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Rapid Update In A Train-Of-Thought Stylee 2: Electric Boogaloo

by danielkempster

Hey guys. As you can probably tell, the whole "let's blog more regularly over summer" thing kinda fell through. Therefore, I'm going to treat you to a sequel to the original Rapid Update In A Train-Of-Thought Stylee blog from two weeks ago. I have about half an hour before I have to break for dinner, so here goes: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind continues to tighten its grip on me, so much so...

Hey guys. As you can probably tell, the whole "let's blog more regularly over summer" thing kinda fell through. Therefore, I'm going to treat you to a sequel to the original Rapid Update In A Train-Of-Thought Stylee blog from two weeks ago. I have about half an hour before I have to break for dinner, so here goes:


  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind continues to tighten its grip on me, so much so that I've pretty much given up any hope in playing any other story-focused game alongside it (attempts to do just that with Persona 4, Fallout 3 and Final Fantasy Tactics have all failed). DanK the Dark Elf is now Level 24 and has amassed an impressive array of Glass and Ebony weaponry that's currently on display in his house in Balmora. I'm currently tied up in the Fourth Trial, trying to get the three Great Houses to name me Hortator, although I keep taking regular breaks from the main quest to juggle part-time work for the Fighters' Guild and the Imperial Legion. After 100 game days, I've still not touched any of the Tribunal or Bloodmoon content included with the Game of the Year Edition. As a result, I think I'll definitely be playing this for quite a while to come.
  • As a keen cricketer, I've been following The Ashes over the last couple of weeks. I'm glad to see England take the lead in the series after their first win over Australia at Lord's in seventy-five years. That being said, I do think Andrew Strauss' captaincy was more than a little questionable on a number of occasions. Not enforcing the follow-on? Declaring and giving the Aussies two days to make 522 runs? Both very odd decisions. Yes, they paid off, but they also put England in very precarious positions. Where does all this tie in with video games, you ask? Simple - it's made me feel the urge to return to cricket video games, specifically EA Sports' Cricket 07. While I'm at it, I'm probably going to try and pad out that game's Wiki, too. It's looking a little bare, and I did a pretty good job with the last cricket-focused Wiki edit I spent a decent amount of time with.
  • Talking of padding out Wikis, I've decided to put some more time into Wiki editing in general over the next week or two. I have twelve days left to fill before exciting things happen, so I've set myself a target of 5000 Wiki points. I'll be looking to tidy up some of GB's popular Wiki pages with grammar and punctuation fixes and fleshing out a couple of really empty pages that could use some love. I urge you all to do so, too. One year on, a lot of the pages on GB are still pretty bare-bones. Let's get the community pumping more awesome video game knowledge into this website's vast database!
  • Moving on to those aforementioned exciting things that will soon be happening - On August 1st, I'm moving into my new flat in Colchester with my girlfriend. I spent the last week with her, and without realising it I'd almost forgotten just how totally awesome she can be. She's the main reason I was able to stick it out for the first year at University, making an otherwise unbearable group of flatmates seem like a minor inconvenience. I'm super-psyched about moving in with her for the next two years and can't wait to do all the silly couple-y shit like shopping together, watching TV together, and waking up together every morning. Ok, gooey romanticism ends here.
  • I finished my gardening last Saturday. On Monday, I made a bird table. My Morrowind addiction keeps telling me that relatively soon my Domestication stat should increase to 34.
  • I've started a serious darts practice program to try and get myself match-fit again by the time I move back to Colchester. Thankfully it's finally starting to show some results, and I'm getting back to the level I was at before I stopped playing. My finishing still needs a lot of work, but my scoring and general accuracy have really improved. When I move into my new flat, I'm hoping to get into a local darts team and play friendly darts on a Wednesday night.

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I think that'll do it. Thanks for reading, guys. See you around.


DanK

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Currently playing - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Game of the Year Edition (XBOX)