(and no, I hadn't seen it, so thank you!)

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Did you see that the best video on the internet got a sequel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI07lAyc3Bs

Apparently Dragon Age: Origins can be speedrun in under an hour. Who knew? http://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick/v/34028952?t=7h47m05s

Daaang, that is pretty trippy!
I loved snow until I spent last winter in the Boston area and we got 100+ inches of it. Even before that, driving was taking the thrill out of it. Moar sun plz.

What? No, snow is fantastic! It's the main reason I visit my family in Canuckistan every year. The sunglasses-and-shorts lifestyle just ain't for me. But if you enjoy the sun, I hope you see plenty of it!

And you should definitely finish Undertale at some point! The ending is trippy. Like, Hatoful Boyfriend's ending levels of trippy.

Thanks! I am looking forward to NEVER SEEING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SNOW EVER AGAIN (unless I want to, and go to the mountains). The best part of all this is gonna be taking our cats on the plane *hollow laugh*.

Have fun with Undertale! It's charming, and made me feel bad about myself. I really should finish it one of these days.

Moving to the west coast, are you? In any case, good luck with the move! And have fun living in a weird new time zone!

As for me, I'm on a laptop because I'm visiting my family for the holidays. It's a great opportunity to watch Netflix and play Undertale !

NooOoOoOOO

(Well, at least it won't be distracting me from any potential new jobs...)

My butt is sad: http://www.destructoid.com/eidos-is-holding-deus-ex-mankind-divided-back-until-august-321432.phtml

In terms of fluff, Trespasser's not quite as perfect as Citadel, but I liked it more as a full package of game (the game aspect of Citadel was somewhat cursory). For me it's really remarkable for the final 30 minutes, which are (in my mind), the strongest moments of DA:I as a whole. The final conversation with Solas (I thought the veil/history stuff was really pretty surprising!), the fate of the Inquisition, the companion slides, and (omg) Cassandra's monologue over the final credits. And the music, my god the MUSIC. It left me with a really happy smile on my face.

I liked Hakkon! It wasn't too revolutionary, but it did its job and it did it well. Some good, hard combat too.

Played both Inqui DLCs... pretty good. Didn't bother with the whole Deep Roads, but I liked where it went. And Trespasser is gooood I think? I am not sure really, it was fun, but they were going for a Citadel feel there and I think that didn't really come out. The Solas stuff is great, although I knew about 50% of what he tells you (apart from all the veil stuff and history), but the "one more gettogether" was a bit bland.

You romanced Sera, right? Then you won't be disappointed. She's got some fun bits. ("Hehehehe...bits.") (Seriously, though, even without the romance, she had some really nice character moments.)

Will get that soon, as in real soon, as in I did already. Playing it next week I think, maybe this weekend.

I don't know that I necessarily find the Virmire-type choice that compelling. It still pre-disposes that there's something I can't possibly pull off, so it limits my abilities in a weird artificial way. Why can't I plan something better or create the awareness to anticipate that decision... I can't really put a finger on it, but these just kind of seem off to me.

"Guess what Inquisitor? We're killing your love interest, or we're killing Varric. Hahaha, good lu-"
"Sorry Cullen."

That just looks like he's saying we're going to have to decide between cutting off a baboon's left hand or right hand.

Ohoho, but some of the datamined spoilers have hinted that things might take a somewhat...darker turn. Also:
https://twitter.com/CandyAppleAlly/status/634826234619281409
Damn you, Patrick Weekes.

Re: DAI DLC: I am expecting ME3 Citadel-ish hijinks, but hopefully not quite so twee.

You're welcome, and have fun in the sun!

Aw, sweet! At the beach right now (an, um, playing KOTOR2), but will watch that when I get a chance. Thanks Merve!

I know you never asked for this, but here's someone speedrunning DE:HR:
http://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick/v/8983502?t=9h23m00s

Zing

Oh yeah, I heard that The Witcher 3 got released.

