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Go for Baldur's Gate. I just picked up the exact same bundle having never played any of these games before (the closest I ever got was Dragon Age: Origins).

I'm probably a good 30-40 hours into BG and only on Chapter 4. It's already one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had.

I followed this mod/fix guide, which contains only the most essential mods. I wanted to experience BG1 as close to vanilla as possible but still have things like bug fixes and widescreen support. I figure that on my subsequent playthroughs I will use the BGT or TuTu stuff, but I kind of wanted to go in as fresh as reasonably possible.

I literally just picked up the PC version yesterday, but I'm interested in playing some co-op later this week. I added winterking and NyxFe to my formerly barren Origin friends list.

I rented this over the weekend and after finishing Sequence 3, I don't know if I'll ever pick it back up.

• Mission design leaves a lot to be desired - lots of cutscenes after doing very little.
• I am so sick of the Desmond/Animus storyline. I. Don't. Care. I'd much rather play a game that played it straight and never returned to present day for any reason.
• The insta-fail stealth sections are simply not fun. I probably tried the disable two cannons/eavesdrop mission 10-15 times and ended up just killing everybody and running out of there. Your character has always handled strangely - sticking to random surfaces - but in insta-fail situations, accidentally popping out of cover because the animation of your dude was more flamboyant than you wanted is really annoying.
• Um, the glitches. The game locked up - no lie - six times through the first three sequences, forcing me to replay several sections again.

I have wonderful memories of AC2. Almost made it through AC:B before my son accidentally deleted my save (he was 1 and was randomly pressing buttons on the controller with the 360 on and the TV off) and didn't care for the tower defense aspects of AC:R, so I didn't play much of that.

I think I may be done with this series, which is unfortunate, because it has so much potential. Just being in the world is "so wonderful." I just wish there was a better game on top of that.

Added myself to the spreadsheet. Looking forward to joining the guild.

Still have no idea what to think about the Wii U

Yes! That's it. Ok, thanks guys.

So there was a Bombcast - maybe 2009ish - where Jeff would play his siren/horn app during the show at appropriate times. Anyone know which episode this was?

Jeff's giddiness was practically spilling out of this write-up. FEEL THE EXCITEMENT!

@omghisam said:

CBS Interactive is CNET and Gamespot.

/cry

http://allthingsd.com/20120315/exclusive-bermanbraun-buys-most-of-shelby-bonnies-whiskey-media/

In a deal that was just signed, longtime Silicon Valley exec Shelby Bonnie has sold his social publishing start-up, Whiskey Media, to Santa Monica-based entertainment and interactive production company BermanBraun.

As part of the deal, BermanBraun will get three key sites of San Francisco-based Whiskey, including video entertainment-focused Screened, tech-testing site Tested and Anime Vice, which covers anime and manga comics. It will also acquire Whiskey’s content publishing platform.

Two other sites owned by Whiskey — games-oriented Giant Bomb and comic book database Comic Vine — will be sold to another media company, which is rumored to be CBS Interactive.

Heaped on top of the niche content, aimed at passionate fans, Whiskey mixes in a lot of social networking, as well as user-generated content, along with its professional fare.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

But the major reason for the acquisition is that BermanBraun — which also makes popular sites for large portals such as Microsoft’s MSN (the Wonderwall celebrity site and Glo, aimed at the women’s lifestyle arena) and AOL (upcoming sites on weather, men and pets) — needs to be able to scale its online content production. The Whiskey platform should be able to allow it to more easily grown and create new sites more quickly, as well as mine data across them.

“With the addition of Whiskey’s first rate team and powerful, state of the art publishing, data and social tools platform, we will be able to further enhance our user experience and engagement, and provide our advertising partners with unparalleled data insights,” said Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman, who run BermanBraun, in a statement. “One of the other great parts of this acquisition is that we will have Shelby Bonnie in our lives. We have enormous respect for Shelby personally and professionally, and his insights, relationships and acumen will be invaluable to us.”

Bonnie, who was once CEO of CNET, which he helped found, added: “I have had the pleasure of knowing both Lloyd and Gail for years and they are two incredibly high integrity people who bring passion and creativity to the interactive space. As we see a dramatic changes in the whole media landscape, success will demand new skills and talents. BermanBraun’s content skills and vision joined with the Whiskey platform will create a combination that I believe is without equal. I couldn’t be more excited for the combination.”