Come to the dark side... We have cookies!

Well the trip to the Star Forge didn't go exactly as planed, the defenses knocked our ship out of space and we had to crash on the nearest planet.

After helping the locals I shut down the defenses and finally got some answers:

-The star forge is a huge space station that uses dark side technology to draw the energy of a sun to mass produce ships, weapons, droids, and presumably cookies.

-Bastila has been turned to the dark side after being tortured for a week and learning that it makes her angry, then believing the same rubbish that Ankin did about "the Jedi are holding me back!" is the prerequisite to becoming a sith is to have the mentality of a spoiled teenager?

-Jolee Bindo is the only sane force user in the universe. He has seen first hand how extreme and stupid both side are and chose just to live his own life his own way. No stupid Jedi rules about being devoid of all emotion, and no stupid sith obsessions with conquering the galaxy.

So tomorrow it's finally off the the star forge and settle all of this once and for all (I hope). What I really want to know is why my character ever fell to the dark side in the first place, it better not be the same old "The Jedi just don't understand! I'm going to destroy them all and listen to Weezer!"...

Super light side Sith lord?

Well I completed my Sith training, and the only really changeling part of it was an optional puzzle that was a poorly explained version of a Tower of Hanoi puzzle.

So I got the last star map and found the location of the Star Forge, and on the way out of the Sith temple i had to fight the Sith Academy master and his apprentice. I chose to spare the apprentice and in doing so got enough light side points to max it to the top, so I'm now a graduate of the Sith Academy with a full light side disposition...

Before leaving the planet I was approached by the guy who not only killed Juhani's father but also nearly bought her as a slave. I stoped Juhani from ripping his throat out but the guy swore revenge, although unless he knows where the star forge his I don't think he will get much of a chance before i finish the game.

Lastly, I took a final trip back to Tatooine to see Mission's brother, and what a surprise! His scheme failed and he jumped planet to escape the local thugs. At least Mission has now come to terms with the fact that her brother is a deadbeat.

So tomorrow it's off to find out what exactly the Star Forge is and maybe put an end to all this!

Time for the lightning round...

Today I advanced in my Sith training.

After freeing a bunch of escaped sith cadets, I investigated several old sith tombs (like a force sensitive Laura Croft) which for the most part held little challenge. The easiest part being getting through an army of droids when all 3 of my Jedi could force explode a droid in 1 hit!

So I prove myself worthy to gain access to the area with the star map, but then I press the wrong button on a switch puzzle and die...

So Tomorrow I'll quickly get the last star map, then boot off to the star forge and maybe get the game done b the weekend!

It ain't eas being a Sith!

So my character has gone from super class Jedi master, to super class Sith Master, to generic soldier, to a Jedi apprentice, and now a Sith apprentice. My career path seems to be out of order...

So I'm currently running around this Sith planet and trying to pass myself off as a Sith apprentice all because no one will believe that I'm actual the former Sith master. Atleas some one explained that Revan always wore a cloak and helmet and that's why no one ever recognizes me.

So I have to do a bunch of stuff that will I'm worthy of being a Sith... Again!

She exploded !?

I went to the Sith planet of Korriban today... And that's about it.

Saw Paranormal Activity and it unnerved me so I had to focus on happy thoughts, which didn't leave much time for KotOR.

Tomorrow I'll investigate Korriban and maybe get back to Manaan to solve that murder thing.

Conmen, murders, and assassins...

After finally getting back to Tatooine I was able to give Mission's brother those animal glands for his scheme. He said that he'll be bale to start paing me back soon and I should come by later (yeah, I won't hold m breath). Also as soon as I got to Tatooine some shady guy comes up and says he knows I'm the former sith lord and wants to do business with me. Boy word travels fast...

