A day off

A day off today, hurrah! Walk the dog, fling open the patio doors (am I the only person in the world who sees the word 'patio' and has an irresistible urge to pronounce it to rhyme with 'ratio'?), fire up the x-box and settle down for a day on Knights of the Old Republic.

Thirty hours or so into the game I finally get ambushed by the villain of the piece Darth Malak. Hang on, I thought there were supposed to be at least 40 hours of play on this and there are planets I haven't been to yet - have I missed a bit, or cocked something up somewhere? However, there is a plot twist to rival anything in Empire Strikes Back and my planet hopping resumes. I am really enjoying some of the character interactions as I succumb to the power of the dark side - as is my wont, my character is female but that doesn't seem to have stopped my snooty Jedi mentor Bastilla from trying to chat me up by going on about the bond that we share. Hmmm - is the Star Wars universe ready for hot girl on girl action?

I read something on geek.com recently about gamers who were outraged that The Temple of Elemental Evil had an ending where your male character could be gay and settle down to live happily ever after with another man. It wasn't compulsory, and you could also rescue the princess if that was your preferred choice, but they didn't even like the possibility that their alter ego might be anything other than staunchly heterosexual.

My most satisfying game experience ever was being romanced by a paladin knight whilst playing Baldur's Gate II. When I finally succumbed to a night of passion he buggered off and left me, the bastard ... men, eh?