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March 30th, 2006General4 comments

So to update everybody, a quick reminder that The Achievers is showing this weekend (April 1st!) in Chicago; if you’re in the windy burg, move quick because tickets are selling out fast… And keep spreading the word!

Also, this just came out:

Thanks Variety!

So are you ready to rock, Chicago?

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion screenshot.

Lately I’ve been playing Elder Scrolls: Oblivion for the Xbox 360, a most excellent RPG with a thoroughy free-roaming system of play.

One thing that the game lets you do is be “good” or “evil”, with lots of gray area in between. So I created a character named Punchy McEvil. Even though his surname is McEvil, people in the game are still really polite to him, saying things like “Well met!” and “How do you do?” If I met someone named McEvil I wouldn’t say any of those things. I would drive a stake through their heart.

So my plan for this character is to make him an assassin who is a specialist at magical attacks and unarmed combat. That’s why his name is Punchy. He likes to punch things.

You can design your character’s face using a construction set consisting of sliders for nose, chin, cheeks, etc..; So Punchy looks kind of like Jason Alexander from Seinfeld, except with a five o’clock shadow, bigger eyebrows and a really bad ponytail. Oh, and he also looks much more evil.

Photoshopped representation
of Punchy Mc Evil.

I’ve already joined the Dark Brotherhood, which is a gang of assassins and killers. I also broke into this house and stole all this dude’s money and then beat him up. Then I stole some dude’s horse and rode away. The game is essentially Grand Theft Auto: Medieval Times. I like it a lot!