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What if I were a Dwarf Fortress character?
Jan 20th
So this morning in the standard IRC channel that myself and a few friends troll throughout the working day in order to maintain sanity, a friend of mine promptly went into a craze, describing me as if I was a dwarf from the awesome game Dwarf Fortress and you had just examined me. This came promptly after I went into a rant referring to myself in the third-person complaining about the hassles of budgets and money. So this is, apparently, what I would say if I were in Dwarf Fortress and you inquired about my thoughts:
Jiffy has been irritated about money lately. He slept in a fantastic bedroom recently. He spoke to a friend recently. He was satisfied at work lately. He admired own fine Bed recently.
Jiffy is a worshipper of Freedomassurance the Constitution of the United States.
Jiffy likes Tungsten, video games, Lizzy, dogs for their loyalty and tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions.
Jiffy is quick to anger. He is somewhat reserved. He finds rules confining. He is self-disciplined. He needs alcohol to get through the working day. He likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
Now, to be perfectly honest, all of this is perfectly describing of me – with the exception of liking tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions. That part I’m not too sure about. But all in all, great job, and kudos to thp!
T-minus 12 hours until Fallout goodness
Oct 27th
So for those of you who are not down with the Fallout series, let me give you a little low-down on the history of these games. Fallout and Fallout 2 were published by Interplay in 1997 and 1998, and about 5 years later – they were hailed as being one of the top 5 best video games of all time. After the release of Fallout 2, Interplay began work on Fallout 3 (at the time, codenamed Van Buren). In 2004 they began encountering financial problems, and have since then shut down (though they have re-emerged with plans of a Fallout MMO, which I will discuss at a later time in a later article).
Anyways, they sold the IP rights to the Fallout series to Bethesda Softworks – who promptly said they weren’t continuing the development of Fallout 3. Bummer. Then they come back at the 2007 E3 with a smirk on their faces and say, “hey, we totally lied – look at what we got.” It’s Fallout 3 goodness – and that goodness comes out tomorrow. So if you haven’t done it yet, go and pre-order yourself a copy! I will post more tomorrow after I get to play it for the first time….
