Forums > Contributor Zone > RotW: 11/29 to 12/5, 2009.....uh, my intents were to have it done on time.....

You might be wondering why it took me until Wednesday to put out an RotW that only featured six reviews. Well, read on!

SUNDAY: Visited my mom. When I got home, I was hungry and ate a big dinner. Too big. I was in a lethargic food coma the rest of the night.
MONDAY: Hellish day at work. No mental energy when I got home.
TUESDAY: Not a hellish work day, but a long one. The fact I took a lengthy afternoon nap during the break I had between my early-day work and my evening/night work also played a factor.

Now that all that's been taken care of, let's look at our six contestants and see which three of them were worthy of my praise. As always, there are rules, but I'm not mentioning them because neither of them come into play this week.



THIRD PLACE:

I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

Thanks for the runner-up, and congrats to PAJ89 and LowerStreetBlues!

Is the 5 just because you're a roguehound and were able to at least tolerate all of those negatives due to the general essence of rogue games?

Kind of. The rating stems from my conclusion that the game is more tiring than awful. I probably should have elaborated on that point a bit.

JOSEPH VALENCIA was able to build this sig IN A CAVE…… WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!

That's OK, OD - you're not as late as lewis! =D

Congrats to the winners. And wow, I commend LowerStreetBlues for his whirlwind victory in these things lately.

[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will

Glad you enjoyed. Agreed on the fact that one could easily write a lot more about DA:O. Grats to all.

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Hey Overdrive--I seem to remember getting a random Orc God fight or two. I spent a lot of time mucking about in the 500's through 800's looking for the Loincloth. It wasn't on the Apple version. So I ran into a lot of weird monsters including, I think, the Orc God. It was not available.

It is a problem that MM2 is less accessible for those who've never played it. I think also there are other problems with my review to fix (eg a bit of FAQ-itis,) and I'll look at them. At the base, the game tries a lot of abstract combinations of Cool Things to Throw without graphics. The thing about the game that sticks with me is the logical excesses it goes to and how they don't make it fall apart.

Congrats to those who made it to the ring of honor. It's always fun to see what others do, and how they do it, and it gives me good ideas either way for what I want to do.

My principal said, 'Emo, Emo, Emo.'
I said 'I'm the one in the middle, you lousy drunk!'
-- Emo Phillips