That was a pun. I meant "catch up"

Friday: I played a bit more Dead Space 2. Single player this time. Since getting Dead Space 2 back I've now played enough of the single player game to re acclimated to the story. I'm also working on getting all of the weapon specific achievements, such as kill 50 enemies with the flamethrower or kill 20 enemies with deployed mines. Here's the thing, as I said before I've already played Dead Space 2 but I didn't have an objective opinion because I was riding the new-game high. Now I can say with confidence, Dead Space 2 is an incredible game. It is a vast improvement over the first game, and the steps Visceral Games took to make Isaac (the main character) more of a character than just the avatar you control worked really well.
     Eve update: I mined asteroids for ore yesterday. A lot. Mining ore in Eve is what seems to me to be the easiest way to make ISK (money) in the game. So I collected a crap ton of ore then refined it into alloys. Alloys are the prime ingredient used to manufacture ships and equipment. Finally, I put the alloy up on the market (auctions essentially) and some other player buys it up. Cha-ching.
     Hopefully I will be running a Call of Cthulhu game for some friends in 3 or 4 weeks. I'm currently putting together an adventure for the players to run. Obviously I don't want to post details about that in case they read this, but after the game is done I will be posting details about it. If you don't know what Call of Cthulhu is, it's a role-playing game similar to Dungeons & Dragons without the Elves and Dragons and shit. It is based on the writing of H. P. Lovecraft, an author from the early 1900 who is considered (by some, myself included) to be one of the greatest horror writers ever. I'll be postnig more general information about CoC periodically. I don't want to cause information overload.

Chaosium (Publisher of Call of Cthulhu)

Awkward Beginnings

Hello and welcome to my first post. This post will cover topics such as: "Who the fuck are you?", "What's the point of Blogsothoth Gaming?", "Why would you do this?", and "Encourage comments". Why am I covering these topics? Because the internet told me to here.

Re: Who the fuck are you?
I am a college student in Michigan majoring in computer science and aspiring to be a programmer. I also like games...like alot. So much so, that it's the sole purpose of Blogsothoth Gaming. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I have dabbled in pen & paper role-playing games, but most of my gaming is on XBox 360 or PC.

Re: What's the point of Blogsothoth Gaming?
What's the point of anything really? The less thought-provoking answer is that I'll be keeping a semi-permanent record of the things I've "accomplished" in my various virtual existences.

Re: Why would you do this?
A multifaceted question. One reason is that it gives me something with a modicum of structure to do, and there are few things one can do that are more self-serving than blogging. Another reason is that it gives me a place to vent under the tenuous guise of writing about gaming. Finally, I'd like a place of my very own* to review all of my intangible gaming accomplishments. There are other reasons, but they're nobody's business but my own.

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Re: Encourage comments
Please comment. I "want to foster an atmosphere of community and involvement for [my] readers" . Anyone posting comments in a way that I deem to be "inappropriate" will be dealt with accordingly, so play nice please.


As a preview of what's to come, here are some of the games I may be talking about in the posts to come:
Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
Eve online (PC MMORPG)
Halo Wars (XBox 360 real-time strategy)
Alien vs. Predator (360 first person shooter)
Crackdown 2 (360 sandbox style game)

As you may be able to tell, my finger is not on the proverbial pulse of new gaming. Reporting and reviewing brand new games is NOT the point of Blogsothoth Gaming. It's more about presenting my personal experience and opinions about the games I'm playing, what I've gotten out of them, and what I'm doing in them. Long post, I know, but it's an introduction.