Then I went back to Manaan since I got and odd message on Kashyyyk that some one wanted to talk to me there. It turns out that after I killed Calo Nord it opened up a space in the ranks of super secret bounty hunter assassins. So to get into the assassins guild I had to show up alone and then kill a Rodian terrorist all quiet like. Killing him off though gave me a dark-side point and I'm trying to play though more or less good, so I most likely won't be doing more of those quests any time soon.

Also on Manaan I bumped into the wife of an old friend of Jolee Bindo, turns out her husband has been arrested for murder and she wants me and Jolee to help him out. after a preliminary investigation it seems that this case is much more than a simple set up and perhaps both the Sith and Republic had a hand in it.

So tomorrow it's time to solve a murder!

What a twist!

Well my plan to stop by Tatooine got literally hijacked by the bad guys!

En route to Tatooine m ship was captured by the Sith flagship, that just happened to be commanded by the guy who killed Carth's wife, and we had to blast/slice our way out.

To escape I first assigned Mission to break out and then find the rest of the crew, since she has the most stealth and computer hacking abilities, and it was kinda odd playing as just her since it was the first time my main character was not in the party. After joining up with everyone else the part switched to my character, Carth, and Bastila, and we made quick work of an sith or guards in our way. One bous was that the ship was littered with items and I'm now set for health packs and various spikes for the next 2 missions.

After killing the guy who killed Carth's wife we made our final escape but was stopped by Darth Malak who revealed that m character was... Darth Revan!
*Dun...Dun...Daaaaaan!*

yeah, I was spoiled to that ears ago, so no real surprise. So after slapping Malak around a couple of times Bastila jumps in and fights Malak so me and Carth can escape (kinda stupid since saving her life what started all this, since she was so important to the war effort). So after another space shooting mini game the crew gathered to talk over the big reveal and they all took it rather well, even revealing that Hk-47 was my old assassin droid (which I also knew already).

So tomorrow it's back to Tatooine to give Mission's brother his stupid glands...

From water to trees...

I got the Star Map for Manaan, and decided to blow up the Kolto harvester instead of killing the super shark. I figured that the could rebuild the harvester eventual, but if the ecosystem providing the Kolto is messed up with poison then everything is messed up for a long time. The Republic officals were not too pleased with this but at least the local Selkath were happy (after another trail).

So after ting up some lose ends with quests I left to go to Kashyyyk.

For the past few worlds I have been going around with a 3 Jedi army (Bastila, Juhani and myself) and not much could stand in m way, but since Zaalbar was from Kashyyyk and Mission needed some animal gland to bail her no good brother out i decided to take them into battle instead. Turns out though Zaalbar was kicked off the planet in the first place by his traitor brother (who was selling Wookiees into slaver) and so he was captured as soon as we showed up. So I swapped him out for Juhani and went out to clear his name and find the star map. along the way I met an odd old Jedi named Jolee Bindo who joined my party replacing Mission (so back to the 3 Jedi Army).

So in the end I got the star map, reinstated Zaalbar's father as the chief, drove off the slavers, and solved a murder. The only quest I couldn't finish was one about a shady trader, when I tried to find him again the Wookiees had taken over and he was nowhere to be found...

Tomorow it's off to the Sith home world (after quick stops overs at Tatooine and Manaan)!

Heeere fishy, fishy, fishy!

Today in KotOR I went to Manaan, the ocean world populated by the Selkath.

It seemd like the other plaets at the start, the sith was there and so was the Republic since the planet was neutral territory for the Kolto resources (super healing stuff). After killing off a much of Sith, and even going on trial for it, I progressed to the underwater area to find the star map and things got weird...

It seems that some huge alien shark was woken up and it's roar dove the Selkath there insane, so now the level is like some aquatic zombie game.

Tomorrow I have to either blow up the shark and risk killing the ecosystem, or blow up the Kolto harvester and hurt the republic war effort...

A dragon! A dragon! A dragon! *THUD*

Finished off what i had to do on Tatooine today.

