Posting at 6am in a thread that saw its last post in September? There are reasons, but who cares.
Neck-deep in VTMB. Again. Playing the with the unofficial 9.2 patch. I've been playing the UOP for so long that I don't know if a bug is introduced by the patch or is just part of the game. For example:
1. Playing as Tremere: if I send Heather Poe away when she shows up outside LaCroix's HQ Downtown, she's in the Tremere haven when I finally gain access. She's not in the Santa Monica or Skyeline havens. From what I gather from my extensive [
read: virtually nonexistent] research, it's something the game isn't keeping track of; I think the solution may be: if you're going to send her away, let her into your haven first, THEN send her away. The game seems to recognize that.
Another solution is a console command, which I'll try out later.
2. Sometimes, after using the taxi to get somewhere, my character will whip out whatever weapon I used last. That is, if I last used a katana, the scene will load, I'll hear a "SWOOSH!," the "CLONG!" of a Criminal Violation, NPCs panicking, sirens, etc. I've also had this happen with a firearm. Good times.

Reloading may work, but sometimes (not often) I'll have to quit and reload the game. I've taken to making a hard save before I go anywhere in the taxi.
So, in short: who knows? Since I've never had this happen in the original game, it's probably the UOP. No big deal, really. Just inconvenient.
In Other Games...
...I've been toying with Spec Ops: The Line, which I never finished. I don't know why. No, I know why: I have the attention span of a meth-head with ADHD. I'm not as far along as I was when I lost interest, so here's hoping I can keep it together long enough to see how it plays out.
Back in December (I think), I was gearing up for an epic Mass Effect journey across all three games, but for some incredibly valid reasons, it didn't happen. That is to say, I got bored and lost interest. Putting together a desirable ME1 story took a couple of arduous tries, but at least I put together a good Shepard for it, thanks to some great textures I found in various places.
For ME1:I didn't get very far into ME2 before I wandered off into the weeds. But with the same textures, Shepard looked even better.
For ME2:I have yet to see how she turns out in ME3...heaven knows getting texmod to work with ME3 might be a fate worse than being forced to sit through a New Kids On The Block reunion. But I am hopeful. Or terrified. Either one.
If I were to start playing Skyrim again -- I have no idea why I'd even try, as just thinking about it bores me to tears -- I think this one might make a good vampire character:
It's too bad that being a vampire in Skyrim is godawful. Like I've said before: if I want to play a vampire, I'll play Bloodlines. Uh...which I am.
While I'm babbling incoherently, I'd like to blame the Twilight series for ruining the vampire craze. Now: if someone would do the same to the zombie fad and wipe out THAT nonsense, maybe vampires could regain some respect and we'd see another good...vampire...game...
...but I have my doubts. We'd see vampire games, yeah, but *good* ones? Probably not.
Also, I just got the first season of
Just Shoot Me on DVD (because I could), and the second episode featured Commander Shepard. Jennifer Hale, that is. I saw her name in the credits, where she was cast as "Model." She may have been the blonde having to deal with Finch...I'll have to go back later and see for sure.
Hey! Killed almost an hour. The ibuprofen has kicked in. Too bad I can't afford the good stuff. Or, more appropriate: too bad I'm too attached to my personal possessions that I can't bring myself to pawn them so as to buy the good stuff. Even more appropriate: too bad I don't have anything worth selling so I can buy the good stuff.