Backseat Gaming

Yeah, it's like that.

So folks may or may not know, I took a little backseat to gaming after finally getting Platinum on Skyrim on PS3 a month or so ago.  FYI, that stuff is hard to do on PS3 with all the fun little buggies and annoying patch errors over the past year.  I absolutely LOVE the Elderscrolls series despite that they are notorious for having bugs as much as they are for being immensely huge worldscapes.  Morrowind, Oblivion, etc are amazing but good heavens do their bugs crash your game on a console!

The series' developer Bethesda have learned and fixed quite a bit over time but for some reason they still haven't learned their lesson with the PS3 and I don't want to try and upgrade my laptop or buy a gaming computer when I've been very happy with my PS3 for everything else.  You'd think I would just get this for X-Box 360 but I do my trophy collecting on PS3 so to PS3 I go for my version of Skyrim.  Still, I managed to fight through bugs and quirks and waited on patches and repatches to finally get my coveted first and only Platinum and it was worth it.  I'm still the only one in my group that has gotten that final trophy for this game either because they moved on to other games or I'm just that much of a fanatic for the series but I adored this Elderscroll setting in Skyrim.  The best so far and that's saying a lot give how much I used to love Morrowind.  

Anyway, after putting so many months into playing this game, I've taken a wee bit of a break and gave the reins to the boyfriend while I wait on the new DLC for Skyrim to come out.  If it EVER comes out for PS3.  We'll avoid my rant about Bethesda releasing the DLC vampire quests and werewolf perk tree for PC and 360 with no guarantee for PS3 before the holiday season.  Still, the boyfriend gets to play while I work on my knitting and crochet projects and just watch because it's still interesting although I've realized that not only have I taken a backseat to gaming, I've become a backseat gamer of sorts to the boyfriend. Like...wincing when he uses ice spells on a frost troll or dying 5 times in the same dungeon section because he forgets he can heal or the one that really makes me die a little inside...refusing to approach any door or treasure chest with a lock on it unless he finds the key because he thinks the lockpicking mini-game is too hard and he won't let me show him how to do it more efficiently so his game can go by more easily.  Yeah, looks like someone isn't going to be joining the Thieves' Guild anytime soon.  

I know he's tried to lend me Mass Effect 2 and Batman: Arkham City to play in my woman cave upstairs but the chance to just craft for a few weeks and get projects out of the way before the holidays while there's no rush is very enticing for me right now and his games aren't going anywhere.  I just can't help watching him play Skyrim either.  Plus, once I'm done with this crochet stash busting blanket, I can try my hand at spinning wool, a craft I really have put off for FAR too long.  My wheel is collecting a little dust, the poor girl. :(