I just picked up the New Monarchy sigil-thingy. I liked the gear they had the best, now I just need the rep. I figure the legendaries will come with enough time spent, and I'm really enjoying spending time in Destiny so far. One of my clan-mates got a legendary rocket launcher from a random drop last night, so I…

Awesome. Thanks for the tips. I've been playing a mix of crucible and single player, with a focus on the bounties I can collect. Hitting the public events on Earth is a good idea I haven't tried much (moved on from Earth when the other planets opened up).

Thanks. That's good to know. I got one of those packages, but didn't know why (turned out to be three blues).

I haven't even found a purple engram yet. I've made it to level 22, but I'm maxed out until I can find some armor better than rare. I've done a bit of everything (Crucible, Strikes, Story Missions, Patrols), but apparently don't have the engram luck I need. Oh well, I'm enjoying the game a lot so no real problem.

I'm a complete fan of the three-man squads. Granted, I'm not coming from an MMO background, but just basic console co-op (usually ranging from 2-4 players). I've got a core group of around 5-6 friends that game on a regular basis. We all have kids, jobs, other interests, so finding a time we can all game together…

My first army was an Imperial Guard army, back during 4th edition. I was doing a hoard list, so I painted many, many, many little army men, and a good dozen tanks. I moved away from hoard lists for a while with my beloved Blood Angels army and some Grey Knights, but now I'm working on a 400+ model Tyranid army. I…

Having painted a number of those Imperial Guard Stormtroopers (or I guess it's now the Astra Militarum), that is some excellent details work on that cosplay. Even the pose is about the same as the old stormtrooper models. Kudos.

I come from a background in political campaigns, so both rational and unhinged debate are no stranger to me. I've watched Sarkeesian's videos, and I've agreed and disagreed with things she's said or pointed out. Therein lies a distinction that many of the more "unhinged" don't want, or don't care to make: it's fine…

Wired is looking at solid data, but drawing the wrong conclusions. First off it's an imperfect comparison because people play games vastly differently than they watch movies. Even the shallowest games have more than 2 hours of gameplay (if they're worth playing at all). Even the quick, throw away games I'll get…

I've been playing it on the Xbox One for the past couple days, and the tearing issue isn't too bad. I turned on the v-sync which helped quite a bit. The issues are there (I turned on v-sync after noticing some screen tearing), but there's nothing that detracts from the gameplay. You're right that the fault in a lot…

That is some amazing Lego work. I've been building and painting a Blood Angels army for years now and even I had to look twice to realize that was not official models.

I'd highly recommend finding a good crew if you're wanting to play more GTA Online. My crew is just a few old college and high school friends that are now scattered around the country, and it makes it a hell of a lot better than playing with randoms. The missions are good co-op fun, and the racing is quite good for…

#2 doesn't bother me at all. I love doing the missions, but trying to do them with a dozen extraneous jackasses who seem to live to pester others would just make trying to get anything done impossible. You can access some of the races and activities from the free mode map, but it will still take you into the lobbies…

I am really looking forward to the heists. I've been playing a ton of GTA Online, and my crew has been waiting for the heists with each update. A lot of folks are upset over the delays in getting the heists up and running, but as long as they work when they're introduced I'm fine with that. I haven't felt a dearth…

A broad skill set is a great place to start. A Poli-Sci degree or related studies are nice, but usually not a requirement. On my first campaign, I was in the research department and out of eight of us, only one had a Poli-Sci degree (I'd worked two years at a hardware store before joining the campaign). Good…

This game was my introduction to the series. I remember picking it up for the Xbox, and realizing there was nothing else like it that I'd ever played. It took years before I played anything else that came close, and that game was Oblivion.

I left politics in May 2012, so I wasn't around for that one. Pretty much any election cycle you're going to find a lot of unemployed campaign workers come November. A lot of the professional campaign workers I knew just planned for being out of work for a few months, treating it like a vacation (which you really…

There's a lot of similarity to my last line of work, campaign politics. You have large staffs, especially on high-level races (top-tier state-level races like Governor and Senator, can see hundreds of campaign staff, not counting volunteers and staff on Presidential races can number in the thousands), and most of…

The time limit is still there, but it's much less stringent than in the previous games. I was able to do all of the side missions and a decent amount of exploring without feeling rushed at anytime.

This is always going to be the curse of the open world game. Either you provide the player with the freedom to do all sorts of things and a small percentage of players will do terrible things with that freedom, or you restrict all your players and risk people complaining about the restrictions.