As I pour through stats …

To the person who searched for “Avernum 4″ registration key: c’mon, man, throw “Jeff”:http://www.spidweb.com some change. He makes good games, and he’s essentially a one-man show. (Well, one and a half.) It’s 25 bucks. Certainly you can save up your allowance for a couple of weeks, eh?

Great waste of time

If you’ve never tried it, try the “Blades of Avernum”:http://www.avernum.com game. It’s a role-playing game that’s not too big on graphics, but _very_ good on plot. This game, based on the Avernum series (which, in turn, is a remake of the Exile series), is broken up into different scenarios. The game itself comes with four [...]

Fuzzy brains

Dear Diary,
My head is still swimming from the Umber Hulk, so pardon me if this is all jumbled.
We found the drow cave after some time. I remember taking out a scout in a tree (now that I can go through the Plane of Shadow a short distance I can do these things a lot more [...]

April 10, 1373 DR

Dear Diary,
Well, I have to say, this TTC is a weird bunch. Apparently they met up with some friends and even some strangers like this weird gnome named Badl who likes to turn into a tiger and who keeps an ape as a pet. Well, I guess an ape isn’t as weird as a freakin’ [...]

Summer, 1373 DR

Dear Diary,
Oh, what a difference a year makes! I tried adventuring in Thentia, but somehow I just didn’t _mesh_ with the adventuring parties. And what a pittance they pay! Sheesh, go rescue a pony with an amulet of health who strayed north into orcland and get paid 20 gp? What are those idiots _thinking_? Well, [...]

Summer, 1372 DR

Dear Diary,
I finally made it to Thentia! The Melvauntians were on to me, and they almost caught me. Fortunately, some of Zephyr’s promises about this path are coming true. I stepped into a shadow, and popped out the other side of the Melvauntian wall by night. The police had no idea what happened, and by [...]

Summer, 1371 DR

Dear Diary,
I called my first pet today! I call him Slim Shady. Get it? He, being incorporeal, is very slim. And he’s a shadow and therefore shady. Ok, bad joke but Slim Shady it is.
So, Melvaunt is still fun. I heard news that that Whitton, er, however the hell you spell it has left Phlan. [...]

Summer, 1370 DR

Dear Diary,
Well, it was time to leave Phlan. Everything just got so, boring. I mean, I like my dancing job, and everything, but I guess I have ants in my pants. I have to go do something _exciting_. So, I went to Melvaunt.
Ick! It’s smelly around here! But it’s a hopping place! Inns, nobles, the [...]

Winter, 1369-70 DR

Dear Diary,
This year has gone by so fast! Let’s see, how to begin …
Well, of course you know I left Hellhole and set up shop in Phlan. But oh how my life has changed since then! I have met my Prince Charming! Well, I did meet him. He swept through, stole my heart, and then [...]

Summer, 1369 DR

Dear Diary,
I’ve made it to Phlan. I thought it would be a sleepy little town, but it’s really a happening place. The zombies at night are a bit of a downer, and the thieve’s guild here is SO unsophisticated, but it really beats the hell out of seducing rich little boys just so Rocco can [...]