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May 30, 2006: You Know You've Been Playing Too Much Oblivion...

I don't normally get sucked into video games. I find them too limiting, and my reflexes aren't good enough to master the "twitch" factor. However, I've been playing Bethesda Softworks' Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion quite a bit.

As far as computer RPGs go, this one is extremely open-ended, and the graphics are excellent. So good, in fact, I find myself looking at the wildflowers on the side of the road, and wondering what alchemy ingredients I could harvest from them....

Yeah, I've been playing too much.
-- Paul Chapman

Warehouse 23 News: Book Of Monsters Or Fanfic Compilation?

The Tome of Horrors III is a lot like high school: intimidatingly large, very hard, and filled with things that want nothing more than to beat the tar out of you. Maybe it's time you thought about getting those few extra levels of fighter . . .

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