Finished the first run of "Neverwinter Nights 2". Got owned quite a lot to the end (somewhat improved in the expansion - towards its end, I was able to kill ancient vampire monks just with one stab of rapier from behind. Ha!), so for the second run, actually sat down and read all that stuff about what all them AC, DC, dex modifiers and other ( Read more... )

You know, sometimes a tiny little detail can for a loooong time ruin otherwise great game. Up until now, the most painful experience for me was in "Full Throttle", when in the middle of witty, plot driven point-and-click adventure suddenly there's a car race bit - given how I totally hate, loathe, detest, can't stand race games, it's like running ( Read more... )

Hollywood is going to do a movie based on the Sims. Yeah, that game where you basically watch how your characters eat, sleep, shower and crap (quite often in their own pants). Sounds totally thrilling, innit? :D What's even better, the appointed director is the guy who did "Eragon". I foresee this movie being a huge hit among fans of drying paint ( Read more... )

When I installed Sims 2: Open for Business pack, I was v. impressed by really good Depeche Mode impersonation in the new songset. Today browsing the mall I hear so familiar tunes, start listening -- and it'd be one-to-one song if not for the language, which is regular English, not Simlish gobbledegook. So I naturally ask allmighty Google upon my ( Read more... )

Addiction is when you install a game, then you rob quite a lot time from reading and watching stuff, a bit of time from sleep and eat at the keyboard. That'd be, e.g., Sims 2, boring but goal-less and thus its gameplay can be dragged into eternity.

Now, obsession is when you install a game - and then rob time from smoke breaks, kill reading and ( Read more... )

Almost February. Means - "Lost". On this occassion, here's a thingy that'll make sense only to those who both know "Lost" and Fallout game series...and that is, I believe, 0 of my friendslist. :P

Anyway - strip 1, strip 2.

Speaking about addictions games, here be amusing site of celebrities done as Baldur's Gate avatars. Very well done, I must ( Read more... )

( Here be some gloating regarding certain group of annoying gamers getting very pissed off >:-D )

I'm getting the hang of downloading via IRC. Pretty neat stuff, albeit requires me to open some more ports, and that's not healthy for a paranoid like yours truly. Also some bots tend to disconnect pretty often, means you have to sit at the comp to connect again. However, the speed compensates everything. Especially useful for older files.

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