Mood: :thrpp:
On Saturday, while I was sick and a little put out that I couldn’t attend the LAN party, I decided to play Counterstrike…8 HOURS of Counterstrike!
I could barely feel my legs by the end of it, from sitting too long. When you check behind the bedroom door for camping bastards as you head off to bed, you’ve played too much CS…
Mood: :thrpp:
(yes, I know they’ve mostly fixed the stuttering sound bug now. I’m a little behind, ok?)
Mood: 
Finished Half-Life 2 a couple days ago, once I managed to mostly get around the sound pausing bug. Awesome!
Next: Half-Life 2 deathmatch!
Mood: 
A few weeks ago I started DM’ing Egg of the Phoenix, one of my favourite Dungeons & Dragons module from way back when I was in high school (back when they called it Secondary School, with capital letters and everything).
I’ve had to convert the module from to AD&D to the current v3.5 rules, and boy does it take a while! I’ve had literally months to work on it and am only slightly ahead of my players’ progress. The main thing taking all the time is the converting of NPCs (Non-Player Characters to those not in the know; virtual characters controlled by myself, for good or ill). Thank goodness for PCGen or I’d have given up by now. I have only so much time in the week, too. Having a kid really cuts into the old hobby time, lemme tell ya!
Mood: 
The GameSpy Magic & Memories history of D&D is a good read. Since Dungeons & Dragons actually came out before PCs and the Internet, a lot of the information revealed in the articles is new to me, and very interesting.
I’m so glad Wizards of the Coast resurrected it and made it better…
Mood: 
First impressions of DOOM 3:
- Why’s it so choppy on my Athlon XP 2100 with 768 MB RAM and ATI 9600 video card at only 800×600 resolution? I guess I’ll try the new beta ATI drivers…
- Pants-dirtying suspenseful action.
- Why the HELL can’t I hold a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other? Being able to see or shoot, but not at the same time, is annoying!
Mood:
I just finished the Shadowlords series of modules, and heartily recommend it to those looking for a good NWN adventure. I’ll take my Monk3/Wizard4 (soon to be a Pale Master) character into the next series, Dreamcatcher.
The Blackguard series I referred to in an earlier post started out well, but the second module was incredibly hard! I found out how to turn on the cheats to enable god mode, but I don’t like cheating (I’m Lawful Good — me, not my character). I also tried the Twilight module, where you have to play a Paladin, but likewise found it too hard to finish without cheating.
Mood: 
After finishing the Neverwinter Nights expansion Hordes of the Underdark, I went over to Neverwinter Vault to find some other modules to play.
After quickly giving up on poor remakes of Pool of Radiance and The Temple of Elemental Evil, I settled on Blackguard I - Dreams of Destruction. You play an evil character, and other than a couple problems finding well-hidden quest items, it was a great solo module. I just started Blackguard 2 last night. Took me less than a week to finish the first part, but I’ve been playing quite a bit lately.
