Arwing's Antics and Rants

So after about half a year of impatience, Bethesda finally announced that Dawnguard and Hearthfire will be released for PS3 in late Feburary, along with Dragonborn. At a 50% discount even. I’ll consider it an early birthday present from Bethesda.

I think I’ll do them with my Nightblade Dunmer, Finn, first. Then my Nord, Lockdown (yes, based on the Transformer), and then my Argonian.

And to all the haters who thought that Bethesda was skimping out on us PS3 owners and thinking that we weren’t worth the trouble: STFU!

Well, thanks to Netflix, I've been on a big movie kick as of late. I recently got to watch Predators, the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street, and the first Highlander. Predators was awesome and very in the spirit of the first movie. Never thought I'd see Adrian Brody go up against a Predator, that's for sure. And it was cool. Nightmare was a decent flick, thought it had a few too many jump scares. Jackie Earle Haley makes for one scary as hell Freddy. Highlander was good too. Clancy Brown certainly proves that he can be both scary and hammy with his performance as the Kurgan. And how can you go wrong with a soundtrack done by Queen?

Also went out and saw True Grit today. Good movie, especially seeing as how I'm a Coen Brothers fan. Might go see Tron again this weekend.

Since we get Netflix through the Wii, I've been watching some of the stuff they have available for instant play on it. Some of the movies are forgettable, but it also had Up, which I liked. It also has the first four seasons of the new Doctor Who on it. Had a marathon of the first season (with the 9th Doctor) and I'm about halfway through season two (with the 10th Doctor) right now. Hard to decide with Doctor I like better so far.

Also, just because I can't ever shut up about my game exploits, I'm very close to referring to Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion as "The Neverending Sidequests". I'm not even halfway through the main quest yet. Apparently Bethesda protagonists have adventurer's procrastination syndrome and the bad guys are very lazy. "Oh, the daedra are gonna invade at any time and the only way to stop them is to get the amulet back and crown Martin? It can wait, we still need to do that quest for the Dark Brotherhood." Also, I'm about halfway through my current Dragon Age playthrough. I'm honestly thinking of having Alistair slay the archdemon without going through Morrigan's ritual first. Then next two playthroughs I'm going through with the ritual.

And I'm done rambling now.

Stolen from caia_comica

1. Comment in this post with a pairing, a character, or theory.
2. I shall write you back a paragraph explaining what I think about it and why.
3. Repost in your own journal if you want.

Current top fandoms are Transformers (always), Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy VII and X, The Boondocks, and Knights of the Old Republic. Feel free to use a fandom in my interest section as well, though.

So, I ended up downloading Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the Wii. Haven't played that game in years. Quite a bit of nostalgia for me, plus the fact that it's the greatest game ever. Gonna be playing it a lot while I give Mass Effect a break.

It's actually a fairly different experience playing it now from when I played it as a kid. Back then it was the first "big game" I ever played and it was kind of overwhelming, with all the enemies and the strategies you had to use. Playing it now, as a seasoned gamer, I have more confidance while going through it while still having as much fun as I did playing it as a kid. Though the skeletons in Hyrule Field still freak me out. I'm not looking forward to the Shadow Temple and the Bottom of the Well either. Still, I'm glad I have this chance to relive my childhood and play such a great game again.

In other news, I started reading the Temeraire series, because I'd heard a lot of great things about it and I like books about dragons. It's been pretty good so far. Started Throne of Jade today, and I'm eager to see how it turns out.

Stolen from a couple of people on my f-list. Already did Transformers Animated for a similar meme, so no point in doing this meme for that fandom. Also, I've only played Mass Effect 1, so I'm not taking the second game into account for this.

Comment and I'll give you three fandoms. Then fill out the following:

( Fandoms: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid )

Stolen from grimmhooke

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands [fannish etc.] that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strike through the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Transformers G1
2. Transformers Animated
3. Mass Effect
4. Final Fantasy VII
5. Final Fantasy X
6. Sly Cooper
7. Metal Gear Solid
8. Silent Hill Harry Mason
9. Dexter
10. Death Note
11. Alien
12. Animorphs
13. Kingdom Hearts
14. Oddworld Abe
15. Resident Evil
16. Batman
17. Invader Zim
18. Watchmen
19. Legend of Zelda
20. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Idea blatantly taken from wariena. She encouraged me to do this.
Basic idea: give the Transformers Animated cast a team of Pokemon that would fit them. Original version had Phoenix Wright characters.

( Characters and 'mons behind cut )

So, I recently got myself a copy of Soul Calibur 3. It has to be one of the greatest fighting games ever, imo. Awesome characters, weapons, fighting moves, yeah.

Also, I just love the Create a Soul mode. Already have a couple of ninjas based off of Prowl (from Transformers Animated), and Nightbird (from Transformers G1), and plan on making fighters based off of Lockdown and possibly Starscream. Lockdown might end up being a gladiator, assassin, or possibly pirate, I haven't decided. Starscream will probably be a gladiator or swordsman. I've also thought about having at least one character based off someone from Final Fantasy VII. I'm thinking either Vincent, Tifa, Kadaj, Sephiroth, Cloud, or Cid. I'm also thinking about making a custom character of Raiden from Metal Gear Solid, possibly as either a samurai or swordsmaster.

So yeah, Soul Calibur 3 is awesome.

Transformers G1 [11]
-Devcon [8]
-Seacons [3]
Medievil [7]

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