I'm a slayer, ask me how.

I bought Human: Fall Flat during the Xbox sale last month because my friend told me it was a lot of fun and that it had online multiplayer.

It is a lot of fun, reminds me of Portal in that you need to bend your brain the right way to solve the puzzles.

Problem is, for some reason, it makes me nauseous after about 30 minutes. I think it is that the little character is so wobbly and that when you get stuck on a puzzle, you end up making them run around in circles, zooming in and around them and the constant shaky camera just breaks my brain...and then my stomach.

I haven't actually thrown up but I just feel ill after I stop. Which sucks because it is really fun! I can't figure out what would help! I'm going to play online with my friend next week and I'm worried I will die halfway through LOL. I wonder if I sat in the center of the couch or changed the TV's resolution or something.

And, with that, I'm going to get into bed because apparently making myself feel ill also makes me tired.

And it's 11:30pm and I've been up since 6:30 because the cat's water fountain was low and started making weird noises which always sends Apollo into a panic, yowling fit. Blah.

Sunday tomorrow!! I am sleeping until I am awake!!

Goodnight!

Any of you lovelies have an interest in these games for the Xbox 360? All in perfect condition, they are just ones that Tim and I both owned so when we combined our collections, they became duplicates and have sat in the closet for several years now.

I think most of them are backwards compatible now on the Xbox One (except for the Rock Band games).

If you could just pay for shipping and get them out of my house, that would be great!

L.A. Noire
Skyrim
Mass Effect 3 (Collector's Edition)
Fable 3
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Rock Band
Rock Band 2
LEGO Rock Band

Let me know if you have any interest!

Quick quick if you have an Xbox 360 or Xbox One, get your free copy of Witcher 2 !!! It will be free until February 5th. It says it is available in all markets except Japan (aw, poor Japan).

Tim has been playing Witcher 3 SO MUCH and I listened to him play a lot of the other two titles. Now I am compelled to start playing them because the story is so fascinating. I started Witcher 1 the other night, but since it is in Tim's library on Steam, I can only play when he is NOT on his PC...so it's a bit tricky...I still have to finish Fallout 4 of course...

We submitted an offer on the house but have heard nothing. Ugh! Hopefully we will hear back tomorrow. Since it's a foreclosure/Fannie Mae, our realtor warned us they might not respond as quickly as a human seller does. IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY THOUGH! I'm not a very patient person as it is so I have literally been staring at my email ALL DAY.

Except for the crazy times at work, which was a good portion of the day what with computer issues and 12 carts worth of returns in the bookdrop. I love long weekends but damn Mondays kick you in the ass after three days off.

I'm playing Assassin's Creed Unity again! Actually made some progress in the story, up to sequence 8 now. I've stopped doing the main storyline for a bit and I'm focusing on getting the hidden items and doing some side quests. ACU's controls are still clunky as hell and I spend a lot of time swearing at Arno because he jumped off of something or didn't take cover when I told him to. They fixed most of the graphics bugs but they can't fix controls that are just shite, which is definitely how I would describe the sword fighting. Luckily, I've gotten a lot better at running away. And now that I'm further into the story, I am HOOKED. I'll deal with a few deaths, just tell me what happens!!

I was highly amused last night when I got up to a certain point in the game and Arno took off his Assassin's hood while talking to his lady friend. It was a gesture of "look, it's just me, your buddy Arno, just regular Arno underneath this hood". Unfortunately, the hood I had equipped also came with a mask, which the program did not remove so he just looked ridiculous:



Mind you, I did just change his outfit from bright magenta to the blue/gray he has on there so at least he only looked a little ridiculous (as jellibean loves to point out, this game has an insane number of outfit options for a series that the creators seem to think only appealed to male gamers...).

OH and if anyone is on Xbox One and wants to play ACU with me (or AC:Black Flag, since that is the free game this month) let me know! I get very nervous about playing with strangers on Xbox, even though AC doesn't seem to require a headset/talking during multiplayer.

