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  • Enjoying Dragon Age II

    I posted before that Dragon Age II is pretty good, but I am enjoying it more and more each time I play it. I still haven’t found a powerful over-arching plot, but the side quests and personal quests for your companions are very good and compelling. As I said before, the combat is quicker and…

  • Dragon Age II is great (plus PC failure)

    I got Dragon Age II on release day and it is great. It isn’t quite as compelling as the original, which I simply couldn’t stop playing, but it is still very fun. DA II is clearly much more aimed at console users than PC users, so the top-down view is gone – instead, the camera…

  • Dragon Age II Demo is Fun!

    I played the Dragon Age II demo today and it was pretty awesome. In the demo, I chose to play a rogue, which meant either dual-wielding blades or bow and arrow. I chose the blades. There are essentially 3 parts to the demo. In the first, you and a mage are fighting lots or darkspawn.…

  • Enjoying the story quests in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO)

    I’ve really been enjoying the story missions in LOTRO recently. I had neglected them for a while, because I was having so much fun in skirmishes and generally exploring Middle Earth. I had completed the missions in Lone Lands and North Downs (Esteldin), so was sent to Rivendell for more. Elrond had me running all…

  • Why I like LOTRO so much

    Note: as I write this, LOTRO is down. There is big activity on Twitter where everyone is telling which server they’re on. Look for the #Servername hashtag. I posted mine. I have been enjoying Lord of the Rings Online a lot recently. I have 4 characters (the natives call them “toons”) on the Gladden server,…

  • iPad/iPhone Best App voting

    A website called BestAppEver is having votes for the best iOS app in many categories. If you have some favorite apps, cast your vote at: http://bestappever.com/vote/ I have cast my votes for outstanding games, such as the amazing Pocket Legends and the delightful Pocket Frogs! If you’re not playing those two, give them a look!

  • Just bought X Superbox on Steam!

    One of Steam’s daily deals is the X Superbox, which contains 5 X Universe (space adventure) games and some bonus goodies. I have already bought X2:The Threat, X3:Reunion, and X3:Terran Conflict on disk and re-bought X3:TC on Steam, but the opportunity to play the earlier games was too good to pass up. Plus I wanted…

  • Star Trek Online Season 3 First Impressions

    I started a new character in Star Trek Online to see what the Season 3 update is all about. So far, when just starting out, the changes are just cosmetic. Sector space looks a lot better and less cartoonish. I think the developers wanted to make things look more cinematic, so there are small touches…

  • Too many games!

    Gosh, it’s a real problem that I have too many games to play and not enough time. Lord of the Rings Online had a recent update that fixed Lore Masters a bit and made positive changes to crafting. I’m really enjoying LOTRO! But now, Star Trek Online has put out the Season 3 update, so…

  • Dragon Age: Ultimate Edition and Impulse: Finally Working

    As a follow-up to my troubles with installing the Impulse version of Dragon Age: Ultimate Edition, I finally got it all working, though with a bit of trouble. Rather than just having Impulse download and install, I chose the “Download and Archive” option, which downloads the enormous install data, then saves it in case something…