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News Credits: 23 · Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:43 pm

Xenoblade Chronicles [Wii]:
I have a new life motto: "Not tonight, ladies, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles." Bracing for many glorious years of virginity.

Decided to stop screwing around with side-quests and get the story going. Basically, crap hit the fan, smothered it, and made it rain from the sky in the form of Mechon invaders.

Got the Monado, though. Time to kick ass.

Star Wars: Dark Forces [PC]:
Hijacked a smuggler ship, passed through the Super Star Destroyer Executor on my way to the Arc Hammer, where the Dark Troopers are being built and deployed from. Going to kark it the kriff up and get the hell outta there in a stolen shuttle before they realize what happened. How will I do that without getting dead? Because Kyle Katarn, that's why.

Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:10 pm

1337W422102 wrote:Xenoblade Chronicles [Wii]:
I have a new life motto: "Not tonight, ladies, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles." Bracing for many glorious years of virginity.

Decided to stop screwing around with side-quests and get the story going. Basically, crap hit the fan, smothered it, and made it rain from the sky in the form of Mechon invaders.

Got the Monado, though. Time to kick ass.

keep me posted. Once I finish Skyrim in about 2 years, I'll need a new timesink. :-B

Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Returned to the spirit tower for 3 previously unseen floors. After some devilish puzzles (one of which was needlessly obtuse and a complete guessing game because I entered the wrong door first, got the compass of light. This pointed me to a highly visible gateway to darkness (okay, why did I need the compass again?). In the dark realm, exacted revenge against some armor trains. Just got dropped onto a track following the demon train.

News Credits: 6 · Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:03 pm

Playing through God Hand, like, the fourth freakin time! you would think id'e be bored already, but NOPE!

Also, am forced to replay Scott Pilgrim the game. No complaints! Just beat the Nega Scott, fully leveled up Scott, and am on my way to face off against Gideon. JOY :twisted:

Interesting sidenote:
Scott Pilgrim VS Gene, who wins?

Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:38 am

Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
GAME.OVER.
Took down the demon train, then 2 forms of Malladus. Zelda returned to her body and dutifully ignored our hero, who dies in solitude only to be later resurrected and forced to relive the same events, every 2 year or so. :saint:

Game was alright. I had trouble getting into it though

News Credits: 23 · Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:50 am

The Happy Locust wrote:
1337W422102 wrote:Xenoblade Chronicles [Wii]:
I have a new life motto: "Not tonight, ladies, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles." Bracing for many glorious years of virginity.

Decided to stop screwing around with side-quests and get the story going. Basically, crap hit the fan, smothered it, and made it rain from the sky in the form of Mechon invaders.

Got the Monado, though. Time to kick ass.

keep me posted. Once I finish Skyrim in about 2 years, I'll need a new timesink.

Crap is amazing. Check it out.

Halo 3: ODST [360]:
Still think they should've used the name "Recon."
Got the first piece of the mystery. In Buck's first level right now, at the big-ass arena where you take it from all sides by a buttload of enemies and then a pair of Hunters flip you over and go in for seconds. Not having such a great time so far, and without a Frag FX or an Aimon, playing is a smegging chore.

Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:26 pm

1337W422102 wrote:
The Happy Locust wrote:
1337W422102 wrote:Xenoblade Chronicles [Wii]:
I have a new life motto: "Not tonight, ladies, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles." Bracing for many glorious years of virginity.

Decided to stop screwing around with side-quests and get the story going. Basically, crap hit the fan, smothered it, and made it rain from the sky in the form of Mechon invaders.

Got the Monado, though. Time to kick ass.

keep me posted. Once I finish Skyrim in about 2 years, I'll need a new timesink.

Crap is amazing. Check it out.

We're all aware of the sheer variety of fecal applications, but I Wanted to know about Xenoblade.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:07 pm

The Elder Scrolls: Arena:
It's freeware. I think. If not, I just engaged in some piracy.

I already knew that, back in the day, PC games had a habit of being a bit more...obscure in their controls then modern-day games do. But for the love of Azura they could have done a better job here. I didn't exactly go to college but I'm pretty sure Game Design 101 starts by saying "If the player needs a guide to figure out the basics of your game, you have already failed."

I haven't even really done anything. Finished the first dungeon, then got dropped off in...I dunno, it's snowing, so I guess Skyrim. Never heard of Amber Guard before, though. Explored the town, got mugged to death by an Orc because apparently Town Guards haven't been hired yet. Reloaded, found the exit, decided to Wait for morning...only to be interrupted by being mugged to death by...I dunno, Gandalf? He looked Gandalf.

