WeekDAY gaming(4/23/12)- What are YOU still playing?

[Gwinny]

Going to play D&D this evening, and leaving the Witcher 2's Enhanced Edition patch to download while I'm away. And more Legend of Grimrock, probably. And a few rounds of ME3 multiplayer because the thought that my galactic readiness score is slowly seeping away... bothers me. That whole system is a cruel thing to do to people with a touch of obsessiveness.

[Reverant]

Originally Posted by JRR006

Going to play D&D this evening, and leaving the Witcher 2's Enhanced Edition patch to download while I'm away. And more Legend of Grimrock, probably. And a few rounds of ME3 multiplayer because the thought that my galactic readiness score is slowly seeping away... bothers me. That whole system is a cruel thing to do to people with a touch of obsessiveness.

I have not played ME3's MP, and I will only do so just before I begin the final sequence of events for that exact reason.

[Spigot]

Bah, that sucks Norse. I hope you guys are doing ok.

On a suddenly less important note, I had a really good day at work today. Probably the first time I really *clicked* with the team at the new house. I had one of those moments where I got a phone call from my manager telling me that the CEO didn't want me passing along a particular bit of information yet... moments after I had just shared it. Whoops! Thankfully I just used my powers of persuasion to make them forget the whole thing

Time to get these kids off to bed and then I shall begin the Xenoblading!

Oh, I miss frederec. The Etrian Odyssey 4 trailer was released and I have nobody to get excited with

[Spigot]

Originally Posted by Reverant

I have not played ME3's MP, and I will only do so just before I begin the final sequence of events for that exact reason.

Pssst... It doesn't really matter.

That said, hot damn is the ME3 MP ever fun and addictive.

[AyeEmBored]

Originally Posted by JRR006

Going to play D&D this evening, and leaving the Witcher 2's Enhanced Edition patch to download while I'm away. And more Legend of Grimrock, probably. And a few rounds of ME3 multiplayer because the thought that my galactic readiness score is slowly seeping away... bothers me. That whole system is a cruel thing to do to people with a touch of obsessiveness.

Give us D&D updates! Especially if your party decides to spend the whole session at The Ticklish Mermaid instead of adventuring.

[Kelegacy]

Thought I could tough it out with my speakers since the hiss/crackle was faint and game music was louder. However, tonight the crackle must have been irritated that I was able to ignore it and it got louder while playing And Yet It Moves. WTF. I said screw it. I bought these since they were the best reviewed on Amazon for the price. Sub looks a bit big but we'll see if I can fit it under the desk. Almost bought the Logitech ones, and now I wonder if I should have. $17 cheaper. Oh well.

I'm starting to think I need a new desk anyway, as I'm running out of space fast. My desktop is a fucking mess of shit. Two monitors, my tower since I don't have space on the floor, a printer I never use, my speakers and a UPS. I need a better way to manage this stuff. Saw a massive executive desk for $50 (half off) at Goodwill this past winter and wanted it badly, but had no way of getting it home. And it was quite a journey--we were traveling when I saw it. Sigh. Oh well.

Also bought a Waterpik as my dentist appointment today scared me and they recommended it to me. So we'll try that out. Should be a hoot.

Oh, back to And Yet It Moves. That's a neat game. Will probably play it again in fact. I was testing it out for the speakers alone tonight from my Steam Library and it was pretty fun. Thanks Eternal, for one of the humble bundles.

[EWolfmanD]

Originally Posted by Spigot

Oh, I miss frederec. The Etrian Odyssey 4 trailer was released and I have nobody to get excited with

I guess I'm nobody.

[Xydarc]

My heart goes out to your family, Norse.

The Plan™ for this Week:

• SWTOR - After the Rakghoul event, I'm gonna go back to PVP with my Imp Agent and I'm thinking I'd like to start a Sith Warrior.
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 - The grind to capture Lightning continues.
• Avernum - Time to work my way through The Pit.
• Theme Hospital - How long until the puke starts flowing?

[MagGnome]

Homework, homework, homework, homework, birthday dinner, homework, birthday dinner, homework. That's my week.

