David Hingtgen

I see them fine.

Yuthura Ban is the most-interesting and most-clothed of them all. Coincidence?

The tower did seem long and boring IMHO. Not that HARD, just too long. Also---yes, everyone and everything says that having a PC mage makes it easy--which is why my next game will be that. My party for most of the game was my dual-wielding rogue, Leliana, Alistair or Oghren, and Wynne or Morrigan. Usually Wynne, just to heal the other 3 while they were fighting. It worked, but wasn't easy. It's clear IMHO that the game is unbalanced, class-wise. Area-of-effect and stunning/stopping abilities are key---and most non-mages have few if any of those. Every guide and FAQ basically say "if you don't have cone of cold in your party abilities, you're totally screwed in this fight and every other one like it".

Beat Dragon Age. For the final boss---RANGED attacks. Seriously. I even gave Alistair a crossbow. And common sense should tell you what type of attack you'll want to equip against. Another quick tip----there is no "final form" or "the REAL evil". Once you're there---that's it. Use EVERY item you've got, don't worry about saving them for a 2nd round or anything.

They have made several versions to cover each appearance---if you want hover mode (and a Mr Fusion), you have to buy the BTTF 2 version. White-walls? BTTF 3. Lightning rod? BTTF 1.

Make Marty in his yellow bio-hazard suit with the hood/mask on, and there'd be no likeness issues, and it'd be hard to argue that it's actually a "movie" figure at all. Be better than nothing.

I swear my Wynne is bugged. She's pretty much maxed out for liking me, I've NEVER gotten a disapproval from her, I've done all of her conversations, and her personal quest---and she has still never offered to teach the spirit mage specialization. (and I went back everywhere and couldn't find the book that teaches it again---it would have cost a large percentage of my money at the time, but now I wish I'd bought it)

Man, and I thought I'd found everything Leliana had to say, since she was always in the party. Guess I'll have to bring her along occasionally in the next playthrough (since I plan to have Sten in the party a lot) PS---Leliana does giggle a lot.

One of the few (only?) flying EE Lightings crashed at an airshow in Cape Town (as in South Africa), killing the pilot.

And the crash was caught on tape: http://jalopnik.com/5404403/exclusive-vide...into-texas-lake "I'm pretty sure it's a Lambo, dude".

I think the X-31 was the first practical application of that. I mean, it is the smallest possible number to get 3D vectoring. (yes, I know what you're really alluding to)

Now you get to tell me when you hear Cdr Shepard. Anyways---last I read there were 4 endings---really just 2, but 1 of those 2 had 3 variations. Based on recent conversations/choices in Denerim, I suspected there'd be a whole lot more---are some impossible to actually get, they just offer dialogue? Or will what happens there really not affect the ending, it only affects those scenes? (I don't want to be spoiled at all, but I also don't want to replay the last few hours a half-dozen times trying to achieve every little variation--though some could be fun to see). Still, even though my char is about as persuasive as could be without spending the entire game focusing on it, I failed a few there. ::late night edit--hey, it's the weekend:: I won't spoil it at all, but man, I'm surprised that last event choice didn't say "Alistair disapproves -100, and will hate you forever".

Well, 1/24 is still common for cars.

1/18, not 1/24.

Spoilered for your protection, here's who Ashley is: You can even get her to quote poetry. (I think that's a little easter egg)

I'm surprised that dragonskin and dragonbone armor is about the least-cool-looking of all medium armors. Well, it's better than the lowest chainmail, but that's about it. Got my Alistair in full Blood Dragon armor. Just all of a sudden I realized he could equip it and I had plenty of money to buy it. The money system is kind of annoying--I spend the first half of the game desperate for cash, and now I have a lot--but nothing to buy. Legendary/matched/plot armor and weapons far surpass anything you can buy----but there's always a few items that are INSANELY expensive (hundreds of gold). Having 100 gold is "pointless"---can't buy the amazing stuff, and no point buying stuff that 12 hours ago you were drooling over. And the stores just don't restock fast enough to splurge on a bunch of poultices and potions. True, most RPGs are kind of like that, but never to this extent. (except Dragon Warrior 1, where you were always dirt-poor even at the end)

Man, it must really suck to have a pelican buzz your Bugatti Veyron, causing you to drive it into a marsh: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/slides...BUCB800?index=0

Any more of Sheryl in Mylene's outfit, or is there just that one?

Darth Talon is so "extreme" I dislike her character. She's every stereotype and fantasy rolled into one package that is flat-out ludicrous. Yuthura Ban is 1000x better and more interesting if you want a twilek sith.

I got EVA-01, but recognize Dom, Zaku, and Saiyan when they were mentioned.

The F-20 of course. (Northrop's other greatest fighter that was never made). Was supposed to be able to out-turn and out-accelerate a stripped-down F-16, with better high-alpha stability.

Ashley from Mass Effect's in it (and I don't think it's possible to miss her--you should recognize her in about 2 syllables). I know Shepard (male) is in it too, but I can't remember who it was. Also, Cree Summer is the "violent female elf" voice option. So yes, I have Blackarachnia in my party. My stats finally updated, and the profile pic works again, but it still shows everything with level 1 equipment. http://social.bioware.com/playerprofile.ph...;nid=2298482811 PS---level 6 medium armor takes 30 str, level 7 takes 34.

Fixed.

Sten never says much in my experience, though what he does is good. 2nd time around I plan to have him around a lot more, as now I know his likes/dislikes a lot better and will be able to actually get him more than 1 or 2 points about "neutral". I kind of suspect that since Alistair and Morrigan etc are "main" characters, the game kind of "prefers" to have them speak, and only does the others when the main ones are "out" of things to say for that area/situation. (because I hear a lot more Morrigan than I should, based on how much she's in my party---I don't put her in that much) Also--Mage tower revenant *is* nasty. But my personal rule is to never leave a revenant unvanquished---there's too many and you'll forget where they are trying to get then later. (there better be a good reward for finishing that quest--I've got 4 of the 6 "main" ones now, having killed maybe 7 revenants total)

Well, I beat Morrigan's side-quest. (trying to be spoiler-free here). I basically cheated---the improved drake-scale armor is nigh-flame-proof. So I just stood there shooting arrows, as you'll only encounter fire attacks when at a distance. Alistair just dies SO fast in melee it's not worth healing nor reviving--won't take any melee along for future similar situations. Arrows, arrows, and more arrows...