Recent content by Midnghtjade83

A really great piece. Thanks for making me feel less alone. Though the "EQ" addiction my husband suffered is years behind us, I too struggled with the sense of selfish-ness since I was a gamer too. As such, things like WoW Widows (which didn't even exist then as far as I know) were not for...

We're not rare on Live. We're quiet. Because one of three things happens. 1. We are mistaken for a prepubescent boy. 2. We are singled out for being a girl and hunted until we quit. 3. We are harassed/ogled over by at least one team member. And yes, this is an exaggeration. But I know me...

Considering I used to be a manager for a big specialty retail chain...that sold only video games...I'm going to go out on a limb and say it doesn't hurt to politely ask. You'd be AMAZED at the number of parents that simply don't know/understand. They assume that if Billy asked for it, it must be...

Thanks for the info guys. Not -quite- as bad as the game store employee made it out to be. :P

My thoughts exactly. WTF Guinness?

So, I'm walking through my local game store yesterday and what do I see but a display for a new Pikmin on the Wii. Huzzah! Oh wait, I was misled. It's a -remake- of Pikmin for the Gamecube...not a new title. But aren't all Gamecube games backwards compatible? Wasn't that one of Nintendo's big...

I was implying that I have other things in my day now that cut into playing a game for sixty plus hours. You know, responsibilities and whatnot.

I'm surprised no one has addressed this thing called "life" yet. When I was five, I had plenty of time to play SMB over and over and over again until I beat it. Although saying SMB didn't give you ANY help is bull. Sure you might have started back on the first screen, but the warp tunnels...

If length is an issue, I again suggest Terry Pratchett. His books are deep but a fast, easy read.

I second Terry Pratchett. Especially his later works if this is a class project. His earlier stuff, while hilarious and relevant, doesn't have quite the same stabbing satire at modern life that his later work does. Let's see. For school, I'd suggest: Night Watch Men At Arms Hogfather...

Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

Oh Cheez! You ol' troll you. Sorry hon, but I'm all out of troll food. Nice bridge you've got though. Cast the bait again. ;)

Oblivion and Fallout 3 are different games aiming for different goals. Oblivion was dead set on making an MMO only without the "multi-player" bit. And they succeeded. You could spend well over 200 hours in that game. To which I said, "Bollocks to that! If I want to spend that much time on a...

Hey look everyone! It's super famous author Neil Gaiman! I really really REALLY want to read his book Coraline. However, I'm not sure if I'll like it and I'm kind of strapped for cash. But the need for entertainment outweighs all of these things. I know! I'll "borrow" a copy from the library...

Both. I use once a year for my Xbox Gold account and once a month for whatever MMO I'm playing at the time.