Still Oblivious

Several new games have come out recently, and I've been slowly getting to them. (See previous post.) However, I keep finding myself back into Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

I've reached Level 6, and my character is starting to be quite the badass. He's deadly with both the bow and with a sword. I'm now a member of the Blades -- the secret group that protects the Emperor. Think Secret Service. Or, in more traditional terms, Maji. (The bodyguards of the Egyptian pharaohs.)



Anyway, I'm not directly assigned to the Emperor himself. Actually, the Emperor was killed at the beginning of the game, and his son hasn't yet been crowned. He's in hiding in the secret Blades hideout, high in the mountains. Before he can become Emperor, the Amulet of Kings must be found, and that is the task laid out before me. I'm currently en route to the secret shrine of this evil cult that stole the amulet. Sadly, these cursed portals to Oblivion are opening up every where I go, so of course I have to jump into them and shut them. (Plus, there's oodles of loot to be looted in there!)

While I was in the Imperial City researching the cult, I found this cool arena. It looked like fun, so I joined as a combatant. You fight in this arena, gladiator style, to the death. They give you gold for each win, and your rank increases. (I'm currently a Gladiator, and I'm not going to stop until I'm the Blademaster.) Mindless fighting. Lovely!

Ubersoldier

You'd think that a game with the word "uber" in the title just has to be good. Well, it doesn't.

Really, there were only two reasons why I decided to download this game and try it out. One was simply because it's a shooter, and I must play every game in that particular genre. The second was because it's nazi killing, which is my second favorite past time. Ever. (My number 1 favorite past time, of course, is zombie killing.)

Well, the game has a cool enough premise: You play a German soldier. A *dead* German solider. You're brought back to live through a twisted nazi experiment gone awry, and you end up obeying the orders of the Allies, rather than your nazi counterparts. Killing ensues.

The graphics are 5 years outdated. They're dull. Boring. Blah.

The voice acting is horrid. The movement of the story sucks.

There is one really cool thing tho -- you have the power to erect this translucent shield all around you that stops bullets. Neat. I'm like a WWII version of Neo now. Color me woo.

Anyways, I'm not going to be playing any more of this one. PD says.......FAILED!

Updates. Woo!

For you special people who know the address, the Uber Compilation has been updated.

Counter-Struck! 002!

Read it! Now!

No Score and Twenty-Five Years Ago......

...I was born.

And it was good.

And it still is good. As you can see. Very good. And blurry. And....and why the FUCK is the room spinning so damn much?!

Near Miss

So I'm driving home from work last night, and I'm on the Route 60 expressway, which constitutes a majority of my drive. I'm nearing my exit to get home, and am about to cross the bridge that goes over the park. Suddenly, a hubcap off the piece of shit car that was in my way comes flying off, and rolls towards me. Luckily, the thing veered off to my right and smacked into the car beside me instead. Whew!

Counter-Struck! shall continue...

After posting Issue 001 yesterday, I've gotten plenty of positive responses to it, so I'm going to continue releasing them. (Not that I wouldn't have anyway, considering I'm doing these primarily for my own entertainment. But it's good to see other people are enjoying it as well.)

The plan is to release 1 issue a week, over the weekend. So you can watch for Issue 002 sometime between Friday night and Sunday night. Yar!