Oh man I miss Rome: Total War. I think there's a new one coming out next spring or sometime and I can't wait.

My husband played ME2 and ME3, but I never did for some reason.

My other obsession is still Borderlands2. We play it for a few weeks, play another game, play it for a few, play another. I'm fairly certain it's my favorite of the year.

Steam has FTL on sale as part of their holiday sale. I just played it for about an hour, and it was a lot of fun. Great strategy and resource management. It's $5 on Steam until noon today, then it goes back up to $10. But so far it seems like $10 is a great price, too.

WHen not playing multiplayer BO2.....which is great fun....

Rage (trying to finish before starting Borderlands 2), Resident Evil 5 (so-so so far), and NHL 13.

Got The Walking Dead for 360. Pretty cool so far

I didn't. But I'm really wishing I did, and I'm considering putting ME3 on pause, and play 1 and 2 first.

From what I see, if you do play 1 and 2, your choices and decisions determine how 3 will play out. Along with certain NPCs that will either be present or not depending on whether you chose to save/kill them in the previous versions. The story is very deep and the game is very dynamic depending on whether you play as an asshole or a hero.

Same here, love playing this game. GOTY for sure!

The Humor in this game never gets old.

I hate games like mass effect, yet I played Mass Effect one to the end. That is how good it is.

I heard a lot of great things about Mass Effect but I just couldn't get into it. I played it for an hour or two and it was nothing but cutscenes and dialog.

Skyrim.

More than 250 hours in...

I'm currently playing "tell the customer the honest truth, have them lie through their snaggly teeth to you"

I don't know how you do it, man. My character was as powerful as he was going to get 70 hours into the game and the story just wasn't enough to keep me going. I tried going back to it just to explore and finish up the different story lines and just couldn't do it. I need either the character progression or a good story to keep me going in any game. I know I've said it before, but Skyrim is a Blizzard's inventory system away from being the perfect game.

Well, I've played every Total War game since Rome and even though they were better than Rome, the experience with them wasn't as strong as that original one. I remember how my mind was blown by what was possible with Rome and how that game swallowed up my free time when I first discovered it. It was incredible. I'm a HUGE HUGE HUGE Creative Assembly fan now.

I honestly don't understand how you could be maxed out in 70 hours. By maxing enchanting and smithing?

I've meticulously cleared almost all of the dungeons and forts around Whiterun and Falkreath. I haven't been to any other holds yet and I haven't gone to the Greybeards yet. I am 24th level.

Now, that being said, I only have about 75 hours in this build. I have restarted several times. I am playing on Master difficulty with a Hold Guard build - using hold guard armor, 1-hand with shield. Not pumping smithing except for the occasional gear upgrade. Not using enchanting AT ALL and I am also not using any enchanted gear or spells.

So that means I spend more time than average sleeping, resting, and otherwise being cautious. Random saber cats or trolls can be instant death if I am not overly cautious.

I played the Diadochi mod for RTW for MONTHS.

He's maxed out in terms of best-in-slot gear, and the necessary perks for the build (heavy armor, dual-wielder, enchanter/blacksmith). I guess I could go back and train up his magic and sneaking skills and maybe medium armor and bow skills, but I just don't see the point. The dude can pretty much 1 shot anything in the game. I guess I could increase the difficulty, but it wouldn't make anything any more interesting because I can't progress any further anyway, it would just make exploring more challenging.