I'm probably skipping L4D2 (r2d2's cousin?). The original was fun, but I didn't get enough online goodness out of it to justify another $60. (I've already played Borderlands like 3x as much). Maybe if I get gamefly next year.

My PC is pretty decent right now! I'm running xp on my intel mac and should be "current" for a year or two. Fired up Dragon Age briefly and had fun. My character is a dwarf female named Rachael who dreams of someday becoming a famed cook. But first it's going to take a lot of bloodshed, and a lot of dirty, dirty sex.

(I thought the default dwarven female looked like Rachael Ray, so I decided to roll with it.)

Nah, I returned it last week for Dragon Age :( !!! Left4Dead2 in couple weeks so maybe we can meet again there. Do you have a gnarly pc!? I'm just afraid mine wouldn't run it, but I'll probably get it down the line when it's cheaper and if I've upgraded by then. But yeah, I'm liking it a lot. Still running through all the origins so haven't even got into the main chunk of game yet.

I'm glad you like it! I'm relieved because I bought it a few days ago (for PC) and finally have a chance to check it out. In fact I was going to play it RIGHT AFTER checking the blog. Definitely people seem happy with it.

Do you still have Borderlands? Enron got it for his b-day, so if you've still got it we can form the Pandoran Action Team Auxiliary.

| Dragon Age: Origin

The new Bioware RPG Dragon Age: Origins is awesome. Playing it on the PS3. Supposedly the PC version is the bestest but I just don't have a rig capable. Then the PS3 with the 360 version looking the worst, sorta. It's got some goofy old-school textures but whatever, it's just a fun Baldur's Gate for the modern day. They ditched the DnD license so created their own world which is HEAVILY influenced by stuff like GRRM's Ice & Fire books. In the game there's the "Grey Wardens" who are basically the Night's Watch. And it's all dark-grimy fantasy. But it's great! The "origin" subtitle comes from I think it being the first game in this new universe they've created, but also there's 6+ completely different openings to the game depending on the race/class you choose. Those "origins" last about 2 hours or so and then you get to the same starting point for the rest of the story. (The reason I say + is that if you're FEMALE, then the origins are totally different as well - at least in the dwarf and elf ones I've tried - but its the same basic story, you're just playing a different roll.) RAD!!!

If you've got a computer capable, totally get the PC version though. They released all the tools so it will probably be like Neverwinter Nights and have a big community with homebrew adventures that the console one's will never get. Also, the console controls are kinda goofy. I'm already used to it but I can only imagine how rad it would be to have complete control of the menus, etc, with a mouse.

| Happy birthday Enron

And here we all thought you'd OD on speedballs before you were twenty. Congratulations, jark.

The new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was totally not on my radar, but man, this is some weird shit. It looks like they decided 2nd ed took it as far as it was gonna go and just completely changed everything up for the new edition. It comes in a huge box and has tons of weird dice, cards, all kinds of shit. Best part is it assumes a GM + 3 players, unlike 4th ed D&D whose default assumption is GM + 5. It's as if they know that if you're a WFRP fan, you're kind of a friendless loner. Which I am!

I thought this was pretty funny: renamed board games.

That's a chilling vision of the future. Sounds like a movie, "Men in Brown."

man, the Bay Bridge has been closed for a week, BART is delayed, and I didn't get any sleep. Duck we're off to a good start.

| The future...

Had a decent Halloween. Went to a couple of parties as Ricky Ricardo with the lady friend going as Lucy. One of the parties was kind of a fancy one in Pacific Palisades and they had some celebrity psychic there and I got a reading. Weird shit! Kinda hokey too, but it was fun, here's some highlights. In about 4 or 5 years I'm going to publish a bestselling novel, sounded sorta like a memoir, maybe having to do with my job (so maybe something crime related - like another OJ? some behind the scenes shit perhaps?) She also had visions of FBI or CIA in my future in that I'd be working for them in some capacity. She said "I see a man in a brown suit..." and implied that he was going to pull me into some sort of government intrigue. THEN she asked if I believe in UFO's and I said "sure" and she said "you should listen to this radio show, coast to coast with art bell..." I don't know how that random bit relates but it was still pretty funny.

Fucking Halloween.

| Thinking of giving myself an early Christmas present...

This

| St. Jude's just sent me personalized address stickers with Elder Signs on them

What the heck man. This has been a weird week.

Aww... sorry I missed you. I went out with some dudes from work to this hamburger place in the east bay and got this HUGE, delicious but atrocious meal: cheeseburger with bacon, steak fries, and a vanilla milkshake. Easily 2,500 calories. Delicious, and yet, I feel like I can stop eating things like that for a long long time.

Dunno if you'll keep the game past this weekend but if you do, I'm always up for some more! I've got a level 19 Siren and a level 16 Hunter in addition to the character we were playing. I have a shotgun that lights people on fire. It's glorious.

| I Torchlight yo house!

www.torchlightgame.com
Torchlight - Action RPG. This game is pretty fun and runs well on my shitty old computer, so a heads up to you Diablo fans. It's from the people who made Diablo 1 and 2. They were Blizzard North for awhile then it got disbanded and they made a couple more games. This one is only $20 bucks and it's a really fun loot and click-fest. I got it through Steam, you can get it there or from their own site. Only single-player, but their next project will be an MMORPG in this Diablo-esque style that will be free to play. Here's a few mins of the Giant Bomb dudes playing it so you can see what it's all about.
Quick Look!
I think it's worth checking out!

PS: Jon, tonight I'd be down for some Borderlands if you're around - I don't gotta work tomorrow and I friggen played race-car games all night so need a break from that. Do it!

EDIT: Hmm, nevermind, sounds like some pre-order bullshit gets you access to the demo. Nothing to see here, move along!

Left 4 Dead 2 demo up on Steam today! I believe it gives you one episode to play (or probably a part of an episode like the first game's demo did.) PC gamers, get on Steam and grab it so we can have some mini-goodtimes.

EDIT: Well, demos might or might not be out yet, I'm at work and just seeing chatter about it, but who friggen knows. Goes for the Xbox version as well. I'll be busy playing racing car game all week, so I won't get to it till later.

Ryan, I'm pretty sure he was kidding as I seem to recall that he took some anatomy courses. Unless he took Conversational Anatomy, in which case he would've learned body parts by name like "pecker," "shitter" and "corn hole."

Aeryk glad to hear your kid's OK too. "I never was afraid in my life until I had my first kid." - D. Oeterson

Rudy, Enron and I (although not all together) have been playing some co-op Borderlands on the 360. It's SUPER fun and definitely worth picking up with the caveat that it is best played co-op with pals. You team up to shoot stuff and grab loot, it feels like exactly what I want to be playing on Xbox Live.

Worked too late today. Blah.

Five minutes later, I am still laughing about Eric's post. For some reason, this strikes me as really funny. I don't know if it was the explanation of Eric's misunderstanding of the word "anus" (were you serious?) or if it was the quote "my anus (butt hole) is really really itchy." Both are good.

Funny!