...and another da post

[jaebility]

Pete finished the Landsmeet yesterday. Rained on Saturday so we lazed in front of the TV and he played 12 hours of DA:O. From 4 in the afternoon until 4 at night, and he only stopped because I woke up, realized he wasn't in bed, and then came out to laugh at him. The addiction spreads! I accidentally spoiled the whole Secret Companion aspect with an off-hand remark about Pete's love of [the voice actor] Simon Templeton. But! I haven't ruined Morrigan's offer yet; we'll see how he copes with that curveball.

I haven't been into a fandom like this since... Damn, I don't know. 3:10 to Yuma, I guess. Maybe Coraline. But this obsession blows both of them out of the water. I am enthralled with this series. Hounded by it. I even joined dragonage_bang. The world's just so damn expansive, the characters so realistic and likeable, the plot so immersive. Arrggghhhh so good. The DA fandom seems awesome so far: really friendly and porn-tacular.

But instead of DA I played KotOR this weekend, partially to give the XBox 360 a break. I came really close to beating the game the year it was released. In fact, I played about 15 hours on Pete's XBox when we were in school, and then when I went home I bought the PC version and started it again. In fact I think I wrote about it on my LJ. Got to the last planet before my interest fizzled. Bah, I was pathetic. I'm about 15 hours in again, on Tantooine. Playing the same characters: female scout named Sade o'Lir who's romancing Carth. Oh Bioware, Y U so awesome.

I started it almost serendipitously right before E3. So now there's The Old Republic to get excited about. Quitting WoW was almost a relief - the thing was practically a second job - and I haven't even tried another MMO since. ...But TOR is tempting. Very, very tempting.

Comments

[owlmoose]

I think you may have noticed that I am right there with you on the whole "totally obsessed with DA" thing. ;) It seems like I am either playing or writing every chance I get. I agree that the fandom seems nice and friendly so far, although I wish I knew more people. Being a game behind makes it a little harder to jump in, although it helps a lot to have started Awakening -- at least I no longer feel like I have to hide from every mention of Anders, Nathanial, etc.

I have *never* been taken by a non-Final Fantasy fandom like this, and it's pretty exciting.

[jaebility]

XD I'm enjoying reading your journal as you play - It's great to find another fan, especially since we got into the fandom around the same time.

I wish I had avoided spoilers, but since my bf started playing DA2 before I got into DA, it was basically impossible. Still, I really enjoyed the sequel. Eee I can't wait to read your responses as you start it!