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[returnerofthesky]

Deus Ex! Also Human Revolution.

Deus Ex

never played | want to play | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

I started this back earlier this month, before the house’s AC broke and I moved into the guesthouse for the time being, and while I didn’t get terribly far (I got to the start of Hell’s Kitchen), it was very, very good. Big maps even for the tutorial, plenty of secrets and little things, lots of stuff to explore and discover. I’m really looking forward to getting back to it once I get home.

Human Revolution

never played | want to play | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

I bought this back around the time it first released (meaning my Steam copy is not the version with the tweaked boss battles, for better or worse), but I never got very far. I wasn’t used to cover shooters at that point in my life, so it was extremely difficult to get a grip on things (I died multiple times in the first tutorial fight, for instance), and it also seemed to play... oddly? Like, it felt like there was framedropping even though it also seemed like it was a constant framerate. It’s hard to describe, and my memories are fuzzy. I got to the first real gameplay segment, wandered around the city a little, and then stopped.

Now that I’m older and have more experience under my belt (ME1 and 2 count as experience with cover shooter mechanics, right?), I’d like to get back to it sometime.

[returnerofthesky]

Yoooo, gimme Bill for the character arcs, so we can complete the full BRICS grouping :V

No Vale? (sad bird noises)

Heheh, I’m just messing. Here’s Bill’s listing!

Full Name: Bill (no last name, I just use Lucario)Gender and Sexuality: Male, BisexualPronouns: He/HimEthnicity/Species: LucarioBirthplace and Birthdate: Unknown/One week after Rose’s birthday, ?????, ????? (October 16th)Guilty Pleasures: Thinking of jokes to crack at inappropriate moments, snacking before meals (even though he’ll probably have room anyway)Phobias: Open flames or heat, like cooking burners or bonfiresWhat They Would Be Famous For: Saving the world, becoming a well-known and reliable explorer/exploration team leaderWhat They Would Get Arrested For: Snarking at someone who really, really, really can’t handle sarcasm no matter how justifiedOC You Ship Them With: Rose (of course)OC Most Likely To Murder Them: An outlaw, probablyFavorite Movie/Book Genre: Adventure or FantasyLeast Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: Badly-done time travel/AU plotsTalents and/or Powers: Able to mildly control aura through spheres or claws, fast runner, can induce visions via Dimensional Scream (sometimes)Why Someone Might Love Them: He straddles the line between behaving casually and formally, making it easy to take him seriously yet relax around him, and his wisecracking means he’ll probably make you laughWhy Someone Might Hate Them: His wisecracking can easily turn sour and sarcastic if you annoy him or lose his respect, and absolutely can’t stand anyone who acts overly overbearing and arrogantHow They Change: Grew from an amnesiac, confused youth to a determined adventurer, and then to a responsible adult throughout the years, making up for his mistakes here and there along the wayWhy You Love Them: I’ve always liked the snarker dynamic, but the thing with Bill is that his age, experience and levelheadedness make him the leader rather than the... like, the Han Solo, so to speak. His personality gives him a fun dynamic with the rest of the team, too

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Made a banner of some sort. Doesn't really fit well in the blog theme and current background I have so I'll just throw it up here.#

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Some musings on shipbuilding

Because I guess I should start actually using this tumblr for something.

Taking the official codex numbers for dreadnoughts, we can extrapolate that:

Turian shipbuilding capacity is quite good. Even though they took the brunt of the damage in the citadel battle, they still managed to replace all their losses, and then build two more dreads.

Salarian shipbuilding capacity is either focused on modernizing and upgrading current ships, replacing obsolete ships or just not great in general. No Salarian ships were seen in the Battle of Citadel cutscene so we're presuming they lost quite few ships and no dreadnoughts, and in the two years between no new dreadnoughts were constructed.

I could probably say the same about Asari shipbuilding capacity that I said about the Salarians. We know that the Asari fleet was present in the battle of the citadel, and even if was just the Destiny Ascension that was lost, they still haven't fully replaced losses, and are still down a dread.

Vasudan shipbuilding capacity is the best in the galaxy, but heavily inclined towards civilian over military. Their economy didn't stagnate after Capella, though they did shift the focus heavily to the civilian sector rather than military under the final few years of Khonsu’s reign, and only post-contact under Mihos did they re-invest into the military.

Terran shipbuilding capacity is very good, think a rough estimate of one and a half destroyers(super-dreadnought) per year, along with complements of support ships, corvettes, etc. But for lack of a better term, their shipyards are all over the place. Efficient, but the majority of shipyards are highly specialized and tooled to produce only one or two classes of ship per shipyard, so it’ll take quite a while to regear to produce the next-generation fleet.

[defendglobe]

did Steve Harper get thrown out of the metaphorical window yet? hoping so!

I sure hope so too!

It looks like the liberals are going to win at this point but it’s still not for certain.

Not the party I wanted to win but it’s better than fucking Harper.