The new Dragon Age: Inquisition is finally here. Been playing it way to much and haven't gotten anything new done on the site yet.

Compared to the previous dragon age games, this one is more open, very similar to skyrim. Lots of interesting sidequests to do in addition to the epic main story. And as usual in dragon age, lots of interesting characters to talk to, both on mission and in between.

Right now I'm playing a dwarf rogue (pictured to the right) but I'm already planning my next playthrough, this time as a warrior. Haven't decided on a race yet, but either a human or a qunari.

I've added a few screenshots in the gallery under dragon age folder from the new game. It's a beautiful game, the new engine really makes it feel much more alive than the previous one, where it all felt very flat and stale. The level designs are really nice with lots of complicated and overlapping terrain.

And best of all, it's now possible to jump!

My admin interface is back, so I'll have an easier time posting new stuff. Also fixed the banner rotation with all the quotes from v.3, and now the real quote with attribution is shown in the footer. I also added some random stats in the footer, like number of opinions and tags and such, with links to the relevant page.

As noted in the last post edit, the tags and tag cloud are back up as well.

Still left to do now: Blog Archive by date, comments and a boatload of opinions.

Here's a short sneak peak opinion for now: Just read the new Robin Hobb book, Fool's Assassin and it's awesome! Unfortunately it ends in a big cliffhanger (first book in a new trilogy).

Yay, the new look is here! Only took about a year from start to finish. The tag system, archive and comment functionality is not online yet tough.

I also have a huge backlog in opinions... It's going to take a while to get back in sync.

Edit:
Tags fixed!

Yeah, still here, just slacking with updates. The opinion backlog is getting really long.

I'm currently working on a redesign of skallen.net. A little wider and cleaner, more suited for todays high-res screens . Will be ready for next month.

New wallpaper:

1	YUI	1509	9 (+8) +1038 plays
2	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1329	1 (-1) -337 plays
3	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	982	2 (-1) -188 plays
4	志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata)	759	NEW
5	Machinae Supremacy	737	20 (+15) +433 plays
6	Ayreon	680	7 (+1) +124 plays
7	Lunatica	637	3 (-4) -19 plays
8	Symphony X	565	8 (-) +43 plays
9	Therion	533	11 (+2) +118 plays
10	Iron Maiden	528	5 (-5) -94 plays
11	Haken	506	10 (-1) +89 plays
12	Metallica	469	12 (-) +66 plays
13	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	461	14 (+1) +85 plays
14	the brilliant green	451	4 (-10) -194 plays
15	Kalafina	444	6 (-9) -158 plays
16	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	437	19 (+3) +113 plays
17	KOTOKO	422	13 (-4) +24 plays
18	Blind Guardian	375	16 (-2) +12 plays
19	Arjen Anthony Lucassen	339	NEW
20	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	289	22 (+2) +11 plays
21	May	287	NEW
22	m.o.v.e	276	21 (-1) -10 plays
23	Krypteria	269	NEW
24	Iced Earth	262	23 (-1) -15 plays
25	Allen-Lande	256	30 (+5) +44 plays
26	savage genius	248	24 (-2) -17 plays
27	Motörhead	244	NEW
28	Delain	242	18 (-10) -92 plays
29	Dido	241	32 (+3) +39 plays
30	Demians	232	25 (-5) -25 plays
31	Avantasia	227	15 (-16) -140 plays
32	In Flames	225	27 (-5) -5 plays
33	Tommy heavenly6	223	34 (+1) +27 plays
34	Samael	218	35 (+1) +24 plays
35	Genesis	206	26 (-9) -28 plays
36	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	194	37 (+1) +10 plays
37	After Forever	188	40 (+3) +13 plays
38	Dark Tranquillity	185	47 (+9) +30 plays
39	Riverside	183	17 (-22) -161 plays
40	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	177	36 (-4) -13 plays
41	Frank Zappa	176	NEW
42	Opeth	175	NEW
43	Unitopia	173	31 (-12) -35 plays
44	崎元仁 (Hitoshi Sakimoto)	167	NEW
45	Virgin Steele	165	29 (-16) -35 plays
46	Edenbridge	163	NEW
47	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	163	28 (-19) -80 plays
48	Tommy february6	163	41 (-7) -7 plays
49	Diablo Swing Orchestra	158	NEW
50	Demons & Wizards	156	39 (-11) -25 plays

Highest Chart Debut: 志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata), at position 4.
Highest Chart Climber: Machinae Supremacy, moving 15 spots up.

Biggest Chart Fall: Riverside, falling 22 spots down.
Biggest Chart Dropout: Star One, was on pos 33.

Yui Makino dethroned! A new YUI claims the number one spot!

2013 is the first year since 1987 where all digits are unique

Been experimenting a bit with night photography and light trails. Still learning, and most images are crap, but I managed to take at least some decent images, uploaded in the gallery. Here's one for the front page:

Well, the year is not quite over yet... but not that much remaining and I've got nothing else to write about.

It started out great with expanding the opinion system with new features and even a new category. Also a new wallpaper. Then I got sidetracked by to much gaming and haven't really done anything more for the site since then. Still have a few wallpapers I'm working on but they aren't good enough yet. Maybe one more in 2012 as a Christmas present



To liven up things a little I added a new 'World of Tanks'-gallery, and the screenshot above is one of the new images. Plan to add more as I play and get some cool scenes. Just played my 8000'th match, so you could say I'm pretty addicted .

Also currently replaying Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2, one of the best computer RPGs ever. And it's still an awesome game!

Well, not much new since last time, but here's a picture of a frog at least:



I've somewhat started working on a new game, this time work android. Not much to say about it yet... stay tuned.