Actually there were small civil wars everywhere while you were gone. And the lamentations of women.

Returning from a week of vacation in Europe, I am VERY happy to see that the ol' internet machine has kept on turning without me and has finally finished this gem. Particularly since I returned home to overturned chairs and cat pee next to (i.e., not in) the litter box.

Important news that will interest the feline part (i.e. the majority) of you: http://steamproxy.com/games/catlateraldamage/announcements/detail/160221844287658824

*Nods enthusiastically*

You got it, petal. And remember. The word to remember here is "absorbency". I am saying you should try and clean your dishes with Blackwall's butt.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahhahaaa. Awesome.

Thank you, Effy Weffy. ^___^

Ooo, dis gonna be good!

-covers eyes-
Why did I click on that liiiiiiink?

http://s25.postimg.org/9lmxh5yv3/Blackies.png

Merve: That was way more amusing than it should have been.

Effigy: YOU'LL PRY MY HATOFUL BOYFRIEND STEAM PROFILE BACKGROUND FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS.

Also, I'm now returned to Steam after ~*~finishing Inquisition~*~, and I am so up for a spoilery conversation. Let's talk soon!

I think this might amuse you: http://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/2om472/just_thought_of_something/cmolqr8

Dude, icky background.
Hit me up when you want to talk Inquisition shop, I am 90% done. ^_^

P.P.S. That Orlesian guard is totally Zevran's voice actor.

P.P.P.S. Bioware, pls.

P.S. review embargo is apparently up super early, next Tuesday the 11th! Early chatter from twitter/neoGAF suggests that the game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ humungous. I've got a good feeling about this. I need to, like, go read comments ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on it on BSN or 4chan to crush my expectations in case my heart gets broken.

I know right?? She's so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad ass. Though I have a bad feeling she's going to butt heads with my uncouth qunari apostate mage. I look forward to the horrible burrrrrrrrns. (Literal and figurative!) I get the feeling that someone in the party is going to betray us, but it's too obvious to be her.

Speaking of qunari, here's a hilarious screenshot from a recent streaming video of what I can only call "Mall Santa Qunari". Oh RPG hair, never change.
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag378/lpmc94/ScreenShot2014-11-02at113618PM_zps7af7537a.png

Arglblp so cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpekcveMOQ

http://makanidotdot.tumblr.com/image/80957250531

Beads?

Hooo boy did I ever! I am pretty much guaranteed to lose a week of my life to the character creator. So...many...horn options! (Though in the grand BioWare tradition, the hair is the least impressive part, hehe. DON'T CARE.)

Also, crafting avec the famous Jar of Bees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAECehIuKY

I heard about the art book being leaked. Not that Bioware needs help. The Collector's Edition of ME3 came with an artbook that showed the Illusive Man with Reaper Tech implants... -_- Major spoiler there.
I guess you saw the Character Generator Video?

Folks have been trying to line up the characters' cards with real tarot cards and their meanings, and there are some potentially interesting parallels (e.g. Cassandra w/ Death, because Nevarra? Or something else?) If they sold these as lithographs I would ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ well buy them. 53 days blergggh - *rolls on the ground making strange sounds, her sanity lost.*

OMG the cards... O M ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ G.

Also, if you didn't see it, here's the Twitch presentation where the images came from (starting ~11:00), which is actually really neat and all about the art references of the new game:
http://www.twitch.tv/egx/b/571962295
They reference Hans frikkin Holbein. <3

Aaaaah soo goooood! Thank you!! After I saw your link, I went to check the DA reddit group (which is somehow far more civilized than BSN), and I found the rest of the images from that presentation at EGX:
http://imgur.com/a/sNWfm#0
Sweet mother of god, the tarot cards. The early character concept art. The Orlesian ball screenshot. THE ORLESIAN BALL SCREENSHOT. *Faints dead away; confirms her preorder of the Art Book!*

http://mattrhodesart.tumblr.com/post/98392355836/i-was-surprised-to-see-these-out-there-some