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     Further reading has revealed that I probably contracted Vampirism in a quest I did last week where I had to kill some vampires as a Mage and didn't realize I'd got it. Three days later, when I went to sleep at the Arcane University, I became a full blown Vampire and had a dream about being burried alive (I miss-remembered the dream above). Apparently it takes 3 days for the disease to become permanent.

     Once before, when I was in the Fighter's Guild, I had gotten the disease and noticed it. So I drank a Cure Disease potion right away. You can cure Vampirism like that if you catch it early.

      I found American Gods interesting but really confusing. I think the plot needed some pruning and a little more focus. It seemed to ramble along. Wander. Maybe that's part of it though. The main character was a little lost himself, being manipulated by all the different Gods. 

     My favorite thing of his was that Marvel 1602 comic series. So good and the cover art by Scott McKowen was to die for.

Oh, I forgot. The first thing I saw of Neil's was the Stardust movie. That was a good one.

Yea, I'm not pushing it too hard to finish fast. I feel that playing EOU on Picnic difficulty is watering down the experience for me a little bit. I wonder sometimes if I shouldn't just crank it up and just see how far I get.

For games I really like, I usually just play on the default setting to get the developer intended experience, and then when I go for achievements/trophies, I do whatever it takes to get to the goal as fast as possible. Both approaches have their merits.

When I started EOU I was just in the mood for a more casual experience. The last couple of hardcore RPGs I played lasted only a few hours because the difficulty killed off my party (Dragon Fantasy Book I and Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls). I didn't feel like replaying them once I'd lost my beloved party.

I stumbled into Gamestop on Saturday and got enlightened as to the buy-2-get-1 sale. Then I went to three different Gamestops and picked up 9 games.

Gears of War 3 is fantastic. My friend and I played it nonstop (mostly Horde mode, but also the campaign in co-op) for like three months before I had to pull myself away or I would still be playing it.

James makes just those points in both reviews. Alien is more psychological and Aliens is more about action. Each review is less than 15 minutes. Perfect length, I think. His Aliens review is so great the way he weaves in the video game connection. As soon as I saw it, I felt I had to do a blog and share it. It's not on youtube yet though, so I couldn't put the video on the blog page. 

I do that with so many games and it frustrates me to no end. I want games to be shorter so I can say I finished them. This is why I've been choosing easy mode and looking up speed runs for games lately to try and ensure I get to the end. It's like picking up a book and stopping half way through. How can I talk about a book having not finished it? Same with a game.

Oh yeah! This is going on my list. Where's the mosh pit. I gotta THRASH!!!

My everyday has been EOU. I'm at level 37 and down to level 12. My characters had to go back to Gladsheim, so I'm exploring a new level there. Are you playing on Picnic, Standard or Expert difficulty? I'm on Picnic 'cause I want to see the whole game in a reasonable time, but it's a little too easy. I'm considering bumping it up to Standard; however, I've only got a few more weeks to finish it before Angry Birds Star Wars comes to XBL on Oct. 29.

I've told myself I have to play what I have first many times. It doesn't work. I just love going to stores and shopping for games.

I hear ya about space. I live in a very similarly sized place; more like the storage locker Hiro Protagonist has in the novel Snow Crash. I'm thinking maybe I could wallpaper the walls with games as a method of storage. 

I'm wondering where I'm going to put the Wii-U when I get it around Xmas. I was actually considering giving up on consoles and having only handhelds. It's certainly a space saver to do that and fits my mobile life style a little better. But what will I do without Pikmin?

I wish I could buy online. I don't trust my mail because I've had stuff stolen before, especially games and electronics. Sometimes I have it sent to my friend's place. That works, but I generally avoid it. I have a $50 Amazon gift card too. I may get books or music instead 'cause I know they won't get stolen. The next place I move to is going to have secure mail - my first priority.