I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!



I finally finished my first playthrough of Dragon Age Inquisition!

I have about ten achievements I didn't get (that is, until they release some DLC...which I'm sure will happen as this is Bioware we are talking about. Plus it felt like there were lots of loose ends lying around that could easily become DLC) and most of those I know how to get next time, I just didn't take that path while playing the game.

As usual, by the end of the game, I finally understood the best way to play. This tends to happen with me and RPGs. I don't grasp all the intricacies until the final few hours and by then it's too late to turn back, only to think "okay, well next time I'll do that".

I played as a Dalish Rogue. (I always go rogue the first time).


Romanced: Blackwall (because when I started the game, I always had him in my party and I liked his sense of humor, though by the end I had switched him out with Cassandra so then he was just my bit on the side at Skyhold)

My default party was Cassandra, Dorian, and Solas. Solas annoyed me but he was the healer and I needed heals a LOT. And then we had the surprise twist at the end with Solas being even more of an asshole than we previously thought some ancient elf trickster god (thank you lostacanthus for explaining that to me) so then I was really perturbed...though I have to admit I actually enjoyed seeing "Solas Disapproves" pop up on the side...felt like that meant I had made the right decision.

Anyway, when forced to choose between Hawke and Stroud, I left Hawke behind to die. Well, honestly, I thought of it more as Hawke would be the kind of person to sacrifice herself for the greater good and we needed Stroud to help with the Grey Wardens. But oh the feels when I saw Varric's face afterwards. Next time, I think Hawke will have to survive (unless I use a world state with Alistair...then that will be a tough choice).

Vivienne was the only character I totally ignored. She pissed me off immediately with her "put all the mages in a circle" talk. I didn't kick her out of the inquisition but I just never talked to her again...until right at the very end when she asked me for the white Wyvern heart. And I got the heart for her, but she wouldn't tell me what it was for so I was like "NOPE!" and took my heart and left there. Maybe next time I'll put her in my party more. I was thinking of being a Mage in my second playthrough...I feel like that might lead to some interesting debates.

I sorta kinda accidentally ended up making Leliana the Divine. I was actually all about Cassandra and then I had a conversation with Leliana...after I sorta kinda told her to kill one of the preistess girls who was spying on us. And then I felt bad so when Leliana was all "I should be the Divine", my Inquisitor was all "yeah...suuuuuuure." And then it happened. Whoops.

Morrigan drank from the Well of Sorrows. Not sure if I actually could have done it or not, it pretended to give me the option but that seemed like a lot of responsibility so I let her drink up. Thank goodness! I didn't really want to BE a dragon.

I had seen images of Flemeth in the original marketing so I don't know why I was so surprised when she appeared at the end! I did like the idea that she may or may not be an elven god. Mythal. Andraste. Flemeth. Whatever.

Though I still really have no clue what happened in the post-credits scene with Flemeth and Solas. He couldn't get the jar of pickles ancient elven relic to open so he gave it to...an insane man-god creature? ...why was this a good idea? And who absorbed who in that final scene? I thought that Mythal had transferred to Solas' body. What was everyone else's interpretation?


I really did enjoy the game though. I could have done without all the crafting. I hate crafting. I'm awful at it and I tended to find better stuff almost immediately. I also had issues finding new potions, tonics, and grenades. And war mounts. But I think some of that was because I misunderstood the "valuables" category and kept selling items I needed to complete some side missions. Oops.

A worthy addition to the franchise, if a bit clunky at times. The story was interesting enough to keep me playing and I felt like it had a really good mix of main quests and stuff you had to search around for.

Now to figure out what to play next...

Xbox One arrived today!!! Just finished updating and now I am downloading the two free games for this month. I won't have any big games to play until the 11th when assassin's creed unity comes out and then, of course, dragon age!

It's very shiny and sleek. Not going to bother with the kinect right now because there is not enough room in the apartment.

Need to get some sleep!