This is turning into Thought of the Day: Movies, so I'm going to put the gaming stuff up front this time.

Okay, answer me this, people: Why does anyone like Morrigan?  Yeah, Morrigan from Dragon Age.  Several people I know said they loved her character.  WHY?&n

I'm going to bitch some more about The Hurt Locker. Following is an excerpt from yesterday's correspondence with my father. It cleans up and expounds on what I wrote in Thought of the Day: Gaming.

So The Hurt Locker won best picture. Stupid. I saw that movie once, and though it was mediocre, if not outright bad. I was really looking forward to it, since I'd heard it was good, and about soldiers in Iraq. What a letdown.  I like war movies, even ones that don't necessarily portray the m

Oblivion update: I got Shadowmere back. Nearly two months ago, Shadowmere--my horse in the game--wandered off towards a specific point on the map. Over 35 hours later, she finally got to where she was going, so I could use her again. Oh, and that's not in-game hours; that's 35 real hours. I know

Anytime the issue of the Xbox 360 failure rate comes up, there are always a few people who (somehow) managed to keep the same Xbox for years.  These lucky few are under the mistaken impression that they did something special to warrant this, instead of simply enjoying good fortune.

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Distances in shooters seem wrong. In a lot of shooters, various scopes or other optical sights will report distance, i.e., you'll put the crosshairs on a guy, and it'll say "138 meters" in the lower left-hand part of the screen. In most every shooter I've ever played, these distances always seem

I'm back, at least for a little while.  I played some old games while I was gone, which I'll tell you about later.  Today, here's a little story.  I'm back one day, and I got a virus on my computer.

There's a certain kind of malware that goes beyond being destr

Hi.  I've been away for a bit, and I'm going to be away for a bit longer, due to reasons which are above your clearance level.  I look forward to playing Mass Effect 2, eventually.

No blog today.  An online friend of mine just had a death in the family.  This is my way of having a moment of silence.

Oblivion woes. I lost Shadowmere. For those of you who don't know, Shadowmere is the best (and only named) horse in the game. She's fast and has a lot of health, but most importantly, Shadowmere cannot be killed, since she's a plot-critical character.

There's a problem, thoug