not looking for God, only for myself

Straight Male Gamer told to get over it by Bioware.

Long story short: Straight Male Gamer complains about the bisexual options in Dragon Age 2. Bioware responds with this:

The romances in the game are not for “the straight male gamer”. They’re for everyone. We have a lot of fans, many of whom are neither straight nor male, and they deserve no less attention.

[...] The very best we can do is give everyone a little bit of choice, and that’s what we tried here. And the person who says that the only way to please them is to restrict options for others is, if you ask me, the one who deserves it least. And that’s my opinion, expressed as politely as possible.

Oh, Bioware. I knew there was a reason why I loved playing your games so much, and you just gave me another reason to adore you guys.

Dragon Age 2 is fun! Is it the first one? No, but it measures up pretty well as a stand alone game. (Although I will admit that the game is definitely set up for those who played the first one plus Awakening. I'm afraid of Awakening spoilers because I've yet to buy and play through it yet so I'm trudging through it cautiously. D:)

I'm in Act 2 so far. I've barely started it since I'm doing nothing but playing the side and companion quests first. That and I just haven't had the time or interest to really sit down and play through it. LIKE TONIGHT. I OUGHT TO BE PLAYING IT BUT MY SISTER HAS FRIENDS OVER AND THEY TOOK OVER THE CONSOLES FOR THE DAY. (Yes, I am making angry faces at the back of your head, sis. SO HARD.)

My scattered thoughts on it thus far. Mostly related to the romance because haw haw who cares about plot. ( Spoilers! )

Also, there is a sad amount of good Anders icons. And Merrill. I don't want to go deep into icon communities yet because I'm afraid I'll walk right into spoilers.

Is it me or is time passing by too fast lately? The things I thought I did just recently...were actually a long time ago, or not as recent as I thought it'd been. (Especially Livejournal comments you guys give me and I ... almost never reply to them. I read them, think, "Mmkay, I'll save that for later when I'm ready to word my thoughts," and two weeks later I'll finally notice it and go "AHH FUCK WHY.") Maybe it's because I haven't actually accomplished anything lately? Or my insomniac sleeping patterns? I don't know, I don't like it. Watch, this is probably in my head and I'll feel better about it a few months from now.

I've been playing a lot of Dragon Age lately. I have one huge (okay, small, but it's a big deal to me) dilemma with this game: ( Silly, pointless rambling nobody wants to read but I'm going to talk about it anyway. )

That's it for now. It's waaaaay past time for me to go to sleep so off I go.

I've finally purchased Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep yesterday (er, on Monday), but I hadn't gotten around to really playing with it. Sabrina was more excited about the game, so she took over my PSP and played through Aqua's part almost immediately. I played...maybe five minutes of Aqua's story on my own game. From what I've seen and heard about it, it seems like it's going to be a fun game. I'm ridiculously excited to play as Aqua because that was my first character's name and THAT'S WAY TOO COOL.

While I bought Birth By Sleep, Dad also picked up a new Classic Controller Pro for our Wii, since the one I purchased already wore out. So, now I'm finally progressing in Ocarina of Time. (I literally almost WEPT when I got the Megaton Hammer. I couldn't reach that bitch with the lousy controller before.) I finally finished Gerudo Fortress--which was a huge pain in the ass because I'm a lousy ninja and I do even worst at aiming my arrows--and now I'm on my way to the Spirit Temple. Oh, Zelda, you never fail to entertain me for hours.

(Also, since I know the whole Sheik = Zelda thing is still a huge deal in the Zelda fandom, especially for Sheik/Link fans who prefer Sheik being a completely different character from Zelda, I can't help but laugh at everything. It's a little obvious that Sheik is Zelda in disguise. I knew that the first time I ever played the game. Although I wouldn't have minded Sheik and Link's *~epic romance~* if Sheik was actually a dude.)

Um. I should really DO THOSE 30 DAY MEMES I said I'd do. I'll start tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow, if I remember. I've just been out of it lately. My stomach's bothering me and my sinuses seem to be flaring up every once in awhile. WHY IS EVERYONE GETTING SICK.

I did it. I finally got old school Resident Evil for the PS3, and oh my God, Chris is such a pain in the ass to play. I definitely prefer Jill. Better weapons, cheesier dialogue, and because Barry cracks me up.

I played for a bit last night, went to bed, and I woke up at noon with -- you guessed it -- my little sister's cold. She's been suffering from a cold all week, and it was going to hit me sooner or later. I have a sore throat that's been persistent all day. I just hope it goes away by tomorrow or a few days. Getting sick really threw me off from some things I wanted to do.

The upside to this week is that we're finally getting nice, cool, windy weather. It's amazing. I was able to wear a turtleneck today!

Day 01 - Your favourite song
Day 02 - A song that makes you happy
Day 03 - A song that makes you sad
Day 04 - A song that reminds you of someone
Day 05 - A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Day 06 - A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 07 - A song that you can dance to
Day 08 - A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 09 - A song from your favourite band
Day 10 - A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 11 - A song that describes you
Day 12 - A song from your favourite album
Day 13 - A song that you listen to when you're angry
Day 14 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 15 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 16 - A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 17 - A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 18 - A song that makes you laugh

Day 02 - A Song That Makes You Happy

Um, okay, this is an instrumental piece from a movie based on a video game, but it does make me happy after I listen to it. And I think it's a beautiful song that needs to be shared.

Well, I beat the game.

Give me a little while to give my finalized pros and cons of the game, as well as my impression on the game overall. All I've got to say is that it definitely wasn't what I expected at all.

I picked up Final Fantasy XIII once again, for the first time in a few weeks. I'm near the end of chapter eleven. Instead of ending that, I'm grinding and completing missions so I don't completely get my ass kicked in the next chapter.

Some notes/opinions are under the cut. Um, obviously there's going to be ( OMG SPOILERS )

YES

YES

OH GOD YES I BEAT HIM YES I DID OH MY GOD YES

IT TOOK ME ONE DAY AND A FEW HOURS TO DO IT, BUT I FINALLY DID IT, AND I BEAT THE BATTLE IN THREE MINUTES, FUCK YEAAAAAAH.

(um, SPOILERS FOR FFXIII? It's related to my last agonizing entry.)

So tired. I've been awake since five o'clock this morning. @_@; I can't wait to get to sleep tonight, because I had a bad day and I want to put it behind me.

I got The Princess on the Frog on Blu Ray today! It's great. (And I spazzed out because OMG, THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE'S COMING OUT IN APRIL, EEEEEE.)

I played through Final Fantasy XIII a bit more today, and I've finally reached chapter eight. Obviously there's a huge spoiler warning here. Nothing major, but I'm putting a warning up just in case anyone else hasn't reached that point yet.

( SPOILERS )