Achilles

What's your state going to do to make this look mild-mannered and rational by way of comparison?

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/arizona_bill_would_let_state_nullify_federal_laws_at_will.php?ref=fpblg

I'm really struggling to wrap my head around what they were thinking when they set up some of these side quests. It's like they want you to meta-game. Side Quest A is only available after Main Quest B, but will become locked out if you complete Main Quest C, which just happens to be on the same planet. So go here and do this to unlock it, then go here and do that to complete it but make sure you immediately go there and talk to that person first before going back to where you were or you won't ever be able to finish.

Happy 4th to you as well. As I told a coworker this afternoon, "it's almost too damned hot for freedom!" (our overnight low was in the 90's yesterday).

The lack of clarity of scope is frustrating. I inadvertently completed a Daedric lord quest the other night because no one announced until step 19 that it was a Daedric lord quest. By that point I was committed.

Bethsoft has hinted that the CS won't be out until later this month. Really going to have a hard time waiting that long. I already have a list of mods to create.

Because I know how much you love Fox News...

I'm excited about that too.

Not finished yet.

Just landed on Krogan homeworld to do Grunt and Mordin's loyalty missions. Before that I picked up Tali.

Got Jack's loyalty then turned around and lost it again when she and Miranda got into a fight. Still have one more crew member to pick up but no more dossiers (I'm guessing I just find the geth thingy at some point). Other than that everyone else is loyal up the this point.

I've already been to the Collector ship, but I got the "enter railroad-end-of-game-sequence here" vibe from the dialog that followed, so I opted to continue building my team.

Played for about 5 hours last night.

Got a part where my reputation started blocking other quests, so I started over.

Hehe, I knew you'd finish tonight

I finished my first run this afternoon. Started over with Reinhart. I'm curious to see how much difference there is based on what character you play. At this point, it does kinda feel as though they wrote the story around Lucas and then shoe-horned other narratives in as well. I had one crash and have found two broken achievements, but other than that - smooth sailing.

No, that was my "why am I in Markarth? That's it, I'm starting over!" quest from playthrough numero uno.

This was in Riften.

Liara's love for Shepard was so much more poignant when it was unrequited.

Then again, I think everything is better when it's spun as a tragedy

LOL. Mordin's attempt at self-censorship is awesome!

I had to temporarily put Garfy back on my ignore list for the sake of my sanity. Please let me know when he starts citing Jenny McCarthy as a source in the autism thread.

I think Thomas Paine once indicated that iggy lists were a man's god-given right.

Hehe, I don't hate it.

Speaking of Krogan; am I the only one that finds it odd that so many of them wear armor that is manufactured by their hated enemies (i.e. turians)? Maybe you could say that mercs don't care, but the codex makes such a big deal about them caring. *sigh*

Kaiden is a Commander now, which makes it odd that he still refers to Shepard as "Commander". His armor on Horizon is spiffy, which makes me wonder why his armor in the Prologue sucks.

I'm thinking I need to take at least one more SaveShep to 60 and then I can put ME behind me. I was ok with keeping it as a guilty pleasure, but now it's not even fun anymore.

The good news is that I have a 50/50 chance that none of their weapons or armor will behave as described.

I found another "roach motel" bug in FO:NV. You can enter Vault 21, but the game will crash if you try to exit. Unlike the similar issue with the BoS bunker, this one doesn't appear to be tied to a quest or item.

EDIT: Not sure if it's a function of not wearing the DLC Stealth Armor, sleeping with Sarah, or simply progressing the game, but I was able to leave.

EDIT2: Finished "last" playthrough with 3 hours to spare. Going to brave the 12:01 pickup. Wish me luck.

EDIT3: Forget that. Line went around the building. My copy will still be there at 10am tomorrow.

I just added Mac Walters to my follow list on Twitter.

I really hope he leaves Bioware so that I'm not forced to go back on my "never again" policy.

I didn't get there in time

Thanks for the head's up though. Was an interesting read!

I attempted to pick pocket Easy Pete while he was sleeping. Lost favor with the denizens of Goodsprings and ended up not being able to pick up some quests.

Starting over. Still going to steal things, just not going to steal things that belong to other people.

I was a good boy and went to bed early. Big day today and I didn't want to be groggy.

Reached out to Square Enix on Tuesday. Wednesday I got told that I'd have a response within 48 hours. Nothing yet. Just called Best Buy and they said that they would exchange the game and hopefully it would have the correct code. I feel like I'm about to completely waste my lunch hour.

Lost about an hour last night after I learned that using showracemenu strips your PC of his or her racial ability. Loaded earlier save (that I'm very thankful that I had) and got it back.

Tried something a little different this time around and now I'm concerned that I'll never be able to NOT do it again. I'm doing mix and match armor, so I'm not getting any of the "extra" armor perks (bonuses for wearing all one type or matching sets) and I'm mostly dual wielding. Earlier playthroughs were sword-and-board, so I got very used to "shield bash, power attack". Can't block with dual wield which made me real nervous.

Surprisingly, stuff dies way too quickly for me to worry about it. Re: dragons, I just use Become Ethereal until they land and then spam power attacks using skyforge axe/skyforge sword until it dies (<30 seconds later). I still break out the shield on occasion for bosses in heavy armor, but for the most part my Nord is the Elder Scrolls equivalent of a blender.

Oh, suck. Actually, I think I'm going to go in right now and request a day off for 3/7

Yeah. Someone desperately wants to be notice.