Saturday!

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1. Ooh, I actually remember this one.

   I’ve been halfheartedly playing Glitch, because it dies tomorrow, but mostly I haven’t been playing anything. Bad for the goopy eyes.

2. I still have yet to successfully log in to GFWL, I think my Dark Souls purchase is going to end up being a donation to the developer.

   I’m helping a friend run an intermediate team skills class for TF2 tonight, we’ll see how that goes.

   I still haven’t launched X-COM, but I think I’ve wrung most of the life out of Torchlight 2 by now. I think I’ll finally start it this weekend.

3. I’ve just finished replaying Dragon Age: Origins (including Awakening and Witch Hunt), and I’ve just started on replaying Dragon Age II.

4. far cry 3. dunno if it’s messed up or really messed up yet in terms of the race thing. supposedly there’s a hud fix coming (these notifications are absurrrrrrd) but the core game is enjoyable.

   • I considered picking that up, given that I know that I’ve a week off coming up… but didn’t know whether I’d rather spend time hip deep in that or hip deep in, say, Baldur’s Gate.

     Is it good? More to the point: Is it *AWESOME*?

     • it feels like stalker without any of the intense eastern european weirdness attached.

       however, i will say it’s fixed almost all of the issues i had with far cry 2. but is it awesome on a level of dark souls awesome? no.

       but am i having more fun than i did with dishonored? yes, even though they’re wildly different games. i think the core concept in someone else’s hands would have been even more incredible because it wouldn’t have had to have been so goddamn american in execution.

       the intro is stunning, however.

5. Just beat XCOM on Normal again and I’ve played the first mission on Classic. Holy crap, but the diff between Normal and Classic is…quite steep. I failed it the first time, only lost one rookie the second.

6. Steam has FTL on sale for six bucks! If you haven’t played it, you should know that you won’t spend a better six gaming bucks this year.

   • i was tempted by hotline miami and ftl being so heavily discounted but on the other hand xmas steam sale is around the corner.

7. I finally dipped my toe into XCOM and FTL over the weekend. Both were very enjoyable during the time spent playing them.

8. Twilight Imperium with friends; Don’t Starve solo.

   • How is Don’t Starve? I want to pick that up but got kinda scared off of buying games in beta by Towns.

     • I can’t stop playing it.
       First off the graphics are quite cute. Not sophisticated but cute.
       Second it’s quite difficult; very easy to die, but whatever you discover (how to make bird traps for instance etc) carries over.
       Third their use of dark and light is quite good. During the day you’re running about but when evening arrives and the light dims there’s a distinct feeling of “Oh crap! Need fire!” When actual night falls you’d better have a light source because otherwise it’s darkness upon you and you get eaten by a grue.

       Also there’s a wry sort of humor to it. For instance you can light trees on fire and what results in a charred burnt tree which crumbles into charcoal with one tap of your axe. If you left click instead the character comments “I somehow feel like only I could have prevented this” which made me crack up.

       Frankly it’s functional right now. It’s fun and operational and they just released another update so it appears to be healthy.

       But it’s difficult and if you die it can be frustrating as hell.

       • Also I didn’t buy it myself, a buddy did. You get two keys when you pay in. One to use and one to share. So for nine bucks you actually get two players in.

         • Where did you buy it? On Steam it’s 11.99 (the other day) and I didn’t notice anything about the extra key, but maybe I wasn’t paying attention.

         • Well I didn’t buy it. But the version I play is directly on IE or whatever browser you’re using so try looking on their website rather than Steam.

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