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Sonic Rob: so: Oblivion, or After Earf?
Sig Fem Seks: Oblivion for sure
Sonic Rob: just because you like Elder Scrolls?
Sig Fem Seks: After Earf is M Night
Sonic Rob: between that and 2 members of the Smith family being in it
Sig Fem Seks: Also, that.
Sonic Rob: Tom Cruise’s Career Keeps Sinking Into Oblivion
Sig Fem Seks: Oblivion Obliterates Box Obffice
Sonic Rob: After Earth: Life in the Smithpocalypse
Sonic Rob: M. Night Sham
Sonic Rob: holy crap, does Will Smith die in the first shot of that trailer?
Sonic Rob: ok, you lost me at “wing suit”
Sonic Rob: I just hate those things
Sig Fem Seks: but
Sig Fem Seks: Far Cry 3 has a wing suit
Sonic Rob: NO
Sonic Rob: so does Blops
Sonic Rob: wing suit is the new bloom
Sig Fem Seks: It’s so awesome in Far Cry 3
Sig Fem Seks: it’s like Prototype style
Sig Fem Seks: use it as a fast travel basically
Sonic Rob: man, we are just convinced the world is ending, eh?
Sig Fem Seks: I guess so!
Sig Fem Seks: I can’t wait to see what happens on the 21st
Sig Fem Seks: not disasters, but people
Sonic Rob: there’s gonna be a lot of suicide
Sig Fem Seks: There’s gonna be a lot of free sex
Continue reading Trailer Trash: Everything

Sig Fem Seks: Story: Dishonored is the story of Corvo Smith, a supernatural assassin living in a near future past city called Ratsburg. Ratsburg has become overrun with giant killer rats, and Corvo is recruited by a secret organization called “The Skeleton Masks” to kill the city guards he can find, who continue to fuel the rat infestation with their poor sanitation habits. Corvo is hunted by the game’s antagonist, Spymaster Killgallon, who will stop at nothing to stop and capture Corvo so that he may use his supernatural powers to make the Queen of Ratsburg fall deeply in love with him. Corvo must ultimately decide between helping rid the city of these pests by using his powers to murder those who oppose him, or use his abilities to make the Queen fall in love while remaining stealthy and reserved. When the ghost of Corvo’s wife appears to him in the middle of the night, Corvo must make the most important decision of his life.
Sonic Rob: Strategy tip: Acquiring too much honor through doing good deeds will lose Corvo his Dishonored status, ending the game. If you find yourself unable to assassinate your underage orphan targets, make sure to regularly visit Rape Alley to keep your honor in check.
Continue reading Chat Box: We Played Dishonored For You

Hey Sonic-

I think our respective game playing time budgets can be surmised from the fact that in 13 days from the last post I have managed to watch three of the trailers.

The only game I can reasonably expect to play out of this season’s crop is Assassin’s Creed III. I am all about stabbing and sneaking. We’ve been with the series from the beginning and I find it engaging. When they mess with history I feel a bit stroppy but I’ll get over it.

Speaking of stabbing people in the throat, Dishonored looks promising. I really enjoyed Bioshock and I’m a sucker for atmosphere. Throw in the rat minions and I’m sold.

I’ve never delved into FarCry/Crysis and I’m not likely to start now. Same for Resident Evil. I’m not into scary things so I’m going to pass on this one.

The Leatherworker will be well pleased to try out the new XCom, being an officianado of the original series. Don’t know if he’ll kitchen to a reduced difficulty. That was part of the charm, as far as I could tell.

I can’t believe you did a Midnight thing for Black Friday.  No savings are worth that. The ROI just isn’t there. If you do it again can you get me a copy of Darksiders?

-fh

Hey Fyre,

So Autumn is here, and with it the awful hate parade that is the Video Game Holiday Season, now literally longer than an actual season.

Most other towering horrors are best tackled with some sort of gameplan, so I’m going to throw down a rough outline of the upcoming media torrent’s few offerings that I hope might be filled with creamy dulce de gioco rather than the grainy nougat of mediocrity:

October 6 – Resident Evil 6
I have RE5 still sitting unopened on the game shelf, so this isn’t any sort of early purchase, but RE4 was so, so, so very good that I still have tons of leftover good will for the action-horror era the franchise has moved into. Once I’m done with 5 – someday, shortly after I learn Esperanto and lose 20 pounds – 6 will pop up onto my “buy this game if it’s under $20” radar. Assuming it doesn’t just turn out to be shit.

Hey, is it me, or does Leon get to wear the best jackets in these games?

Continue reading People All Over the World, Join Hands, Form a Hype Train, Hype Train

Fyrehaar: also, totally OT
Fyrehaar: “Peoples claims in the countersuit that every decision he made was approved by Keith Young. And he calls Vince Young’s unwillingness to accept responsibility “a common occurrence … as (former Titans coach) Jeff Fisher, (Texas coach) Mack Brown, numerous NFL executives, coaches, teammates, scouts, girlfriends and illegitimate children will attest.”
Sonic Rob: oh snap
Fyrehaar: right?
Sonic Rob: btw, playing the Raiders in madden franchise mode is an exercise in frustration
Fyrehaar: why them, do they cut and move to another city mid-season
Sonic Rob: well, you can
Sonic Rob: it might help, actually
Sonic Rob: they’re locked into several multi-year high-paying contracts with mediocre players
Fyrehaar: oh damn
Fyrehaar: and you have to honor them
Sonic Rob: so you start off with a shit team, you’re trying to rebuild it with free agents and good draft picks
Sonic Rob: and meanwhile Jamarcus Russel’s salary is 10m and climbing every year so I can’t afford to hire the rookies I draft
Sonic Rob: to say nothing of Javon “$14m over 5 years isn’t enough for me to hang onto the goddamned ball” Walker
Sonic Rob: or Robert “mobility and pass-blocking skills of a rusted dumptruck” Gallery
Fyrehaar: time to Moneyball that shit!
Sonic Rob: no, I’m seriously gonna go for Moneyball here
Fyrehaar: nice
Sonic Rob: I trade draft picks so that instead of drafting 1 player in each of 7 rounds I’m drafting 4 or 5 times each in the 4th and 5th round
Fyrehaar: heh
Fyrehaar: get some options from other teams for that shit
Fyrehaar: trade Russell!!
Sonic Rob: get lots of solid dudes locked into 7-year contracts for cheap
Sonic Rob: and instead of having a buff first string with shitty everyone else, have depth
Fyrehaar: word
Fyrehaar: depth is where it’s at
Sonic Rob: If I trade Russel I take his guaranteed pay for the year as a cap hit
Fyrehaar: oh fuckin hell
Fyrehaar: he’s a damned poison pill
Sonic Rob: I literally can’t afford to trade him away now that his pay has ballooned so high
Fyrehaar: art imitates life
Fyrehaar: but that is the point isn’t it?
Sonic Rob: At Least with Nnamdi Asomugha he costs his weight in gold but he’s worth it
Fyrehaar: Man, there are some great names in the NFL, aren’t there?
Fyrehaar: Like, they could all work for NPR when they retire

There has been a significant break in service here at FireandSonic.com. That is because FyreHaar and the Leatherworker welcomed a tiny, beautiful Spark into the world in mid-May. Our attention has not really been on blogging about the video games we aren’t playing.

Now the great fiery one has emerged from seclusion and is getting a reasonable amount of sleep each night.  We hope to provide you with somewhat amusing content on a vaguely regular basis.

Cheers!

-fh & sr