I bought Skyrim. I couldn't help it - it was half price in the Christmas sale! I can't play it... I'm still trying to work my way back through Mass Effect 1 and 2 before 3 comes out in March. And I'm in the middle of playing Fallout with all the DLC. And I still haven't got around to defeating the Archdemon in Dragon Age Origins ( Read more... )

I'm a complete coward when it comes to scary video games. I had to pack Alan Wake in because my nerves just couldn't take it. I get ridiculously anxious for my little pixel people's safety. So the Dead Money expansion, and the Ghost People that come with it, is proving a bit of a trial of terror for me. Why they're a problem for me, but I'll ( Read more... )

I'm such a nancy do-gooder when it comes to video games. Whenever I try for the evil playthrough, I just can't do it and wind up being all virtuous again, just maybe with a touch of extra rudeness. This I don't understand, because in reality I'm absolutely capable of being a conniving little ratbag, but put a controller in my hands and I turn into ( Read more... )

I know Fallout: New Vegas is infamous for its plethora of comedy graphic glitches, but I've never encountered one myself before. Until yesterday, and it was golden. I shotgunned the head off a Powder Ganger in the Bison Steve Casino. Sadly, the man did not simply collapse to the floor and allow me to get on with looting his corpse. Instead his ( Read more... )

The people behind this amazing Fallout fan film have managed to get together enough cash to make a mini web series! And it actually looks pretty good. I love the Fallout universe (the crazy attention to detail staggers me every time) and I'm actually looking forward to watching this. The girl is already wearing more clothes than she was in the ( Read more... )

The trailer for post-apocalyptic game 'Rage' is amazing. It's Bethesda Studios, and you've got to give them this, for all Fallout has a problem with being glitchy, those games have some of the most spectacular world building work around. On the surface there's definite comparisons to be drawn between this and Fallout - they're both dirty and grimy ( Read more... )