War all Crazy , trying to get achievements. Actually, I'm playing right now, and not doing well. Maybe I should actually play.

Playlist:

1. Gears of War
2. Company of Heroes
3. WoW
   

Company of Heros

This game looks terrific and I can't wait to actually play this game. I picked it up for $5 at Target. There are good deals lurking there.

Playlist:

1. WoW
2. GTA: San Andreas

WoW is good, but the grind gets boring. GTA progress: 90.91%.