Boob tubage

[prog]

Been on my Xbox 360 a lot lately, both to play games and watch TV...

I learned from "Penny Arcade", of all places, that most (all?) of Doctor Who, new and old, is now available via streaming Netflix, which I am able to enjoy via the Xbox. So, I finally got to watch "Blink". Hooray. Even classicaljunkie liked it! We are likely to go back and start watching season 3 from the start. (I gave up midway through season 2 when Sci-Fi Channel was broadcasting it, either after the Satan-in-space one or the Cybermen ones. It was just too cheesy.)

I finished "Operation: Anchorage", the first chunk of Fallout 3 DLC. Meh. The super-easy combat isn't any harder, and the game once again makes it even easier by pairing you up with a literally invulnerable NPC buddy. (The main storyline has one of these too, but at least you can choose to make the game harder by telling him to stay home.) I had fun with it, but I am unlikely to purchase further expansions for this game. I still have plenty of the main map to explore, should I feel like it later.

I picked up "Castle Crashers" finally. It's stupid fun, as expected. Also lots of poop jokes. I wish 360 controllers weren't so dang expensive or I'd go pick up a couple more, just to be able to host a four-player local game.

My field trip into non-random Xbox Live play last Tuesday evening was a success, thanks to Anthony and Sean. I got to try out the new "party" system, introduced to all Xbox users with last November's OS update, and confirmed that it will dovetail quite nicely with a certain project of mine.

Hmm... I'd better go hit the trenches and finish up what's left of said project, now.

Comments

[dariusk.livejournal.com]

I hate how the NPCs in Fallout 3 are almost invulnerable -- except for Dogmeat, who died like two minutes after he joined my party. WTF.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Nothing 'almost' about it - the characters I'm thinking of don't even seem to get their hit points drained when they take RPGs to the face. It's much different from the way that unkillable characters were handled in Oblivion, where they would "fall unconscious" for a moment if they lost all their HP, leaving the player to fight alone (or hide and wait) for a little while. I wonder why the change.

That said, I kind of like the character you're handed just as the endgame opens up, when any combat left in the main quest is mostly perfunctory. I read his intended use as a tool you can use to enjoy all your incomplete side-quests without worrying too much about fighting, since you have an indestructible escort with infinite ammo to do it for you. For a while I was using him like an in-character cheat code, trying to solve leftover quests on my own, but warping home to go fetch him when I was getting annoyed with things.

I never found Dogmeat, not even with my alt-character who spent a few levels going off on a different path through the map. I think they forgot to put him on my disc.

[dariusk.livejournal.com]

Well, I know for a fact that Paladin Star (who can join you if your karma is positive at the Citadel) can die. Because she's died on me once or twice.

Spoilers ahead

[prog.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of Fawkes the super-mutant, actually.

Re: Spoilers ahead

[dariusk.livejournal.com]

I know. I was relating my own experience with other NPCs :)

[xartofnothingx.livejournal.com]

thanks to wonderful netflix i'm up to season 3 of doctor who!

[dianamp04.livejournal.com]

Do you see why Blink totally creeped me out now??

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