The Importance of Being Idle

Can't Help Being Nice

Jade Empire is still continuing to absorb much of my time, despite being a kinda stripped down version of KoTOR with all the stats and stuff taken out (which in turn was a stripped down version of Neverwinter Nights with some of the stats stuff taken out, and a story put in). I'm glad I got the LE version of the game, as it has allowed me access to the monk spade weapon straight off the bat, it being one of my favourite weapons, at least to watch (in real life I don't think I should be allowed to have a weapon of any type, cos I'm as likely to hurt myself as I am anybody else, probably more so). Pretty much anybody wielding a staff type weapon in a martial arts movie is gonna be my favourite for no reason other than they have a staff type weapon. Also I managed to get into a fight in a tea shop (and in the game too ;p), which is another staple of the genre, so that made me happy.
As with any game that offers some sort of morality system I seem to be unable to be anything but nice to people (lets ignore that 'incident' in Fable eh? Whats a few dead guards between friends?), much like in real life. Although in real life I don't have any martial arts skills, any sort of destiny, or even an arch-nemesis. If anybody is interested in being my arch nemesis I'd be interested in hearing from you, maybe we can work something out. Applicants should send me a CV (thats a resume if you're hard-of-understanding, or American) and a covering letter telling why I should consider you for the position.
Oddly I seem to extracting more fun from JE than I ever have from KoTOR, which is unusual given that I enjoy pretty anything Star Wars related (Phantom Menace, for instance) purely because of its very Star Wars-ness. Speaking of Star Wars-ness, LEGO Star Wars anyone? That is pure unadulterated GENIUS! If that doesn't make you smile, well then you either don't like Star Wars, don't like LEGO, don't like video-games, or possibly you're some kind of joyless freak. And you probably don't like kittens either.

posted by BadMonkey @ 7:39 PM