Akela's Den

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I'm a female middle-aged gamer. Happily married to a game developer/reviewer and writer. Expect to find many post about games in this blog. There might other stuff too about.. stuff. Oh, a warning. I won't tie myself into a knot over use of language and I might post screenies from games that show some skin. When gaming I like to use mods that show people in a natural way. That includes Dick. This blog isn't intended for sensitive people like parents and grannies anyway. :D

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

About Gaming

When I met my husband-to-be he worked hard as a reviewer. He gave me Shadows of Undrentide, an expansion of Bioware's Neverwinter Nights, to play and the addiction was instantaneous. I have played it three tims with my main character, Akela, a half-elf Druid/Fighter/Weapon Master. My main char is always named Akela, which is also my internet nick in general. I might elaborate on that later on.

Noticing that I loved fantasy but hated anything that looked even slightly childish or had poor graphics, my husband introduced me to Morrowind. So I was stuck again. I created a Khajiit, a catlike being, whom I trained in melee weapons and alchemy. I got tired of him after a while and created Miko, a human asian beauty who loves flowers and learns anything she can about herbalogy and alchemy. She is also a merciless assassin. I have just started with her and am not yet sure about her development character-wise. I never play evil characters, can't do it, but chaotic good is an alignment that I feel comfortable with most of the times.

Morrowind was followed by Dungeon Siege. I wasn't too happy about the map, but the story was good and I had quite fun with it. Unfortunately I saved the game in the worst possible spot and got stuck between a rock and a hard place. Might start from scratch some time when I'm done with all the other games I want to finish first. Like Sacred (again) and Guild Wars. Guild Wars is my first MMORPG and I started playing it during the alpha test. Continued with all the beta test events and my husband gave me a pre-ordered copy for Christmas 2004. I played it until my eyes bled.

Now, I'm back with NWN again. Akela's baby sister Brigid, human Cleric/Champion of Torm, is fighting her way through the Hordes of The Underdark together with her faithful companion Deekin and the hunk Valen.

This is as far as my first post goes. I plan to review any new games that I play and look forward to discussing them. Please feel free to comment.