First i kept being killed off over and over by a group of 3 Tuscan Raiders, until I pret much lucked out and managed to get them separated long enough to pick them off. I have no idea how Anakin took out a whole village of these guys by himself...

Then I found the krayt dragon cave that the Jawas said had the star char in it, and it just so happened that a local bounty hunter was setting up to kill the dragon when we came by. After borrowing some banthas from some sand people we had to kill, we managed to lure out and blow up the krayt dragon. After we got the star map though Calo Nord ambushed us and was not to happy about being left for dead on Taris. Oddly enough, him and his 4 goons were easier to kill than that band of 3 Tuscan Raiders...

So after a short stop back at Dantooine to drop off a stowaway, I headed to an outpost near Yavin out of curiosity. Turned out it was the home of a rodian who sells super high end equipment, and high end prices...

Tomorrow I'm off to find another star map!

I don't like sand...

killed a bunch of sand people today and rescued Mission's no-good brother, some Jawas (who gave me a lead on the star map), a bunch of miners (well all but 1 died in the attempt), and some idiot who ticked off his wife.

Have light-sabers, will travel...

Today in KotOR I finished up the things I needed to do on Dantooine.

First I settled a situation of feuding families, which had a predictable Romeo and Juliet theme to it (minus the suicides), and I get the feeling that it could have done better (the families still are divided) but it could have gone a lot worse (no one died).

Then while trying to get to the old ruins i came across the lead bunch of the Mandolrian raiders. It was a close battle (died several times), but I hit on the combo of me and Bastila cut down the grunts first while Mission held back and planted mines and shot at things. In the ends the mines really paid off since the jedi killing Mandolrian lived up to his reputation and killed me and Bastila, but Mission lead him through the impromptu minefield and that finished him off. For my trouble I got 2 new light-sabers, one red and one blue and a bunch of other supplies.

Then I found the old ruins and after a couple easy fights discover that the big bads were after a star chart for the "Star Forge" (I be it's something that can make stars). So I was tasked with finding the rest of the map to find this Star Forge and the Sith, now with the help of the former rogue Jedi that I helped in my party.

Before leaving I finished off a quest involving a woman who was VERY attached to her droid, found a cave with some light-saber crystals, and talked with my party a bit (Carth is distrustful, Juhani is confused, Bastila shares my dreams, and Mission is just realizing that her brother ma be a jerk).

So tomorrow I'm off to explore Tatooine!

The greatest Jedi lesson? SAVE OFTEN!

I managed to become a Jedi Padawan today, and would have done so much sooner if it wasn't learning the hard way to save often.

The first time through the final trail I had passed a impromptu trail and talked a rouge Jedi back to the light side, but then I cam across some mandolorans who killed me and i had to do it all over again.

The next few times rouge Jedi killed me, and then a few more times with the mandolorans, and ever time having to do the trail over again... Finally i got through everything by saving ever time I accomplish somethign and then keep trying at the next step. I guess after the ease of the Zelda games I forgot how brutal some other RPGs can be when it comes to saves...

Tomorow it's off the the dark ruins and maybe some a family dispute.

Good luck with that promise land thing, and watch your heads...

Well I started today with KOTOR, and even though i was already 6 hours in it feels that I'm barely starting it.

Today i basically showed the underworld people of Taris to the promise land, saved Mission's wookiee friend (getting them both in my party), won a simple swoop race, "rescued" the Jedi I was looking for (adding her to the party), extorted a 2000 credit super droid form a woman for free (also adding it to the party), and stole the ship of the local crime syndicate boss just as the Sith blasted the whole planet to the ground (and getting a Mandorlian mercenary along the way).

So now I'm on Dantooine getting my Jedi training on!

Well that's two down...

Not only was I able to beat the dragon in the Sky city (man that dungeon was hard), but I went on to beat Zant in the Twilight Kingdom (actual rather easy), and then since I was on a roll I took on Ganondorf in Hyrule castle!

