My room is no longer a construction zone and actually a room now. I've also gotten two extra book shelves to accommodate my ridiculous amount of Black Library books and White Dwarfs. Sadly, Tuesday my parents are going to make an attempt at finishing the room up, which is kinda ticking me off, seeing as this could turn my room into an uninhabitable mess again for some time to come. Something I am most certainly NOT looking forward to one bit.

And my PC is working again, decided to get a new screen while I was at it. I saved up quite a lot of money for a new laptop, but what use is a laptop when I'm no longer an office gimp? So instead I got a rather sleek and sexy 24" wide screen. It takes some getting used to but it's a fine view. Games look sweet, though it's kinda hard finding proper wallpapers for it. Good thing most topless models pose stretched out on their backs. I kid. For now I've got the Rogue Trader logo with that catchy slogan "Ambition Knows No Bounds" which makes for a perfect black background, more on that pathetic obsession later.

So with a fixed PC comes mention of played games, so in short:

So Modern Warfare 2 is a letdown to me, nowhere near as great as the previous game. It is too loud and flashy, wrongly trying to woe you at the wrong moments. Sure, there are some great highlights but some of the twists made me hate the game and the way it ended really made me sigh. Surprisingly I found the US levels great and the SAS levels a bore, a stark contrast with the previous game for sure. I've played through some of those challenges, but eh. I'm not impressed by the game in the long run. I doubt I'll replay it often.

However, Dragon Age: Origins surprised me. Sure it has the typical Bioware cliché opening sequence and the done to death plot hooks, but as I said several times before, I am a sucker for WELL-EXECUTED cliché. But, it's a Bioware game, so it should be obvious to veterans of these games what you can expect. I'm not sure as to how far I've gotten so far, seeing as I got sidetracked by something else..

Namely Borderlands, which is my primary scarce-spare-time sink for the time being. Once you get past the boring first section of the game and transition into the other areas it really becomes something enjoyable. While I hate backtracking and fetch quests it's an okay game. Driving controls are a bit wonky and I think clipping is fucking with my aim from time to time. Crouching behind cover and shooting at baddies does not work that well in this game. But other than that, I like it. Once I've finished playing through it solo I might play it with my brother. But only after I've finished it myself, seeing as he's got a tendency to rush through things, something he already did the first time we tried playing it together.

I've also bought Assassin's Creed 2 for the 360 and so far I'm liking it. So far it's more of the same but the good stuff. I'm playing this at my own pace from time to time for now, at least until I'm done with Borderlands. But it looks great and it sounds great, I can see that they weren't spouting bullshit when they were on about giving the voice actors extra lessons in Italian and the motion actors performing those little hand gestures that Italians make all the time.

Now then, Rogue Trader. No small thanks to Blodwynn I've really gotten it deeply rooted in my head. Especially the miniature aspect of it. We've been scouring the web for suitable models for gaming purposes, casting GW aside seeing as they have great mini's, but so much alike and ugh. I've ordered up some nice models that will fulfil the rather obscure PC classes, such as the Seneschal and Void-Master. I've also decided to order up a crapton of models from Maelstrom for Chrimbo, including a stack of Privateer Press models that will be converted for RT use. They always did have lovely models, just a pity that I never could enjoy their games. Blah blah, anyway. Want great minis? Look elsewhere other than just GW, they can't provide you with everything.

And with that I bid thee farewell traveller, may the voids you cross be free of peril and the otherworldly!