Now you've got my cocktail wheels turning for fizzy, lurid, soda-looking video game drinks. So I give you all my Official Gameological Cocktails — get 'em before I drink 'em:

Of course.

Not to derail my winking reply to @DL's winking reference with anything remotely serious, but what the hell: according to the lore book, Qunari only get busy when their society-engineering matriarchs pair them off with someone suitable and tell them to breed. Like Jewish mothers, heeey-o!

Go play DAII, you! G'wan, git!

In my somewhat-frequently-besotted experience, the best wine-based beverage for Gameological is the kalimotxo, a 50-50 mix of dry red wine such as Rioja and Coca-Cola, served over plentiful ice, with a twist of lime if you're feeling ambitious. Don't knock it 'til you've tried seven.

Hey, @Fluka, @snazzlenuts:disqus, @PaganPoet and @Drinking_with_Skeletons:disqus: what do you think the Arishok's favorite position is? I think there's a lot of subtext that indicates he would be a surprisingly tender lover.

If you saw it, there would be no use musing in Internet comment threads over the significance of various plot elements. And where would the fun be in that?

Disqus: arcane algorithm, or Arcane Horror? Ruining all my goddamn fun.

"WTF LOL no" does generally describe my canon characters' attitude towards Andrastianism, although I try to be polite. (And not reading the codex entries, gasp! Some of the best stuff is in there!) I'm glad being anti-Chantry remains an option, then (it seemed like it would have been out of character for them to force…

I got the World of Thedas book today from the stalwart UPS man who must be tired of braving the steep pile of rubble that is my driveway. It has that great chemical-y coffee table book smell. And purdy pictures. Although so far I'm a little disappointed how much of it is just copy-pasted from the in-game codices. But…

Tease.

I can top this, at least in terms of alarming things to black out on. I've blacked out on arak (high-octane Middle Eastern anise-flavored rocket fuel) and woke up covered in bruises (my friend whom I was drinking with wandered out and woke up hours later at the end of the line on a bus). I've also blacked out on…

Because my stomach did a somersault just thinking about that?

Damn you, Brigham Young! Daaaaaamn yoouuuuuuuuuu

Speak for yourself.

Okay, they didn't have any of the New Belgium pumpkin (unless I missed it, but it ain't a big store), so I took a chance on some Wasatch Brewery Pumpkin Ale. Apparently it's from Utah? Not bad. Hey, uh, it's okay to drink in the morning. It's, um…Erev Shabbat and the, uh, Talmud says it's okay. Honest.

In the last generation, the 360 generally had the better ports, because it was essentially a Windows PC in a box, whereas the PS3 had, by all accounts, some very demanding and unique architecture. That meant PS3 players had to put up with some very lousy ports (particularly of Bethesda games). Not sure how it's going…

I liked Brotherhood and Revelations slightly more, even. Brotherhood brought in the incredibly satisfying option of managing your own elite Assassin hit squad, and Revelations deepened that aspect and took place in an incredibly well-realized version of Istanbul (naturally, since the Assassin team mechanic was so…

I think I might have to make a Star Liquor run…you say the New Belgium pumpkin is good? I tried my first pumpkin ale a few weeks back and was disappointed. I was like, "Oh, a beer that tastes like cloves. I don't know what I was expecting."

I just finished up Shadow of Mordor (it's basically a long weekend game).