An Indepth Look Into A Geek's Soul

Lately, I've been getting back into RPG's of all walks of life.  I blame this mostly on Joel, as he graciously gifted me Fallout 3, the post-apocalptyic first-person shooter RPG made by Bethesda Software, the makers of other games such as Oblivion and Skyrim.  I haven't played it too terribly much yet, maybe eight hours or so, but it's enough to get me hooked.  Essentially, the game is set in the nuclear wasteland that was once Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas.  It's like walking through my childhood every time I play the game, only there are a few more freaks and mutants around.  Currently, my mission is to go place a satellite dish on the top of the Washington Monument so we can get the radio systems up again.

The Monument itself is simply amazing!  I haven't even been inside of it yet, but just seeing the shell of the building that I've visited many times as a kid blows me out of the water.  It looks so familiar, and you can tell that the designers put a lot of work into the enviroment, which is to be expected coming from a company like Bethesda.  I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if they had the reflecting pool located somewhere in the game as well.  I would love to blow up mutants while Abe watches me defend his monument.  The game has made me slightly afraid of going into the Metro systems now though, as there is a lot of scary stuff going on down there.  Mostly monsters creeping around every corner, but also just the empty halls are enough to make me jump at the slightest sound.  Well done Bethesda, well done.

However, Fallout isn't the only RPG I've been playing a lot of lately.  I've recently picked up Pokemon Black, again, thanks to Joel.  He challeneged me to a duel on January 1st to see who is the best trainer around.  I naturally had to accept, and have been crafting a new team ever since.  It's a pretty weird team, so I can't promise anyone that I'm going to win, but I'm certainly going to give it a whirl.  It should be fun whatever the outcome happens to be.

Also, sorry for the lack of updates lately.

Peace Out.