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Did I Say I wasn’t Interested?

Nov 152011

What I meant was I wasn’t interested in Skyrim then. But release day, apparently I was. Once again, making a liar out of myself. What else is new? And since I’m back to WoW, but waiting until my Thanksgiving Break from school to fully indulge myself, why not play with dragons, and broody warriors? So, meet Jessa.

She’s an Imperial, with skills in Archery, Destruction and some restoration. (Jess with healing? noooo, can’t be!)

She’s earned a title, has two horses, a house in Whiterun, and a soft spot for a certain broody, scruffy, nord…named Farkas.

The game itself is…different. I’m very spoiled by Bioware story, companions, romance, and graphic style. So it has taken me a bit of time to allow myself to enjoy anything new. Also, I’m used to smaller worlds, or at least easier to travel ones. Running/Riding ALL over the map is a new experience. You can fast travel only when you’ve discovered the places. So it’s getting easier now, but on the upside, you feel more like you’re exploring the world rather than exploring a map.

Things I don’t like? Random Dragons! and EFFING GIANTS! Especially when the EFFING GIANTS steal my Random!Dragon kill!

Things I do like…the scenery!

And too many other things to list honestly.

On Being A Hero

Fable III, Games 1 Response »

Nov 102011

I have to say, I really like Fable III. After playing Bioware games like Dragon Age (Origins and II) I expected to find it pretty dull. But it has some cool features. First, I can play the strong female heroine type, which anyone that knows me, knows is priority number one.

Second, there is some romantic stuff, which though not as intense as Bioware does it, is fun none the less. My Hero/Princess/Queen found her lost childhood sweetheart, married him, and had a baby. And this didn’t take away a BIT of her heroism. In fact, Elliot is primary caregiver, and that’s kinda cool. Though I find it amusing that their biological child has made them an inter-racial family, while their adopted son is white. Which, is pretty awesome if you ask me, after learning in my cultural anthropology class that race is social not biological. Nice of a game to reflect that.

There’s also the element of moral choices. Do you keep your promises or break them? Do you spare Logan, your brother, the deposed king for his actions, after hearing his reasons or do you execute him. Raise taxes? Lower them? or keep them the same? OR do you lower them, and donate your personal wealth to the treasury?

My hero has defeated Logan, spared him, opted to keep all the promises to those that got her there. She lowered the taxes, opting to contribute her own earnings to the treasury.

Her appearance changes with her moral choices and battles. This is also a feature I enjoy. She isn’t picture perfect after all the battles. She has a rather large scar upon her face, and bruises under her armor.

I really didn’t expect to enjoy it this much. I still suck at combat, and I’d suggest if playing on PC, you get a USB controller, since it is a console port. But I definitely recommend it, especially if you like The SIMS, and RPG in general. It’s a pretty good combination of those worlds.

I Now Pronounce You…

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Nov 032011

When ~~Thrall~~ Go’ell asks you to witness something…you do it. And being a priest, who better to officiate things? Guardian cub approves.

WoW Annual Pass and Why I Jumped on it.

WoW 6 Responses »

Oct 262011

Morynne over at Marks 365 posted this question today, but I felt I’d get too lengthy for a comment. So, here goes. I haven’t played WoW since at least June. Before that I only played for a few weeks after another months long hiatus. So why would someone who wanders away for months at a time turn around and take the annual pass? Well it’s pretty simple. I always come back. Because I always come back, I never cancel my subscription. So even if life and school kidnap me again, I’m not losing anything by paying my sub month to month.

But Jess, have you ever tried Diablo? No. I bought my husband the battle chest, but he didn’t care for it. We’ve both been a bit spoiled by more modern visual styles. I tried to install it once and my computer staunchly refused it. I didn’t care. And honestly, I never even considered playing Diablo III. BUT! if committing to a year of WoW, which I’d be paying for anyway, as mentioned above, gets me the game for free…I might just try it, and maybe even like it. If I don’t? hey no loss right?

Worst case, I have a game I’m absent from, and still paying for which is pretty par for the course for me to begin with, a free game I may or may not like, a mount for all my characters past, present, and future that looks absolutely awesome from what I’ve seen. Black armored pegasus? yes please! And I get a sneak peak into Mists of Pandaria on top of all of that.

All for doing what I already do, paying $15/month for World of Warcraft.

What’s NOT to like about that?

R.I.P. Steve

General 3 Responses »

Oct 062011

Back in 1984, I was in the fourth grade. We were all excited because we had just had a computer lab set up in our elementary school. And this was the first year we could use it. The room was full of excited 9 and 10 year olds ohhhing and ahhing over these amazing machines. We didn’t know we were learning, we were playing games. Making a message scroll repeatedly across the screen, playing math games. The computers, were Apple IIc. We thought we were seeing science fiction come to life.

Now, after elementary school, I never had another computer experience until 2000 when I got my first. But I still remember those Apple IIc computers. I didn’t even buy an Apple product until a few years ago when we all got iPods. And up until this year, that was it. Then I finally moved from Droid to iPhone, and got myself a Wi-Fi iPad 2, and my school life has never been easier. But that’s not what made Steve Jobs a legend.

What he did, putting computers in the hands of hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of school students, back in 1984, and then in peoples homes with the Macintosh that followed…that’s what stands out to me. He didn’t raise the bar, he placed it. And as of yet, noone has really caught up.