There's no way they'll ditch the Skyrim engine until they've got at least one Fallout with it. They've been using the same engine for years, just heavily modifying it. I don't see that changing any time soon.

I think Skyrim's engine is different enough. Fallout 3 definitely felt like a prettier Oblivion engine, but Skyrim's feels singificantly different enough, while still being familiar.

You can talk to the steward or something, can't remember his title, to upgrade your house. I think there's a chest upstairs by default though.

As for werewolfing yourself, I never cared for the benefits. It's a fun novelty at first but I never used it after a few times.

You can get through that quest line pretty quickly and then there is a way out.

And if you get Dawnguard, there's a way back in!

Yeah, you don't get your sleep bonus on skillups, and people will tell you that you smell like a wet dog. That's about it.

There's one sidequest where you can get an item that helps control when you can turn. I won't give any more info in case you want to avoid spoilers but you can search for it on the wikis if you are so inclined.

You can control it but you only get one per day. The item changes that.

Actually I think that coul be interesting. If they gave you more benefits to being a werewolf but one big drawback, like turning automatically on a full moon.

The underground jungle was damn fun. Annoying at times, but tons of fun.

This server is honestly one of my favorite experiences in gaming. You guys are all awesome to play with. Terraria is so deceptively deep, and it was great discovering it all with you guys, building tons of awesome stuff, and taking out bosses.

Any privacy concerns with 4shared? I've never used it but need to create an account if I want to download that file. Just want to make sure they aren't going to steal my identity or burn my house down or anything nefarious.

Well, I did, but the FBI shut it down :) Haven't looked into it much since then. Megaupload was awesome.

I guess there's always Google or Dropbox.

But I don't mind creating an account, as long as it's safe, or there's always bugmenot.com :)

I have incorporated some key elements of our world into my own and finished my base. Video is uploading, but it's going to take some time.

And now, just in time for the Diablo 3 patch, I think I'm done with Terraria for a while.

I watched a tournament game. I have no idea what the hell was going on.

I got into the beta a while back but haven't jumped in yet. I mean, I got the beta invite during the Steam sale, come on! What did they expect?

But being one of the last 5 people left who haven't played the original DOTA, I was kinda lost. It looks a bit like what would happen if a Diablo-style game got dropped into the Warcraft world, with a few mechanics of War3 coming in as well.

That's always been my problem with super competitive games. People are so serious about it you are practically helpless if you don't dedicate 16 hours a day to it.

I much prefer games with friends than games with strangers who will just annihilate you or grief. For example, I played a little CoD4:MW online, and I just don't see the appeal. It's not that the game isn't well-made, or that the content isn't fun, it's the *people* who ruin it. Same with Halo 3. I just play solo unless I can play with friends.

Addendum to the above: The only exception is TF2. Maybe the "It's too cartoon bro, why would you ever play that junk?" mentality drove away all the assholes. I played TONS of TF2 online and loved every minute. A teammate I was on at one point said "Wow, I don't even care that we're getting our asses handed to us, I feel honored to see this. They are AMAZING."

How often would you hear that in CoD?

Looks like that url is now broken. People have flooded it!

I don't know how much of that is a joke and how much of it is real. I just found that on the profile page for Chase, if you click on the HL3 dev, all the screen elements fall apart. So it's obviously not a real page, but Valve loves mixing hints with jokes.

Dammit Geoffrey, you ruined my fun. But you're probably right, this does seem to be hoaxy.