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Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-03 14:34:25
May 03 2008 13:05 GMT
#1
I just finished one of the most insane 3 months of work in my life. Things peaked in the last two weeks where I basically was staying up for 30-40 hours, sleeping for 6, staying up for 24 hours, sleeping for 4, staying up for 40 hours, sleeping 8 etc etc. I've gotten such little sleep in the last week it blows my mind that I'm still alive.

HOWEVER

I only have 1 week left of school. Only 3 exams and 2 big presentations left and IM DONE. For the summer, I'm literally going to be doing nothing but working out and playing video games. No job, no responsibilities, just plain out fun before I begin grad school (USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA in Interactive Media!!! AKA Video Game Design)

Given:
-work out at least a few hours 6 days a week. I want to be rather ripped.

Primary Goals:
-Purchase GTA4 and play that!
-Beat Mass Effect and BioShock (I own them, but never had the opportunity to finish playing them)
-Watch Lost, BattleStar Galactica, House, and Band of Brothers
-Write some more articles on competitive gaming theory and design!!
-Do some fun art projects!

Secondary Goals:
-Play through Fallout 1 and 2 again (my favorite games of all time)
-Play through all Devil May Cry games
-Play poker!

I can't think of anything else now, so I NEED YOUR HELP TL.net!! Any TV show, console, or computer game recommendation is NEEDED. Figure out wtf I'm going to do w/ all this free time! yarrr!! ;]

*new ideas*
-Play/beat god of war 1/2
-play/beat shadow of the collosus

*****
Whenever I encounter some little hitch, or some of my orbs get out of orbit, nothing pleases me so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places. www.day9.tv
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
May 03 2008 13:13 GMT
#2
I fully support your decision to replay Fallout 1 and 2. God, they're amazing. I played Fallout Tactics just because it was interesting and took place in the same timeline. A good game in its own right, in my opinion. Also, GTA 4 alone will suck up days of your time.
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
rosas
Profile Joined July 2007
Philippines66 Posts
May 03 2008 13:21 GMT
#3

-Play through Fallout 1 and 2 again (my favorite games of all time)


Hell Yeah! Everyone who claims to be an avid pc gamer should have played both of these games
WiljushkA
Profile Joined March 2006
Serbia1416 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-03 13:26:17
May 03 2008 13:23 GMT
#4
play planescape: torment, i think i already talked about it on some thread here, made by much the same people that made fo1 and fo2 (Black Isle), brilliant rpg, dark and serious atmosphere, good story, and not your typical fantasy rpg world, quite a gritty setting.
and i cant believe you havent watched house yet :p
"As much as I love the image of me F5-ing paypal every 15 minutes while fist pumping and screaming "SHIP THE MONEY BITCHES"" - Day9
KH1031
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States862 Posts
May 03 2008 13:24 GMT
#5
Sounds like you're going to have a great summer!

I've found myself grown out of video games as I had gone through college...

How about take some time to travel around? It should be fun too.

Come to NYC!

NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
May 03 2008 13:42 GMT
#6
KotOR!
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
May 03 2008 13:45 GMT
#7
Get A iccup!
Nak Allstar.
Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
May 03 2008 14:00 GMT
#8
On May 03 2008 22:23 WiljushkA wrote:
play planescape: torment, i think i already talked about it on some thread here, made by much the same people that made fo1 and fo2 (Black Isle), brilliant rpg, dark and serious atmosphere, good story, and not your typical fantasy rpg world, quite a gritty setting.
and i cant believe you havent watched house yet :p


isn't it advanced DnD rules? If so, i'll NEVER play it. I still refuse to play baldur's gate because the rules are just too difficult to learn lol
Whenever I encounter some little hitch, or some of my orbs get out of orbit, nothing pleases me so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places. www.day9.tv
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
May 03 2008 14:04 GMT
#9
On May 03 2008 23:00 Day[9] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2008 22:23 WiljushkA wrote:
play planescape: torment, i think i already talked about it on some thread here, made by much the same people that made fo1 and fo2 (Black Isle), brilliant rpg, dark and serious atmosphere, good story, and not your typical fantasy rpg world, quite a gritty setting.
and i cant believe you havent watched house yet :p


isn't it advanced DnD rules? If so, i'll NEVER play it. I still refuse to play baldur's gate because the rules are just too difficult to learn lol


I wailed my way through Neverwinter Nights 2 without understanding shitall about the combat system. That's another great game you should play, actually.
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
Polis
Profile Joined January 2005
Poland1292 Posts
May 03 2008 14:06 GMT
#10
Play Gothic1 or G2 (G3 is very diferent game). There is Gothic demo so you can try it out.
http://www.worldofgothic.com/dl/?catid=5

As for book: Selfish Gene

ZpuX
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Sweden1230 Posts
May 03 2008 14:09 GMT
#11
I dont see any BW in your list day
Really, play for fun!
Gandalf
Profile Joined August 2004
Pakistan1905 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-03 14:58:31
May 03 2008 14:58 GMT
#12
On May 03 2008 23:04 H_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2008 23:00 Day[9] wrote:
On May 03 2008 22:23 WiljushkA wrote:
play planescape: torment, i think i already talked about it on some thread here, made by much the same people that made fo1 and fo2 (Black Isle), brilliant rpg, dark and serious atmosphere, good story, and not your typical fantasy rpg world, quite a gritty setting.
and i cant believe you havent watched house yet :p


isn't it advanced DnD rules? If so, i'll NEVER play it. I still refuse to play baldur's gate because the rules are just too difficult to learn lol


I wailed my way through Neverwinter Nights 2 without understanding shitall about the combat system. That's another great game you should play, actually.


