Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Final Thoughts

Recently I completed Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.  My final play-time on Hard difficulty was 128:56:36.  That time includes both The Legend of Dead Kel and the Teeth of Naros downloadable content.  As always, possible spoilers ahead.

Skyrim: Dawnguard Final Thoughts

I have finally completed the vampire questline of Dawnguard.  It took awhile for a couple reasons.  First I went out of my way to ensure I completed all the side-quests in addition to the main quests.  The larger contributor to the delay, though, is I simply played Skyrim.  I became embroiled in other quests, found myself distracted by shiny objects, committed grievous acts of draconicide, et cetera.  I also moved my character and her wife from Whiterun to Solitude.  It took me some time to familiarize myself with the new city and all its shopkeepers and the house itself.  The move also necessitated several trips back and forth to move items over and organize them at the new home.

Dawnguard is complete, though, and I have a a few topics I wish to talk about:

• The changes to vampirism.
• Cool things Dawnguard added or changed.
• Serana

In other words, thpoilerth.

Skyrim: Dawnguard First Impressions

I recently got around to downloading the Dawnguard DLC for Skyrim.  I'm nowhere near completing it but I do have enough time into it to make some general comments on it.  There are some very minor spoilers about some of the things you may encounter in the DLC (nothing plot related).

Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut Addendum

I finally found some time to go through and check out the rest of the enhanced endings as part of Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut. I also have a couple additional thoughts about the end of the game I wish to share. Spoilers ahead, obviously.

Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut

I just finished playing through the last couple hours of Mass Effect 3 with the new ending content provided by the Extended Cut DLC.  Here are my thoughts.  Obvious ending spoilers ahead.

Dragon's Dogma

It's not very often that a game is so fun that minutes after playing the demo I hop in the car and go out and buy the game.  Dragon's Dogma, though, it was one of those games.

Dawnguard Beta Stupidity

So, the Dawnguard beta keys have gone out.  It's been officially stated that less than one half of a percent of applicants were accepted.  The rumor going around (I lack any definitive source) is that only 40 beta keys were sent out.

What a fucking joke.

Dark Souls

I recently got back into playing Dark Souls after having not played it for several months.  I just completed my second play-through and earned the final few achievements I was missing.  The game is pretty special so I thought I'd talk about it for a bit.

Diablo III - Demon Hunter Tips [Updated]

Now that I have a level 60 Demon Hunter on Inferno I thought I'd share some of my skill choices and the insight into why I chose them with you so that you might get some ideas of how to come up with your own builds.  I want to make it clear, though, that I am not suggesting this is a "best build".  One of the great things about the rune system is that it allows a lot of different styles to work effectively rather than being stuck with just a couple different builds.  So with that bit of a preamble out of the way, let's get into the skills and runes and why it all works.

Skyrim Kinect support [Updated]

The Kinect commands patch came out today for Skyrim on Xbox 360.  The list of commands is available here (PDF).  I spent a few minutes testing them out and so far they seem pretty cool and useful.  Below are my miscellaneous, unorganized thoughts in the few minutes I spent messing around.

Lord of the Rings: War in the North

So here's a game I missed completely.  I remember when the game came out I kept seeing the name pop up.  Mostly in regards to some Kmart promotion or something.  At the time, however, I didn't know anything about the game.  That has since been remedied.

Mass Effect 3 Ending Addendum

Bioware have announced Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut which aims to clarify the ending.  I've been thinking, how could they make sense of things?  How can clarification bring closure?  I was able to come up with something.

Mass Effect 3 Ending

Its been almost a full month since it was released but I have finally finished my first time through Mass Effect 3. People have expressed interest in my opinion on the ending. Naturally with a series I love this much I definitely have an opinion although it might contain less vitriol than you think. This post obviously contains spoilers for the entire series.

Angry Birds Space

Maybe you heard about this little game called Angry Birds Space that came out today. I certainly couldn't avoid seeing it all over the place so now I'm writing about it.

Mass Effect: Infiltrator (Revisited)

I purchased an iPad 3 so it's only fair that I revisit Mass Effect: Infiltrator.

Mass Effect 3 Datapad

Well, it took a week but the Mass Effect 3 Datapad app is out for iOS devices.  I've been looking forward to trying this out just to see where they went with it.  I'm very interested in companion apps for games and this is just that.

PC output to HDTV

A couple days ago I decided I'd like to output from my PC to my 40" HDTV for gaming purposes.  I've had my HDTV a few years now but I never bothered to hook it up to my PC because I didn't have a cable long enough at the time and I just plain forgot about it.  I wish that I had tried it then...

Mass Effect: Infiltrator

I'm currently awaiting my Collector's Edition of Mass Effect 3 to arrive so in the meantime I bought the iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator.  I've played it a little bit and have a few comments on the game so far.

My gaming history

It seems prudent to post my gaming history.  What good are the comments from somebody praising (or denouncing) a game when there's no context as to the experiences of the person?

Why make this?

I made this blog because I tend to talk about and/or rant about games on the AutoIt forum.  A few people there expressed an interest in seeing my comments in blog form and admittedly the posts I make do tend to lend themselves toward being a blog post.  It is something I had previously considered as well.  Thus the impetus to do this.

I have no plans on how frequently content will be posted nor do I have any plans to limit or constrain what content will be posted.  I primarily make long posts on the above mentioned forum concerning games but from time to time other things elicit lengthy word explosions from me.

For those of you reading this who do not know me from the AutoIt forum let me sum myself up rather succinctly: I am a dick with a disdain for stupidity.  I can also be vulgar because it amuses me.  You have been warned.