Recent content by CainOfNod

Buy the cheapest canned vegetable (or tomato soup) you can find, bring to a boil and add your own fresh potatoes and noodles. It's got all the carbs you could want and enough vitamins to keep you healthy.

I'm stuck on the notion that David Tennant is simply a better actor than Matt Smith. While there is the obvious "Writers v. Actors" blame-game at play here, I can't help but feel that Matt Smith oscillates between 'serious Doctor' and 'spaz Doctor' with all the grace of a cement truck. I...

Sources from Funnyjunkers? I'm with those who question how true that post is without confirmation. That being said, it is sadly no stretch of the imagination to see extremists post such virulent hatred. What's surprising is that those could be real FB profiles. I'd love to see the reaction of...

In terms of main-quest driven game-time, Dragon Age:Origins has to be one of the longest 'recent' titles. I would suggest we reflect on the fact that the Baldur's Gate 2 loading screens include reminders to players to eat and take a break. Seriously. It was that immersive and engaging. So many...

More than a few times in L4D and L4D2. As the game has set maps and sequential patterns, things can get very predictable. It can be really frustrating when you spray some bullets at the optimal location for an attack, only to be called a haxor. Sorry buddy, I'm not hacking, you're being a noob...

The difficultly here is the variable writing between story arcs. Each of the seasons (and consequently, the actors) faced the issue of careening between campy 'villain-of-the-week' episodes and the inevitable end-of-season 'threat to the universe'. Over the course of multiple seasons there was a...

Merill, from DA2. Her magic could protect us and her naivety would be a balm to however messed-up everything gets around us. Also, the accent is all sorts of soothing.

Dragon Age 2 Trolls. Bastards killed my brother. I'll kill Every. Troll. I. Find.

The end of "X-Men, The Arcade Game". My childhood friends and I must have spent hours (and a frighting amount of our disposable income) working to beat that game, only to have... wait, should I put I *spoiler warning* here?

"The Skinner" adventure in Baldur's Gate II. Using only text and low-res pixels, it told of a haunting story that was at times, truly horrifying.

All in all, I find poor behaviour simply frustrating. In certain games i.e. Left 4 Dead, an untimely rage-quit will ruin the game balance. I applaud the Valve team for their addition of the ability to kick players from your own team, as well as the inclusion of a handful of other majority...

With respect, what are you doing? Not using the fast travel system? I'm at 95 hours into Oblivion and I've completed the main quest, both Shivering Isles and Nine Pilgrimage (I couldn't remember the actual quest name) as well as the Dark Brotherhood quests. Granted I've not completed the...

Morrowind - It felt like a genuinely fantastic world where I wanted to keep looking around every corner and down every cave. Oblivion was a much improved version of Morrowind, but lacked the sense of 'other' that made Morrowind special. Both games found great success in the early part of the...

Why? Seriously. I'm not trying to be a troll. These are three very different shows that happen to be in the same continuity. One's a psychological thriller, commenting on the human condition, while the other two are unabashedly campy fun. Make no mistake, I'm not ragging on SG1 or Atlantis...

The 2000 "Dune" and "Children of Dune" (2003). They T.V. miniseries, but both play like movies. They are excellent adaptations of the novels, with impressive casts, acting and musical scores. I watch these films at least once a year. The other of course is "Memento". I find its one of those...