Visited a friend today and had the chance to play LA Noire. Really nice game. Wanted to try out Red Dead Redemption but there was only so much time. Anyhow I still can try this out next time. Also I suck with PS3 controllers since I am unable to use the sticks and the L1&L2 keys properly.... one more reason I prefer PC versions.... I'm more comfortable with keyboard and mouse and rebinding some keys.

My driving style was kinda like that of Tobustine, I also hit the same wall as Tobustine. iJustine @ minute 6:45 can't find it on tobuscus' playlist for la noire that quick ... so sorry. if you watch it and see it you can tell me where and when and I link it. ^^

Civ V released two new DLCs. Korea and Wonders of the Ancient World.

quote: "The Wonders of the Ancient World Scenario Pack adds three new wonders to Sid Meier’s Civilization V: The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Statue of Zeus, and the Temple of Artemis."

Korea was in Civ IV so was Statue of Zeus and the Temple of Artemis. I can't tell if they had proper replacement with other wonders to omit these, since I didn't liked the demo.

But for me this just sounds like Sims3 style printing of money. Recreating what gamers already had. Ok I omit the existence of the campaigns but replay value for campaigns is minimal and the only campaign I enjoyed in Civ IV was Rhye's and Fall.

Civ V currently runs for 30-50 EUR but has already DLC that sums up to 38 EUR.

There was a TES pack on Valves Quakecon Steam Sales. The package includes Oblivion + all official DLC and TES III Morrowind + both DLC or in other words Oblivion GOTY deluxe + Morrowind GOTY. Two awesome games at 15 EUR.

I had only finished knight of the nines and was half through shivering islands way back when (because I wanted the golden saint armour maxed). Did not played any DLC for Morrowind. So since I find coaster version more and more annoying because I don't like cds/dvds. They brake and make ugly sounds when spinning up. boxes are sometimes nice but mostly they just clutter your place. Books look better in a shelf.

Anyhow said coaster version was also only in German. So I grabbed my 2nd copy, now in English and with all DLC, plus I did not had Morrwind since I got that borrowed by Merzmensch, send him his commission money for this sale and the original full price purchase of Oblivion.

Skyrim most likely will not run on that poor 3yo laptops gfx card... at least not that well that I see the need to pay $$$ to play it with sliders all to the left... sorry Bethesda. I still like you very much. Maybe a demo will change my mind and ruin my bank account >_<.

So yes I started playing Oblivion again. Because of Skyrim, wanting to finish shivering islands and because of deadendthrills. I follow the approach of not picking the skills you use most as mayor to control leveling (i.e. always get +5, max endurance first, don't do quest with leveld items I like). The game is vanilla though apart from the unofficial patches, for now.

So this is my character:

Sorane Nin, young, female, Breton, custom Mage
download (before exiting sewers)

.att..skill............. L2 L1 L0
[END] armorer........... -- -- 25
[STR] blunt............. -- -- 25
[STR] hand to hand...... -- -- 25
[END] heavy armor....... -- -- 25
[SPE] light armor....... -- -- 25
[AGI] marksman.......... -- -- 25
[AGI] sneak............. -- -- 25
---------------------------------
[SPE] athletics......... -- -- 05
[STR] blade............. -- -- 05
[END] block............. -- -- 05
[INT] alchemy........... -- -- 15
[WIL] alteration........ -- -- 15
[INT] conjuration....... -- -- 20
[WIL] destruction....... -- -- 10
[PER] illusion.......... -- -- 15
[INT] mysticism......... -- -- 20
[WIL] restoration....... -- -- 20
[SPE] acrobatics........ -- -- 05
[PER] mercantile........ -- -- 05
[AGI] security.......... -- -- 05
[PER] speechcraft....... -- -- 05

Oh and since I now have an extra copy of Oblivion + Shivering Island (beware securom).... who else wants to get hooked up with the series?

"2. Consent to Collection and Use of Data.

You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you. IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION."
from origin license agreement

oh well...

so i install this on a macbook pro (2008), win7 and os x lion (which origin will not know of), quickcam for better voip, software that origin will install: sims3. software i r
un regular: nwn (sundays), nwn2 (tuesdays), teamspeak3 (sun+tues), chrome+flashblock, vim+tclsh, steam....

other 'software' (=games) i run and usage statistic are hopefully limited to my steam friends.