[Spigot]

Originally Posted by EWolfmanD

I guess I'm nobody.

And you are...?

I keep forgetting that there are other people around here who were into those games. I've actually been thinking a lot about firing EO3 up again, esp. after tromping around in Grimrock lately. Sigh. Like I have time for that.

[Xydarc]

Well that was a waste. The Containment armor is bind on pickup. Goddammit BioWare, who thought that would be a good idea? I now have 2 copies of 5 pieces of the armor. I screwed myself out of the belt.

Lesson learned. Still, I was able to get the Pale Rakling pet for my Imperial Agent, so it's not a total loss.

[jpublic]

Originally Posted by Spigot

Oh, I miss frederec. The Etrian Odyssey 4 trailer was released and I have nobody to get excited with

I miss Frederec too. And I'm also interested in EO4.

[MagGnome]

Thanks Buddha for the early birthday present! I'm looking forward to trying it out. It looks pretty crazy.

It being Super Brothers Sword & Sworcery.

[Reverant]

I looked at the viewer stats on my Utility Vehicle Simulator 2012 videos, and at least a quarter of them are from... Romania. Maybe it was made there, and they're learning to ID me by my voice alone so they can sneak over here and slit my throat for badmouthing UVS? !?!

[Reverant]

Also Mass Effect 3 is $30 today at Amazon. That includes all versions.

If you need a good chuckle, be sure to read some of the 1-star reviews. Who says there can't be angry mobs in the civilized world?!

[MagGnome]

Congrats on the new job, Kelegacy!

Originally Posted by Reverant

Papers/finals/move the wife.

Now I'm picturing your wife as an 800lb woman that you have to move by crane.

Originally Posted by Norse

I'm slowly beginning to play games again after we lost our unborn daughter just before birth.

I am really sorry to hear that. Hang in there, buddy. :/

[MagGnome]

Originally Posted by Reverant

One more paper has taken a knife hand to the throat. Now I've just got a paper for German Philosophy (will require many pots of coffee) and another for SUFISM! a class I've actually enjoyed through to the end.

That would be a fun class. I enjoyed the little I read about Sufism in my World Religions class. I have to write a paper this week comparing either Judaism to Christianity, Judaism to Islam, or Islam to Christianity. After that I am nearly done with World Religions.

Originally Posted by Xydarc

The Plan™ for this Week:

• Theme Hospital - How long until the puke starts flowing?

Knowing that game, not long at all.

[Reverant]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

Now I'm picturing your wife as an 800lb woman that you have to move by crane.

Like... a crane wife?!



Nah, she's got to get packed up and shipped across the state for her clinical pharmacy rotations.

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by Reverant

Also Mass Effect 3 is $30 today at Amazon. That includes all versions.

I'm very close to taking advantage of that......

Anyway, as for gaming for me this week, I see more Fallout: New Vegas in my future. I’m well over 50 hours in and I’m finally actually leaving the New Vegas area. No clue how far I am as far as the main story is concerned, but I have so many side quests flagged it’s a bit crazy, and a lot more of the map to cover yet. I still haven’t touched any of the 4 DLC quest lines. Yeah, there’s a lot of game to go yet.

I’m really itching for a fantasy RPG right now after all of this Fallout I’ve been playing recently, so I can see maybe some Divinity II or Dragon Age getting a bit of play. Especially Dragon Age, I will finish that damn game if it kills me, I have dropped nearly 40 hours into it already. I just wish the combat didn’t suck so hard on the console.

I moved my old PC into the bedroom over the weekend, and last night I installed Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics, so I could see playing some of those this week as well. The thing is 9 years old, but it at least runs those flawlessly. I need to comb GoG and find some classic PC games to play on there.

[MagGnome]

Gorvi, have you played the original Divine Divinity? If you are going to play Divinity II you should check out the original as well. It's pretty much nothing like the sequel, but it's well-worth playing. I would actually recommend playing it instead of the sequel, or at least before. It's a classic.

Divine Divinity is basically what would happen if Diablo and Ultima had a baby.