I wanted Dishonored to win, but I did pick up all those skin packs for $.33 apiece that I was missing (plus the two extra classes for like 33% of whatever they were); all told I picked up a ton of DLC for like $18.08.

It looks like it uses contact data to give each event a background picture; I'm not sure how it does that, but it definitely seems like it's part of why it needs contact info.

DA:O, plus all the DLC, for $8 is a fantastic buy. It's a really good RPG once you get the combat down; good stories, good universe, definitely worth your time (and be prepared for a lot of time; this is one of those epic RPGs that you're gonna dump 80 hours into, once you factor in all the DLC, and that's not even…

That was my problem, I basically played ONLY Football Manager games for several years straight, and all of those games can be played pretty much forever. Even now, I'm on a year and a half break from them and I know I'll buy FM'14 and possibly look up six months later and wonder where the time's gone.

X-Com and Dishonored are the two I'm holding out for; I might get Civ 5:BNW if it gets a heavy cut, but since I haven't played a single minute of Civ5's massive all DLC expansion pack I bought in the winter sale, that's a really hard buy to make.

I've got such a big backlog because, from like 2009 through let's say March of last year, the only game I really played was Football Manager (whichever iteration was current). It was just one of those games that totally sucked me in, and even when I took brief breaks to go play other things I still always came right…

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.