Is it just me, or is Buck awfully blithe about raping and torturing the buddy of a man who, by this point, has left several hundred corpses in his wake? No spoilers, please, but the minute I get Keith back, Buck's name shoots to the top of my shitlist.

The more I play this game, the less impressed I am. Killing Buck in a quick-time event? The hell? Not even having the option of a stealth infiltration of Vaas' compound? Killing the motherfucker in a vision, after he already stabbed me? What, precisely, the fuck?

Also, the dread plague consolitis is really annoying. Only two configurable hotkeys? What flaming moron is responsible for this?

FrCry3 and as a matter of fact, the entire farcry franchise aside from 4 are very much on sale on steam right now.

Finished Far Cry 3. Took the "save friends" ending, because Citra's a psycho bitch and the Rakyat never did a damned thing except stand back and let me fight their war for them. This joins the ranks of the few games I have deleted immediately upon finishing. Next up: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Let's hope a good dose of cheesy 80s sci-fi action can wash the taste of FC3 out of my mouth.

If Blood Dragon can't change the aftertaste, the aftertaste ain't changing. It's gloriously silly/awesome/stupid/fun, the complete opposite in tone and story of the core game.

I did, in fact, quite like Blood Dragon. Not enough to replay immediately, but it's a fun little number. It's one of the few games that is exactly what its marketing says it is. I was a little disappointed by Michael Biehn's voice, though; does he really sound like that now, or was he gargling with gravel to get that "action hero" tone? I wanted him to sound like Kyle Reese or Cpl. Hicks, damnit.