I don't want to say " **** this game" especially to an Elder Scrolls game but... **** this game.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim:
At least I know the series gets better.

Decided to take my Nord back out so he can finish the College Questline; I'd like him to have as much of the game completed as I can help before the DLC comes out. Found the Eye of Magnus, but got sidetracked finishing the Gaaldur sidequest. Got the pieces, then fought all three brothers one by one. When all three tried to gang up on me...their dad instead came back from the grave to curbstomp them all at once, then reforge the Amulet Fragments for me.

Damn decent of him.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:25 pm

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
If you read what I posted here before, forget it. I can sum it up all in a few words. **** SAND WRAITH GLITCH!!!!!!
I am not starting a new game over this ****.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:37 am

BeastProwl wrote:Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
If you read what I posted here before, forget it. I can sum it up all in a few words. **** SAND WRAITH GLITCH!!!!!!
I am not starting a new game over this ****.

Let me help: You get all the health upgrades, you get the Water Sword, the Prince drags Kaileena to the present so that the Sands of Time can't be found by the Maharajah. But because Kaileena was supposed to die, the Dahaka (Who previously "Killed" the Prince, the Prince surviving thanks to a loophole in the Sand Wraith Mask's design, the Dahaka apparently being somehow satisfied despite leaving a duplicate Prince alive) goes after her. You kill the Dahaka with the Water Sword, Prince takes Kaileena home to Babylon...WHICH IS BEING ATTACKED OH NOES!!

There, you can move on to Two Thrones now.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind:
BEATEN! Main questline, anyway. Blew up a giant Dwarf Robot, killing Dagoth Ur in the process...and turning off the Tribunal's power, which will cause the Ministry of Truth to crash and destroy not only Vivec City, but likely much of the surrounding area, as well as causing the Red Mountain to erupt and destroy the rest of Vvardenfell.

Whoopsies.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:16 am

I restarted it anyway. I caught up pretty quick. I just need to beat that stupid bondage freak again...
Which, might I add has become the new bane of me existance. Since when can a kick make you fly to the othr end of the level?

News Credits: 2 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:12 pm

BeastProwl wrote:I restarted it anyway. I caught up pretty quick. I just need to beat that stupid bondage freak again...
Which, might I add has become the new bane of me existance. Since when can a kick make you fly to the othr end of the level?

Counter attacks. Counter attack everything she throws at you, and when you think she's open, jam your blade right into her.

Yeah, that's the wording I'm sticking with.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:58 pm

yeah well...

Hey, what is that relic on the prince's chest anyway. So far that really hasn't been explained.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:23 pm

BeastProwl wrote:yeah well...

Hey, what is that relic on the prince's chest anyway. So far that really hasn't been explained.

It's supposed to be an amulet similar to Farah's. It's how he can collect Sands without turning into a Sand Monster. It's never brought up in-game, though, and it was years before I found out what it was. And I still don't know how it can give him health upgrades, or allow him to use the Dagger's abilities without the Dagger.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:26 pm

So it's basically a Macuffin he just found one day?

News Credits: 2 · Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:21 pm

BeastProwl wrote:So it's basically a Macuffin he just found one day?

Considering how half-assed the writing in the rest of the game is, that shouldn't come as a surprise.

Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:43 pm

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Switching playstyles. Working on the Winterhold College quests so focusing on destruction and conjuration, though I keep my bound weapons handy in case I need to fall back to fighting melee.
Quest wise, travelled to find the staff of Magnus. Instead, found a paranoid Synod mage and a light puzzle. This led me to Labrynthian. The College's Thalmor supervisor went rogue and is making a power-grab, which has taken the arch-mage out of the fight. Just finished Labrynthian and retrieved the staff.
Side-mission wise, finished Hircine's quest and got an uncursed ring for my trouble. Knocked out some other side quests that I forget the specifics of.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:08 am

The Happy Locust wrote:The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Switching playstyles. Working on the Winterhold College quests so focusing on destruction and conjuration, though I keep my bound weapons handy in case I need to fall back to fighting melee.

Well, Bound Weapons are part of the Conjuration school, so yeah.

The Happy Locust wrote:Quest wise, travelled to find the staff of Magnus. Instead, found a paranoid Synod mage and a light puzzle. This led me to Labrynthian. The College's Thalmor supervisor went rogue and is making a power-grab, which has taken the arch-mage out of the fight. Just finished Labrynthian and retrieved the staff.

