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sgeorge  ·  2557 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 29, 2017

It's been a while since I've pubski'd or contributed at all. Lurking is my life.

Work is garbage. Keifer knows - the entire company is behind big time, and peak season has just begun. If you haven't made your orders for Christmas already, you should get on that ASAP. Also, you should pray to whatever deity you prefer that things make it intact. There are ~17 days left before things will definitely be late for December 25th. The hours are awesome and the money is fantastic but the physical abuse is already taking its toll. 11 years in the industry have numbed me to most of the mind games from local upper management, so I guess that's a plus?

I've been playing a lot of Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3 in my off time. Mostly 3 recently. I put so many hours into it back when it first released, and I am reminded now how good it was. The environment is so engaging compared to New Vegas, in my opinion. There have been some situations I can feel my heart rate rising, and I find myself actually a little afraid as to what will happen. The game has aged so well and I'm so glad to be able to enjoy it all over again.

I've been half-assed knitting a hat for a coworker. It'll get done eventually, but when I get done with the work shitstorm, I don't feel like doing much anymore besides binge watching things or just idly dicking around on the internet. I might get it done by Christmas. I do thrive on the pressure of deadlines, so that might just be it.





Dala  ·  2554 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Show us your knits?

user-inactivated  ·  2556 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The environment is so engaging compared to New Vegas, in my opinion. There have been some situations I can feel my heart rate rising, and I find myself actually a little afraid as to what will happen.

The first time I came across Super Mutants and that office building full of ghouls are the two best memories I have of that game. I think overall, FO:NV was the better game, but 3 had its moments. :)

sgeorge  ·  2554 days ago  ·  link  ·  

100% agree. New Vegas overall with its choices and factions makes a superior gameplay experience. However, the Mojave vs the Capital Wasteland is so surprisingly different. I enjoy exploring more in FO3; it feels more satisfying somehow.

The Capital Wasteland really felt like just that - a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Terrible things happened there and it showed everywhere. The Mojave felt like it was (obviously) a desert to begin with, and the real devastation was mainly concentrated on Vegas proper. In FO3 there's a feeling of isolation, which changed a lot with NV and the various factions, in my opinion.

Dala  ·  2554 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I loved both as well, the atmosphere and the fun of exploring of 3 was great but the color palette kinda gave me headaches. New Vegas is one of my go-to games when I need to blow off steam. I have a save file where I basically attempt to kill everything that moves for really shitty days. The DLC is some of my favorite, can you guess which one I loved best?