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Seabound, The Edge of Dawn, VNV Nation :)

Entropy and anxiety. When I realized I'd started a business and that it was thriving. What is yours?

Last night I was checking the USB cord connection on my PS3. All I did was nudge it slightly, and my PS3 shut itself right off. Anyone know what causes this?

Who here dreams about gaming all the time? When I’m asleep, I spend a pretty high percentage of time dreaming about gaming. Not sitting in front of the console, but literally being in the games I play. This is especially likely if I just started a new game, or if I am frustrated with a tough level or boss and haven’t found a way to beat it yet. But it’s also relaxing in a way. I dream of shooters a lot, and they’re always fun and nightmare-free, which is cool. Anyway, it makes sense to me that the brain dreams about gaming a lot, because gaming is honestly a lot like dreaming (only in dreams and video games do people not complain when you just walk into their houses). Who else dreams of gaming a lot?

It’s kind of weird I still haven’t bought the Dawnguard DLC (considering how long I’ve been playing Skyrim). I know I definitely will, but I’m curious what people here think of it? I ask because I’ve heard wildly mixed reviews on it.

I honestly never shop on Black Friday, but a friend told me she spent 13 hours waiting in line to purchase a PS4 at a low price. Anyone get any awesome deals this Black Friday? How long did you have to wait for them?

Does anyone here have any videogame-themed tattoos? If so, what are they, and what made you decide to get them? For everyone else, if you were going to get a tattoo showing off your fandom of any videogame, which would you choose?

What games feature the most beautiful architecture? Most recently, Bioshock Infinite amazed me in this respect (I’ve also been enjoying checking out concept art that was never used –it’s amazing how much beautiful design work never made it to the finished game). But I also love the architecture in the Fallout games (I really like Streamline Moderne). I enjoy the other design work (typefaces, advertisements, etc.) in both as well.

Futurepop is a most wonderful thing. Some suggestions: VNV Nation, mind.in.a.box, Seabound, The Edge of Dawn, Ayria, Melotron.

Becoming a better version of myself. You?

Current favorite song?

It's rare and hard to find closure, so that is pretty cool, actually. Nah. The world really needs more kind people. Even if you cannot or should not go out on a limb for someone, you can always be kind regardless of your choices :)

Same question you asked someone else: Favorite futurepop album?

What makes for a great horror story?

Kindest thing another gamer has done for you?

I keep thinking about this and coming up completely blank. I'm not sure I've ever played one on anyone or had one played on me, at least that was memorable. That's pretty weird.

Dragon Age: Origins has a ton of DLC. I probably will end up buying them all over the long-term, but in the short-term, which DLCs are the most rewarding?

That's my plan :) I didn't think about it that way. Interesting idea. In other words, even a splinter of Booker and Anna that broke off before the baptism/drowning decision could still end up leading similar lives.

Skipping DLC for Fallout would be hugely missing out.

BIoshock Infinite and Myst. Both involved a multiple worlds concept which could mesh in some unusual fashion. Both are atmospheric as well.

I keep seeing headlines lately about parents freaking out about their kids’ “Fortnite addiction,” i.e. spending 12 hours a day in the game. That wasn’t uncommon for me in high school at all though, at least on weekends. It was a different game (a text-based MMO), and on weekdays it was closer to six hours a day. My life was pretty imbalanced, and my grades did drop for a year, but it gave me a lot of useful life experience in terms of social learning that I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else. It made me a very fast typist too. I did put a lot of hours into that game, but a number of players I knew put in even more. What’s the most time you have ever spent on a game? Which game? And did it mess up your life or not?

What video game have you gotten most involved with/immersed in to the point where you thought about it constantly when you weren't playing it? Ignoring MMOs, for me the answer is Bioshock Infinite. Outside of work, that game was pretty much life for me for the couple weeks I was playing it. It's hard to stop myself from just jumping back in.

I’ve seen some people suggest recently that Fallout 76 has been such a letdown commercially that the Fallout series should just be abandoned outright. I think that’d be a ridiculous mistake. Fallout is fertile ground for many great adventures to come, and I’d be crushed if they quit making Fallout games. Are there gaming franchises you also hope will get new games until the end of time?

What old/abandoned gaming franchises would you like to see rebooted either with remakes or more sequels?