You're almost done, actually, you just have to return to the College and fight Ancano. Protip: if you can't hurt Arcano, hit the Eye of Magnus with the Staff, but don't use the Staff on Ancano himself.

The Happy Locust wrote:Side-mission wise, finished Hircine's quest and got an uncursed ring for my trouble. Knocked out some other side quests that I forget the specifics of.

After you get the uncursed ring and talk to Hircine, go back into the cave and kill the werewolf you teamed up with, then inspect his corpse, and you can get the Savior's Hide. Two Daedric Artifacts for the price of one!

News Credits: 6 · Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:07 am

Prince of Persia: Warrior within
Game is officially glitch free. I made it through the Mechanical Tower, wich was a feat of inginearing in the puzzle department, might I add. Though, I would never want to do it again.

Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:37 pm

Shadowman wrote:
The Happy Locust wrote:The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Switching playstyles. Working on the Winterhold College quests so focusing on destruction and conjuration, though I keep my bound weapons handy in case I need to fall back to fighting melee.

Well, Bound Weapons are part of the Conjuration school, so yeah.

I know, but I consider them more one-handed than magic. and I've been neglecting my destruction powers to this point. My destruction is at 75, but my conjuration and onehanded skills are in the high 90s (which was probably implied by my statement of bound weapons).

Shadowman wrote:
The Happy Locust wrote:Side-mission wise, finished Hircine's quest and got an uncursed ring for my trouble. Knocked out some other side quests that I forget the specifics of.

After you get the uncursed ring and talk to Hircine, go back into the cave and kill the werewolf you teamed up with, then inspect his corpse, and you can get the Savior's Hide. Two Daedric Artifacts for the price of one!

But where's the honor in that? :twisted:

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:08 pm

The Happy Locust wrote:But where's the honor in that?

Huddled in the corner, whimpering in fear, like it always is when I enter the room.

Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:42 pm

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Continuing my habit off screwing around. Completed the eye of Magnus quest and got a promotion at the college. Took down 2 random dungeons I found while searching. In my search, I came across a word wall on a mountain top. Took down that dragon. So 2 more words of power to my collection.
Elsewise, cleared the draugr's from Reachcliff. I'm on a cannibals mission. I also found the Shrine of Azura and got a new quest.
Skillwise, I finally maxed out one-handed and I'm at 98 on conjuration. Nearly maxed out there.

On another note, 129 hours played and I still haven't bothered visiting Riften or Windhelm. Yes, I'm getting my moneys' worth on this game. :grin:

Finally, a mysterious werewolf has been attacking Thalmor agents throughout skyrim. Witnesses are advised to keep their distance and report to their local Thane. The thane is recognized as an local Argonian who seems to always be out of town when the werewolf is attacking. :twisted:

Sonic Colors
Cleared Sweet Treat level by destroying a cookie-cutter pirate ship.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:35 pm

The Happy Locust wrote:On another note, 129 hours played and I still haven't bothered visiting Riften or Windhelm. Yes, I'm getting my moneys' worth on this game.

Wait...then you couldn't have finished the main quest. Riften, not so much, since that's only really relevant for the Thieves Guild and part of the Dark Brotherhood. But you can't beat the main quest without, at some point, for some reason, going to Windhelm.

Impressive, most impressive.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones:
I wanted to play Fire Emblem, but I wanted to start fresh, and Blazing Sword just isn't doing it for me anymore. (Though I certainly plan to go back and finish it before the end of the century)

Got to chapter...7, I think? Turns out the leading lady had been holding on to one of the Sacred Stones, meaning if she dies, demons get to take over the world. No pressure.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:54 pm

Finally have something worthwhile to post:

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
100% Complete. That's right, found every treasure in the game and unlocked the boss endurance mode, my favorite mode of all. :grin:

News Credits: 6 · Wed May 02, 2012 2:56 pm

DAMN MY ADDICTIVE NATURE!
I just got sucked back into borderlands...
Only 2 1/2 days of on and off play and i'm lvl 22. What is it about this game? It just oozes so much awesome, I almost cant stand it! When part 2 comes along, my face will likely melt clean off...

News Credits: 2 · Wed May 02, 2012 4:53 pm

BeastProwl wrote:DAMN MY ADDICTIVE NATURE!
I just got sucked back into borderlands...
Only 2 1/2 days of on and off play and i'm lvl 22. What is it about this game? It just oozes so much awesome, I almost cant stand it! When part 2 comes along, my face will likely melt clean off...

You got the DLC? If you don't, get the DLC. Borderlands DLC is how DLC is supposed to be done.