To enter or not to enter

Bioware is having a Mass Effect costume contest. I actually am planning a Mass Effect cosplay this year and was thinking of showing it off first at Nan Desu Kan in September. I just might speed up my efforts to enter this contest...not quite sure though.

I'm not much of a contest person, I just don't really care enough to get people to vote for me etc etc. There was a girl gamer contest a month or two ago that a lot of girls I knew were involved in, but really it seemed like a total bore. I don't need a contest to be cool.

I won't tell you what character I'm cosplaying quite yet, but I'll give you a hint by saying I'll probably have to go from a redhead to a brunette to play her.

Mass Effect 2 Romance Frustrations

I just wanted to say that through my first play through of Mass Effect 2 I couldn't seem to get with any of the options for romance. Not a comment on the game as much as a comment on my flirting styles, but anyways. I wanted to give Mass Effect 2 props for having such a wide array of romance options, as well as 'fucking around' options (no pun intended) you can flirt with pretty much everyone lots of inter-species relationships. I just don't even want to think about how it works with Garrus or Thane.

I'd also like to complain about Jacob. He is so prude and whiny. Other than that I like the fact that you can flirt with your administrative assistant and if you save her at the end of the game she will give you a few 'benefits' funny. I think that the Dragon Age Origins style of flirting was a little better though. You had a little more wiggle room as far as saying the wrong thing goes (I am really good at just pissing the characters off when i'm trying to flirt) Hmmm sounds like real life to me!

Upcoming Essay: Definition of a 'girl gamer'

I am writing an essay examining the definition of a girl gamer (since it is argued constantly) and I will be posting it here in the next few weeks. I think it is important to agree upon a definition of a term before you begin arguing it with someone. Girl gamer is a very fuzzy and new term, and could be as wide as any girl who has ever played a game to professional gamers (which there are very few) I want to examine my own stand on the term since I feel strongly about what is a gamer and what is not regardless of your gender. Pretty busy other than that but I hope to have a review of Mass Effect done soon.

Mass Effect

I have finished Mass Effect, but I will not be writing a review quite yet. I have decided to give it another play through before I begin writing my detailed review. I did really enjoy the game so that gives you a hint on what sort of review it will be.

I have had a few road bumps as far as gaming goes. I am moved in to my new place but had some serious driver issues once I arrived, and spend a lot of time trying to make everything work again. My disc drive is not working as of current so I can't install Windows 7 and when I do I have to wipe my hard drive. So I am in the process of backing up all of my saved games and so on.

The Coolest Mouse I've Ever Seen

While I'm playing games that I will soon review I'll leave you some goodies to look at. This is the R.A.T. gaming mouse. It is pretty much the bees knees. It is the most versatile, customizable mouse I have ever seen. Everyone keeps going on about Razer mice but this is really where its at I think. I have yet to purchase either because I am rather fond of killing everyone with my shitty logitech mouse that fits my hands really well. I can however vouch for the cyborg keyboard I own. I've had it for three years of HEAVY use and the only wear that is visible is the m and n keys are a little worn out. WASD is chrome plated to prevent wear. So here is the coolest mouse ever.

These are the games I am currently playing and will review soon.

-KOTOR (finishing up the game and going to do a plot review instead of mechanics due to the age of the game)

-Mass Effect (two will come as soon as i'm done with one)

-Alien Swarm

In the future I hope to get Dragon Age Awakening and tell you what I think of that. I am in the process of moving so my posts might a little more light weight for the next week or so.

EA Games Sale

I got an email this morning that announced that EA games was having an EPIC sale on digital copies of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. Instead of being close to 40/50 bucks Mass Effect 2 was only 20 bucks. I jumped on it. I'm going to report my feelings on using EA games digital copies compared to Steam since my last non-Valve Steam game was a little sucky. I also will be able to review these lovely games and my feelings on them. I am especially excited about Mass Effect 2, although I plan to play them in order. I want to see how it compares to my all time favorite Dragon Age: Origins.

I have continued to play Alien Swarm and it has started to grow on me. I like to play the female weapons specialist. Lots of big guns. Just my thing I guess. It is a challenging game. The only thing so far that I have an issue with is the small amount of playable missions. Perhaps they will be releasing more in the future. We will just have to wait and see.

Games I will be playing in the future

So I thought it a good idea to give you my steam wishlist. I'm not posting my steam name, I don't expect these to be purchased but just to see what I might be reviewing in the future and a little bit of why I'd like to play these games.

Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2

I realize that many of the games on my list are older. For one I have very little money to spend on games at this current point in my life, and on a second point I like to review games that the game experts have already slapped a number on. Usually because my opinion of games is different than Metascore or Gaminformer or any other review website/magazine.

Fallout 3

Looks like a pretty cool game. All my friends rave about it.

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Ok i'm not going to lie, I have already played this game but I want to do so again. I first played Morrowind on the Xbox which is rare. I am not a console gamer usually but this was before I owned a gaming PC. Great game, very moddable.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

I've also played a few hours into this game and really liked it. Also on Xbox. Sadly it was not owned by me and had to be returned to its rightful owner when we were no longer 'friends.'

Also I would like to notify you all of a great gaming website, where shorter versions of my blogs and some of my first game reviews were posted. I have a profile on this website and do like it. Think of a gamers Myspace and without all of the shitty band pages and more video game connections. Plus they added a point and reward system that wasn't there when I first joined.

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