The above image isn’t from the first boss battle in The Witcher 2. It’s just from the first one that made me mad.
There’s really no point telling you the backstory, which won’t matter to you unless you’re playing The Witcher 2. But the main point is that this guy is the same kind of guy as you. He has all your powers. Well, all the powers you’re supposed to get when you eventually level up, but you have to fight him before that happens. So he’s popping out all the spells, abilities, and inventory items that you didn’t get because you opting for other spells, abilities, and inventory items. Plus, he’s got way more hit points than you and he does way more damage than you do.
I don’t know how you’re actually supposed to get through the battle. For me, it was a matter of playing it over and over and over, giving up for the day, trying again the next day, Googling message board posts that were no help, watching YouTube videos that were equally unhelpful, and just plugging away some more. I finally beat him when he glitched and got stuck against a wall. It was at least 20 attempts.
It reminds me a bit of the Jedi Knight games. You’ve been running around totally being a badass Jedi, lightsaber and Force Powering your way through the game. Then you have to fight another Jedi who has all your powers and it’s no fair. I was supposed to be the big fish in the pond!
Well, I’m dead, jerks. I’m dead in Nethack, and I’m getting the flu in real life. You may not care about the flu detail but this is called a “game diary.” I can write about my damn lunch if I want to. Dear diary: Today I ate a sandwich.
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Woo hoo it’s LA Noire time, suckaz! Another tour de force outing for Rockstar! Aw yeah! This is what gaming is all about! Examining corpses! Trailing perps! Weird gunfights! Boring driving! Collectibles that nobody can find! Wait, what? Aw, shit. Maybe next time, fellas.
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Codemasters’ rally racing game Dirt 3 is out this week. The previous Dirt games, and Codemasters’ racing games in general, have all been excellent. And given how awful the drift events are in Need for Speed: Shift 2, I’m ready for something with a little slide that isn’t completely unmanageable.
Also out this week is a downloadable action RPG from Atari called Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale, made by the creators of Scratch: the Ultimate DJ, which is mostly famous for a lawsuit against Activision’s DJ Hero. That description is a rollercoaster ride of expectations. “Downloadable action RPG”? Yes! Tell me more! “From Atari”? Oh. “Dungeons and Dragons license”? Hmm. Well. “From the creators of Scratch: the Ultimate DJ”? Uhh…
So, yeah, how about that Dirt 3?
There might be a conflict of interest in having the three of us, all long-time members of the Kristen Wiig Fan Club, try to discuss Bridesmaids impartially. So to make sure the podcast doesn’t consist solely of us talking about how good Bridesmaids is, we argue for a bit about MacGruber. Then, at the 54-minute mark, we do a 3×3 of our favorite vocal performances.
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