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Okay, after I posted about ME1, Dave linked to this super-spoilleriffic post that really ripped into some of the story choice made in ME2. I’m going to talk about his points below (after the cut, because they are extensive), but first I want to address my own first impressions of the game, which I posted [...]

Just a few quick thoughts/questions:

Wow. Great ending. Epic.
In the second-to-last fight (you vs. Saren, rather than you-versus-robot-Saren), is it typical to be able to talk your way out of the fight and convince the bad guy to shoot himself in the head rather than give in to the Big Evil?  I know (a) I got [...]

Yesterday I was pondering a couple of recent gaming purchases I’ve made. Annalise. Diaspora. 3:16. Trail of Cthulu. Like that, you know: table top roleplaying games.
And somewhere in my ruminations of same (thinking about what game I’d like to play and/or run next), my mind wandered, as it does, to other topics, one of which [...]

Have a Merry Ninja Christmas.
More gaming stuff soon. Promise.

We painted our house, introduced Kaylee to classic musicals…

And killed a friggin’ BALROG.
If that picture doesn’t adequately convey the power of the Ancient Maiar compared to humble mortals… then I can’t help you.
Rawr.  There was much shouting amongst our merry band of heroes.
Next up: a giant turtle, nesting within the waterworks of Moria.
Then, facing down [...]

Kate and I have taken all the screenshots from the last two years of playing LotRO and put them up on the Flickr.
With comments.
It’s probably about as interesting as a slideshow of someone else’s vacation, but it makes us happy, so there.
LotRO – a set on Flickr.

Kate and I started playing Lord of the Rings Online about two years ago.  I’m only aware of this because, last night, Kate dinged her second character to level 60 (the current maximum level), I was there to take the screenshots, and then I went in and started browsing the screenshot directory from the very [...]

As I mentioned on my other blog, Kate and I decided a week or so ago to try out some new characters in Lord of the Rings Online (our MMO of choice) so that we could explore the changes/improvements to the ’starter’ areas in the game. Kate likes playing elves (*shudder*) and I like [...]

Saturday morning, I revved up the old comp and prepared to get in a little gaming goodness. Would I get back to the incredibly satisfying, incredibly frustrating Braid? How about restarting Bioshock, to get at some of the story I’ve missed? Perhaps a little of the Ol’ Reliable, with Lord of the Rings [...]

I’m a big fan of machinima made from games that I’m playing.  My only MMO at the moment is LotRO, and while the game is great, one of the things I’ve missed from WOW is the amount of great machinima movies that the player base produces.  (Lots of crappy ones also, but there’s so many [...]