Because I'm a completist (or I have nothin better to do, Im not sure which), I'm going to be updating my collection with the random freakishly old games that I have lying around.  This amounts to a buttload of old NES/SNES and Genesis games, and probably a few pre nes ones too, so stay tuned!

Oh right!

Silly me, In my earlier post I was going to mention the music in the new Silvermoon City, home of the blood elves.  Well atmosphere is both visual and aural (had to make sure that was a word, I make up my own words sometimes!), and the music heard in and around the grounds of Silvermoon City is very lovely, classical in nature, lush violins and cellos lend their voices to the scenery.  The music is altogether soothing and lends itself well to the fantasy-like mood.   Of course the familiar battle music is there when you find yourself whacking a few naughty trees that linger nearby but you may just find yourself turning it off, to savor the music.

well yay!  more news for those who read my sparse ramblings (all 2 of you).  After spending some time with the beta of World of Warcraft:  The Burning Crusade, I very much like the blood elf starting area, more passionately known as Silvermoon City, an area enchanted by the high elves to simulate eternal spring.  Its quite a difference from the previous horde noobie areas, the craggy, desolate, barren mountainous region of Durotar, or the undead rich areas of the Undercity and Silverpine Forest.  In stark contrast, Silvermoon City is bathed in warm colors, reds and oranges, more like eternal autumn than eternal spring, but still quite lovely.  Fanciful towers and glowing crystals linger on the landscape, a treat for the eyes. 
The Blood Elves themselves, the female models anyway, are lean and sensual in form and design.  The paladins, warriors and hunters start off in tube top like outfits and trousers, with the priests, mages and warlocks, in tailored robes of gold, blue and red, respectively. 
More to come on my travels through Silvermoon and the Dranei experience coming soon as well.

Way too many games to play this month, on top of the final fantasies for ds and NWN2, I will be trying out the following, asap::

Medieval 2: Total War

EQ2:  Echoes of Faydwer

and to get my collectable monster fix, Ive gone back to the old school dragon warrior monsters (5 bucks on ebay), sweet!

well its day 3 of my priesthood, and shes level 21.  Notable powers include a variety of different heals, mind flay and the low cost, fast cast flash heal.  

level 60 mage helping a group in uldaman is sorta fun ....but boring...

Thats right, 52 warlock in the hizz-ouse ....or something

With the server back up, the quest towards level 52 continues

Oh the humanity!

In the ongoing hunt for the colossus, (in Shadow of the Colossus, of course), I realized a few things.  First, colossi #8 is really evil, and I cant beat it.  Stay tuned for more, on our round the clock, colossi coverage.

Thats right, everyone's favorite warlock is now Level 51!  Rejoice good people!  Rejoice!   (okay enough rejoicing..)

well after trading in the gamecube version of Resident Evil 4 (which I got pretty far in, but the cube isnt really hooked up anymore and the ps2 is), so I got a used copy of RE4 for ps2.  I figured aside from a few graphical differences, it would be the same game, right?
Wrong!  Now I do use glasses and its probably just me, but the one for cube seemed a lot brighter and crisper, (though I admit I was playing that one on progressive scan and the ps2 one is just on high end component video), but it soured me to the point of not playing anymore.  Actually Im considering giving it to a friend for Christmas.  I mean it was way darker, even with the brightness turned up all the way.  I really thought it would look better.  Oh well.

After picking up God of War on eBay recently, I popped it in and after playing for a few, I could tell why people were into this game like rabbits into carrots.  The game has amazing graphics and music and no shortage of gore and nudity.  But was it the game for me?  I went on my merry way through the game, the lead protagonist, Kratos smashing everything within reach, including various cheap ancient Greek pottery, and impressing various gods and goddesses, with his thirst for destruction.  I'll be the first to admit, that seeing Ares stomp Athens into little piles of Greek dust is freakishly cool, but after playing for awhile, I decided it just wasnt the game for me.  Oh its a great game in its own right and all, but I always miss a good roleplaying game, especially when I'm not playing one at the moment.

Well after a 2 month hiatus (aka burnout), Ive recently returned to World of Warcraft and the cushy Moonrunner server that my level 60 mage, Dimity and my lvl 51 warlock, Jessine call home.  Moonrunner has changed however, and i dont just mean the Christmas season and the suspiciously santa-like Greatfather Winter. (So much for Mr Hanky, the Christmas Poo).  Moonrunner is now teeming with life, and whether its the hordes of ....horde...that have just gotten the game via fat man in red sleigh, or the fact that everyone has an alt or two, the server isnt what it was in its infancy.  Gone are the days of quiet and peaceful surroundings, replaced by people everywhere, and tons of level 60s.  It has me wishing for a new server, but not a new charrie (yet).

After a whopping 99 and a half hours, I have finally finished Dragon Quest 8.  No No, I didnt exactly do EVERYTHING in the silly game, but I ran through most of it.