So let's all be honest: how deep is your backlog, what's on it, and what game(s) are you working on now that's keeping you from getting to it?

I really wanted to like V:TM:BL, but it was SO buggy...just kinda kept dying on me, and it felt strangely limited. I wanted it to be Morrowind (or at least NWN), it wasn't nearly as open as I'd hoped it would be. It's strange that, with all the vampire stuff going on these days, they haven't tried to make a more open…

The comedy aside, NOLF had one of my all-time favorite weapons load-outs in gaming. For a game with a lot of quirky spy gadgets (lipstick grenades, anyone?) it let you have a lot of control over WHICH of those gadgets you'd use. Prefer a silenced sniper rifle to a revolver? Bacalov corrector to a spear gun? Then take…

Actually, the "building a pocket" idea is probably the best way; just use a lot of superglue or something so that the pieces stay in place.

Yeah, but then you still have the feel of the Lego plate on your hand and in your pocket.

G-man kind of reminds me of the Observers on Fringe. Actually, REALLY reminds me of them (or they remind me of him, whichever).

I looked to the left for the "Colin Hanks" byline and was sorely disappointed.

These sound awful, but Birthday Cake Oreos are amazing. I want more of those.

Cool; honestly, completely maxed isn't even my goal, just passably playable. I'm totally comfortable tweaking settings and resolution down for the right game, it's just gotten to the point where there've been a few that are pretty unplayable or pretty ugly.

I'm hoping so, I'll let y'all know. I hate having to drop money on something, but that seemed like a nice sweet spot between price and power.

That's what I was thinking, too; I've also had that a lot longer. I just hope that card will run them both.

Okay, so my current video card (a woeful 6450 that came with the computer) was never able to really run DX:HR. I just ordered a 650 Ti Boost and a new power supply, and I'm either playing this or "Witcher 2" first. Thoughts?

Yeah, it's more watery, so it seems like I need a little more in certain spots, or that I need to reapply a bit more frequently. However, it does seem to work as well as long as you're diligent; I burn like paper in fire without sunblock and this prevents that as well as the lotion does.

I zone out on music, though...for some reason it just doesn't really motivate me.

Interesting, I hadn't heard that; I kind of assumed it wasn't as good at first, but I've used it as my main protection for a couple of years now and it's held up alright. That said, it's not helpful if it prevents burning but STILL causes skin cancer.

See, I can't do audiobooks at all (I need a solid 45 minutes of just one thing, with good banter, to listen to; my mind wanders in audiobooks for some reason); I almost use the podcast as a timer for the jog (or walk, if my dog's there), knowing that I need to be done in an hour or a half hour or whatever. Books feel…

When I jog I actually listen to podcasts; I find it's actually more relaxing than music to have people talking about random stuff in my ear. Anyone else do this?

Also: sprayable lotion (such as this) seems to work just as well for me, and when you spray the bottle it comes out WAY colder than lotion out of a squeeze bottle (I'm guessing the gasses that compress it cause this; who knows, though). I like the cold lotion, and I find it easier to put on if there isn't a mirror…

It makes it easy to feel where you've put it, though, which can be a perk.

I tend to "horde" books on my iPad, so I have a lot of stuff I COULD read, but not a lot of stuff that I ACTUALLY read. It sometimes becomes more about the acquisition ("Oh, I have that book, I'll get to it eventually...") than the actual reading of the book.