I think to myself,
Oh wow, there’s something interesting to play that’s exclusive to the PS3!
I’ll go home and start it up, only to realize that I need to update the firmware because I never turn the damn thing on except to play that one exclusive every six months.
I guess that’s a first world problem.
Right now, I have to say that Mass Effect 3 is amazing. Now, to be very vague, Shepard has done some things. She’s witnessed the invasion of earth. She’s said goodbye to comrades. She’s sought solace in the arms of one of her crew mates.
She’s having very disturbing dream sequences.
This is a game that is really laying on the gravitas. Continue reading
So, in a compellingly suave move as befits their standard operating procedures, EA has decided that for the foreseeable future, the PC versions of Mass Effect 3 will require Origin.
Even the brick and mortar versions.
My Steam copies of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, where Shepard (no BroShep) stands ready to take on the Reaper threat, suddenly rendered useless by my unwillingness to install a nascent digital distribution framework.
I am in the process of finding a suitable jacket to attach this badge to.
I have one in mind so far.
I just need to decide on a mounting method, since the back of the badge has hooks for hook and loop.
I started playing Skyrim. This was a decision that I came to after I realized that Steam had been hacked, and while Gabe assured me that everything was going to be okay, I didn’t want money hanging around in my Steam wallet.
None of this makes sense from an  Information Security standpoint.
But now there is a total of zero Steambux Spacedollars in my wallet, and Skyrim ended up costing me about $20 out of this month’s paycheck. It was full price, but I had $40 that I paid to Steam about four months ago that wasn’t doing anything.
I don’t know why I did it. I didn’t like Oblivion. I know, sacrilege. But then, due to the amazing power of groupthink and Reddit, I decided to bite the bullet.
It is a very large and snow covered bullet and I love it. Continue reading