Today I came across this video of Will Wright demonstrating Spore at last year's Game Developers Conference. The video is long, but highly worth watching if you're interested in games. I'm totally blown away by the scope of the game - it looks like they've succeeded in making a simulator covering the development of life from microscopic organisms ( Read more... )

Wizard
37% Combativeness, 10% Sneakiness, 88% Intellect, 19% Spirituality Brilliant! You are a Wizard!

Wizards are spells-casters who study powerful arcane magic. While Wizards tend to be pretty fragile, some of those spells can pack quite a punch. Unlike Clerics, Wizards aren�t as good at fixing people as they are at breaking them, so ( Read more... )

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Greed:Medium

Gluttony:Very High

Wrath:Low

Sloth:Medium

Envy:Low

Lust:Medium

Pride:Medium

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

They appear to be including any materialistic consumption in the gluttony category, which makes a little more sense.

I just finished Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. I think I can safely say that's the most epic game I've ever played, especially if you take the whole BG saga together - my oldest BG2 saved game is dated June 25, 2001. No, I never started over - I've been playing the same game for four and a half years. Not straight through obviously, there ( Read more... )

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Today I saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the wardrobe. I thought it was pretty good. It's pretty simplistic, but I don't fault them for that since that's the source material they were working with.

I actually enjoyed this movie more than the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter adaptations, partly because the books are so ( Read more... )

Yesterday I realized that I have pictures, so I may as well post some of them.

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Gamefaqs is currently holding an event where people vote for the 10 best games ever. Here's a post I wrote for a message board related to that - the ten best games I've played. (Disclaimer: I've never played System Shock 1 or 2 ( Read more... )

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