I can imagine that the loot algorithms were fairly complex. Still, if you have random number generators coming into play then it gets way, way quicker than dice...

I've always thought that their huge claimed number of guns was a little misleading. Really you've got 40 guns with reskins, different parts, different stats, and different effects. The randomization does keep things interesting but saying there are 80 bajillion guns is like GTA saying that there are 40k cars in their game because of minor variations in color or speed on the same make of car.

As long as you don't mind computerized dice...

I loved Borderlands 2. I agree that the number of guns advertised is misleading, but all those randomized effects were a lot of fun. The thing that kind of broke the game was the inclusion of that chest in the sanctuary where you were given golden keys to open. Nearly everything that you got out of that chest was better than the loot you found lying around.

Just fired up Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on the Xbox. I downloaded it about a year and a 1/2 ago but never really got into it, but I've booted it up once more and I'm really having fun. The graphics are basic but it's got a great aesthetic, the combat is fun, there's a lot of enemy variety, exploring the environment is an absolute blast and the soundtrack is pretty good too. Pity that the writing and voice acting is hilariously bad, but this is still a really fun game; it makes me think of of a much more forgiving 2D version of Dark Souls, where you're dropped into a large nonlinear environment and encouraged to explore without much direction whilst stopping off at checkpoints. All in all, a very fun experience.

Minecraft. Stareted up a new world, gonna build a fort an' shiz. I'm too lazy to make fences, so for now I just have a...sheep-pit...

RSPCA ain't gonna be happy about that...

Pfft. They haven't even seen the chicken box.

Good god, you're a monster.

Ooooorrr the sacrificial lava pit.

Lmao. I am also a fan of the sheep pit. Dig a hole, push sheep in, simplicity is usually the best policy.

We really need a Chorrol.com server

Forsooth, mah brotha. D'you wanna do it ?

I'd have to buy a server and I can't.

Using the free servers on minecraft.net is only good for LAN.

Mirocu has monies. Jk. Humm-ah. I dunno, can you port forward it or something?

I'm gonna try Assasin's creed brotherhood again. If I don't lose my patience, then throw an ultra tantrum, lol

Just fired up Fallout 3 on the Xbox for the first time in aeons, but really not feeling it; just too damn easy. Admittedly it probably didn't help that I min/maxed my characters stats massively in favour of a melee build, but after I blazed through Vault 101 and two gangs of raiders armed with just a baseball bat and barely broke a sweat I'm just not feeling it. If I want first person post-apocalyptic kicks I'll probably stick to the Metro Games in future.

Borderlands 2. Scrapped my assassin run. Much more fun playing as a Siren, a sniping Siren. And she's pretty cute.

But not as cute as the Mechromancer

LOTR: War in the North. Really great and visceral combat, and nice visuals. They even made good use of the universe, which is awesome to see. (Although is it really always dark and raining in Bree?)


Between this and The Hobbit film, my favorite fantasy race has gone from elves to dwarves. So cool the way the armor looks on whatsisface...starts with like a k or an f....ehhhh, great game nonetheless!

Heh, playing Borderlands 2 this morning, and I thought I'd reached the upper limits of it's crazy train. went through a sidequest that involved killing a quartet of escaped mutant test subjects, after infiltrating their base using a pizza. After killing Mitch, Ralph, Leo, Dan, and a fifth hidden member called Flinter, I felt a massive pain in my childhood.

I'd just symbolically killed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

So I wrote it off as them being the Michael Bay reboot wher ethey're aliens, and immediately felt better.

Then the game got crazier, when I met the character Tiny Tina...

She's thirteen, b*tshit crazy, and obsessed with explosives, stuffed toys, and girls apparently.

This game keeps getting stranger and stranger.

She's also racist according to some idiot.