Agreed. I loved Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 as well and I don't understand anything about DnD at all, the only thing I understand is the dice rolling part to determine damage and stuff. Baldur's Gate 2 may be my favorite computer game ever (other than SC of course).

Also in NWN2 the armor system worked differently, higher armor = better as opposed to lower; supposedly they changed the system rules, Dnd 3.5 or something that I picked up from browsing some forums n stuff
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
May 03 2008 15:13 GMT
#13
On May 03 2008 22:05 Day[9] wrote:
I just finished one of the most insane 3 months of work in my life. Things peaked in the last two weeks where I basically was staying up for 30-40 hours, sleeping for 6, staying up for 24 hours, sleeping for 4, staying up for 40 hours, sleeping 8 etc etc. I've gotten such little sleep in the last week it blows my mind that I'm still alive.

HOWEVER

I only have 1 week left of school. Only 3 exams and 2 big presentations left and IM DONE. For the summer, I'm literally going to be doing nothing but working out and playing video games. No job, no responsibilities, just plain out fun before I begin grad school (USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA in Interactive Media!!! AKA Video Game Design)

Given:
-work out at least a few hours 6 days a week. I want to be rather ripped.

Primary Goals:
-Purchase GTA4 and play that!
-Beat Mass Effect and BioShock (I own them, but never had the opportunity to finish playing them)
-Watch Lost, BattleStar Galactica, House, and Band of Brothers
-Write some more articles on competitive gaming theory and design!!
-Do some fun art projects!

Secondary Goals:
-Play through Fallout 1 and 2 again (my favorite games of all time)
-Play through all Devil May Cry games
-Play poker!

I can't think of anything else now, so I NEED YOUR HELP TL.net!! Any TV show, console, or computer game recommendation is NEEDED. Figure out wtf I'm going to do w/ all this free time! yarrr!! ;]

*new ideas*
-Play/beat god of war 1/2
-play/beat shadow of the collosus


exactly what I am doing, and is it so awesome
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
May 03 2008 15:58 GMT
#14
On May 03 2008 23:00 Day[9] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2008 22:23 WiljushkA wrote:
play planescape: torment, i think i already talked about it on some thread here, made by much the same people that made fo1 and fo2 (Black Isle), brilliant rpg, dark and serious atmosphere, good story, and not your typical fantasy rpg world, quite a gritty setting.
and i cant believe you havent watched house yet :p


isn't it advanced DnD rules? If so, i'll NEVER play it. I still refuse to play baldur's gate because the rules are just too difficult to learn lol
eh? I've never understood the rules for any of the RPG's I've played and they've all been enjoyable.
Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
May 03 2008 16:02 GMT
#15
What, i dont see bw anywhere, this is fail.
BlueLaguna on West, msg for game.
tec27
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States3701 Posts
May 03 2008 16:08 GMT
#16
More importantly, I see nothing involving a wicker basket...
Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace?
nofAcedAgent
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States952 Posts
May 03 2008 16:47 GMT
#17
shadow of the collosus was like ..dreaming.. it was beautiful. that should come first.




..BG doesnt have to be difficult, its got a pretty good UI so if you *choose* to ignore the rules and just play with commono RPG knowledge you would be fine (its fucking fantastic - but REALLY long)
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
May 03 2008 17:06 GMT
#18
Beat Dark Omen, if you like this kind of tactical games.
It's awesome.

Make sure you set it in CPU mode in options (this means it doesn't use 3d card) and set off the color cursor!
And all is illuminated.
WiljushkA
Profile Joined March 2006
Serbia1416 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-03 17:41:00
May 03 2008 17:35 GMT
#19
On May 03 2008 23:00 Day[9] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2008 22:23 WiljushkA wrote:
play planescape: torment, i think i already talked about it on some thread here, made by much the same people that made fo1 and fo2 (Black Isle), brilliant rpg, dark and serious atmosphere, good story, and not your typical fantasy rpg world, quite a gritty setting.
and i cant believe you havent watched house yet :p


isn't it advanced DnD rules? If so, i'll NEVER play it. I still refuse to play baldur's gate because the rules are just too difficult to learn lol

its dnd, but you really dont have to know the rules, mostly because they're "modified" to the point of great simplicity just read the attribute descriptions ingame and youre ready to go, that's how i played it 7-8 years ago, and it is not combat heavy anyway.

and to add to summer recommendations, read the Hyperion Cantos books, there are 4 of them, and Hyperion is the first.

On May 03 2008 23:58 Gandalf wrote:
Also in NWN2 the armor system worked differently, higher armor = better as opposed to lower; supposedly they changed the system rules, Dnd 3.5 or something that I picked up from browsing some forums n stuff


yeah, since DnD 3 higher armor class = harder to hit.
thats basically every DnD based computer rpg released after BG2
"As much as I love the image of me F5-ing paypal every 15 minutes while fist pumping and screaming "SHIP THE MONEY BITCHES"" - Day9
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-03 17:50:52
May 03 2008 17:50 GMT
#20
come to naz, pu, etc's house this summer and I'll show u how real men work out

(the one in vegas)




and how real men lose at ping pong
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