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April 18 Living in Oblivion No, this isn't a look back at the greatest music decade ever, this is all about my newest addiction - Oblivion. I have been playing Oblivion for a couple of weeks now and find that it's starting to make me crazy. I'm sure you've all had those times when you start dreaming about imaginary levels, hearing sounds or seeing things that remind you of part of a game. That is if you are sick in the head like me! I was riding in the car this past weekend and saw a pretty red flower on the side of the road. My first thought was not, "Oh how pretty." It was, "Oh look, that looks like a Bergamot but it could also be Flax. I wonder what potions I could make with it." I mean really, that's not right. Anyway, back to the game. You may not want to read this if you hate spoilers. I will do my best to keep things vague but please stop reading now if you don't want to know anything at all that will happen in the game.  My proudest moments so far:
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 I have to say, I really tried to get into Morrowind back on the XBox but it just didn't keep me interested. Oblivion, however, has me enthralled. Not only is it just a beautifully rendered game, there's just so much to do. I don't have to follow the main story, I can go do any quest I please. I can make potions all day, I can kill bandits, trolls and ogres (I have an issue killing the wolves and I refuse to kill deer. Yes, I know it's just a game, but still...), I can steal, I can explore ruins, pick flowers, eat nasty stuff, sleep, train, talk to characters. It's amazing. This is my first real RPG (I don't consider Fable a real RPG like it should have been) and it's got me hooked.Another thing I love about the game is the character creation. Sometimes, there's too much customization (Tiger Woods for 360 for example) but the options in Oblivion are very cool. You get all kinds of face molding choices and of course classes and races to choose from. You will also get to choose your birth sign that bumps up certain attributes. Right now, I am a female Dark Elf with my own "sneak" class and was born under the sign of the thief. Hey, I don't intend to steal in real life so why not have some fun in fantasy land? I would highly recommend this game to anyone. Even those of my friends who are hardcore FPS players have been drawn into the world of Cyradil. It's at least worth the rental! Also, if you have the game and are experiencing choppy play or excrutiating load times, you may want to try and clear the cache. This is the official word from Bethesda Softworks on fixing some freezing issues: Oblivion uses the Xbox 360 hard drive extensively to cache (copy and reuse) game data. This is done to optimize all loading the game does. It has been found in rare cases on some Xbox 360s that the cached data can get overly fragmented. This exhibits itself by the game taking a long time to load anything from menus, dialogue, sounds, objects, levels, and more. To solve this problem, reset your Xbox, and hold down the A button as the game is booting up. If any button is held while Oblivion is loading, it will clear its hard drive cache, and create a new one. Once you see the “Bethesda Softworks” logo video, the game is already loaded, and the cache should have been cleared. Note, this does not effect your game in any way other than loading. You will not lose any saved data. Comments (4)
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