borderlands

me and lordkilljoy are playing borderlands together at the moment. i may have developed a slight obsession with it - the kind that i've not developed since i played the thief games, the kind of obsession that comes from playing a new kind of game that i've never played before. i'm playing the hunter (sniper), mordecai, and i'm finding it really wierd being a male character. i'm split between feeling i am him and being attracted to him. i think he may have to go into my hall of cool male characters (like garrett and the prince), even though his character isn't nearly as fleshed out as either of those two. but still, the little laughs he gives when he gets a critical hit and the caustic comments he makes give him enough. yea - i think that might be the problem. when playing other male characters (garrett, prince, raziel) i knew they were the character and i was the player, but borderlands is more of a shooter rpg and the character bounds arn't cut so deep, so it confuses my poor brain. (just to note - i've never played a male character in an rpg.)
but anyway - i'm really enjoying the game. when i get crits i laugh right along with mordecai. the funniest thing, though, is that games like uncharted and fallout have led up to this. as i said to lordkilljoy last night - fallout3 is like a gateway shooter. if i hadn't played them i don't think i would be enjoying borderlands half as much because i wouldn't be able to shoot anything.

not much other news - i really need to get chapter 6 finished today. i have so little to go with it. i tried to get it done yesterday, but in a fit of procrastination i cleaned the apartment instead.