Alright, to take a break from my Blizzard binge of Starcraft 2 (very much contemplating getting the Starcraft 1/Brood War anthology for $15), Diablo 3 (will most certainly get the full game/Reaper of Souls pack for $40 at some point), and my newly acquired Warcraft 3, I'm considering getting Counterstrike.

I can get the original for $10, but there are also the Counter-Strike 1 Anthology (Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Day of Defeat, Deathmatch Classic, Ricochet) for $15, and Counter-Strike Complete (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero) for $30.

If I don't want to shell out more for those, then I can still get Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, which has both that and the original for the same price as just getting the core game.

So, what should I do? What. Should. I. Do?!

****ING STEAM!!! I'm downloading Team Fortress 2 (free to play!!!) and it's downloading slow as molasses while absolutely killing my internet connection. I can't even watch a 720p Youtube video without it lagging like a grandmother. WTF going on?!

Checked my computer specs, and it will actually be able to play Ark, which I had previously thought to not be the case. I just found it for $18 on Humble Bundle and it is now downloading from Steam (HB basically just sold me a Steam Key). So in a little while I'm finally gonna be getting in on some early access Ark madness, and with a day off tomorrow to allow for an all-nighter of epic proportions. My co-worker was talking about how awesome it was all day, so the idea of playing it has been consuming my soul.

For those of you not familiar with Ark: Survival Evolved, it's basically an MMORPG Jurassic Park.





Jealous much?

^ Visually stunning. Does the gameplay measure up?

I've only been playing less than a day, and it's a slow game to start. It's basically like Minecraft, where you have to chop down trees and **** to gather resources, build tools to harvest better resources, use those to build structures, eat food to keep from starving, all while running from pretty much anything since you're helpless against everything. It's definitely not beginner friendly, since it takes so long to do anything and you lose all your stuff if you die, unless you've built something to store them in.

But I played from six or seven PM last night to almost four AM, and started again as soon as I woke up, so I'd say it's pretty ****ing addictive. Unfortunately my computer can only run the game at its lowest settings, so I don't really get to appreciate just how good the game can look.

In Ark I started a half hour-long argument after some guy said something about eating nothing but organic food and I told him it was all bull****. Pretty much everyone on the server got into a knock down, drag out chat brawl that went from organics, to GMOs, to vaccines, and even 9/11 conspiracy theories. It was epic and worth the $18 I spent on the game alone.

Im playing the new game+ on Emerald. I beat the big 4 way too easily cause i caught Rayquaza which is OP as f*ck. he wasn't hard to catch either cause i had a master ball.

Im also playing Smt: Devil survivor 2 which so far is shaping up to be a decent tactical rpg.

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I used to love the banter on Xbox Live.

Playing Fallout 4 now. Love this game.