After a very long 3 stage boss fight I finally won the game! I was surprised that there was no "new game plus" kind of thing like in Wind Waker, the game just ends and after a short while starts up with the into.

Now it's on to Star wars: Knights Of The Old Republic!

Metal Gear Link!

Well I finally got to the Sky Town today, after much running around doing quests...

To track down how to recharge the command staff I first had to go the city at the base of the castle to find the expert on ancient Hyrule (big thanks to Midna for reminding me, the clever little imp). When I get there though it turns out that he just left for the town that Link's friends are staying at, and when I find him I had to then go back to the cit to deliver a letter for him!

Eventual after tracking down a smelly cat, killing some dead dogs, clearing out a western town full of goblins, and restoring Ilia's memories, I finally recharge the command staff! Then I had to go all over Hyrule looking for statues to move to find the password to open a room containing a Hyrulian style Metal Gear, and pay 300 Rupees to get it fixed, I finally was able to get to the Sky Town!

Looks like tomorrow I'll be fighting a dragon!

spEYEders!

Well I finished the forest temple today, it was a lot more puzzle oriented than the ice palace, with a lot less monsters too. The boss of the temple was a giant spider that had a huge eye on it's back that shot laser beams!

Along with the new part of the Twilight mirror, I also got a staff that allows me to control certain statues. Unfortunately, since the forest temple was actual in a time warp in the past the staff lost all power when it returned to the present.

Now not only do I need to find a way to re-chard the staff but I need to do it before I can get to the last Twilight Mirror piece in the sky!

Ice, ice, baby!

Well I finished the frozen palace area and got one of the twilight mirror shards today!

A couple differences I'm noticing with Twilight Princess from Wind Waker are how the levels are much harder (so many instant death monsters in the ice palace), and how the puzzles are much more complex (swinging chandelier->Sliding box puzzle->cannon ball relay->cannon to kill monster).

The levels are also a lot less forgiving. In WW, if You needed something like a bomb to solve a puzzle there would be a bomb plant in the room. In TP though, when I used up the 10 bombs provided in the castle I had to leave and buy more at the bomb store and then snowboard all the way back to the castle!

Along with the Twilight mirror shard I also got a very cool wrecking ball weapon/tool that kills most things instantly, break obstacle better than bombs, and triggers physics puzzles!

Tomorrow it's off to find the forest area!

7 years of Twilight luck?

Well today I started back on Twilight princess, I had played it a bit when I bought it but never got back to it.

I spent the entire time conquering the dungeon which holds the "Twilight Mirror" (after finally finding it), so that link can enter the Twilight realm whenever he wants, only to find out that the big bads have already broken 3 pieces off of it...

At least I got a nifty gear top tool, it should come in handy.

So tomorrow it's most likely off to the ice mountain realm to find one of the mirror peices...

Well that's one down...

Since today was a holiday I spent of of my time playing Wind Waker, and managed to get from the point where Link has to assemble the tri-force to the end of the game!
There's a lot of things I didn't get around to finishing, such as I only had 11 hearts, didn't have the camera, and never did find out what the skull charms were for, but i could always go back to it if i feel like it.

For now it's on to Twilight Princess!

Once more unto the breach...

Since my last update I have completed Oblivion yet have obtained a dozen more games... I have also run across a flaw in the way I had organized the list of games I was to finish.

The flaw is that with the random nature of the list I would be drudging through an average game when a much better game is gathering dust on my shelf. I came to this realization when playing Baten Kaitos, even though it's a very nice looking game for the GC, and found it to be as slow as hell (the poor voice acting didn't help either)!

So I remade the list including all the other games I bought and sorted them all by their score on gamerankings.com (since it's an average of all reviews). Surprisingly out of the top 10 games I have only 2 are for the 360, it's mostly Game Cube and Wii titles, and the 360 titles wound up more on the lower end of the list (so much for progress).