Look Mom, I'm Blogging!

This blog is about my trials and travails with modded video games. Rants, raves, recommendations, possibly downloads if I ever make something fit for public consumption. I'm probably screaming into the void, but hopefully someone finds the madness useful or entertaining.

 If not, I'm sure it will be handy for the psychologist when I'm finally driven insane by this wonderful and infuriating hobby.

To start things off, here's some of the games I play. I don't only play modded games, but for reasons that probably make sense to the aforementioned psychologist I am most drawn to them. These games allow the user to customize their experience beyond a simple model or texture swap. Some games even allow the user to alter core mechanics and gameplay (sometimes to hilarious or tragic results).

The Elder Scrolls Series

Bethesda's beautiful, buggy mess. I love these games and they clearly don't feel the same, with how often they break, crash and implode horribly on me. I've played the three "modern" games- Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, and I swear I'll get to Daggerfall and Arena someday (probably not).

Minecraft

The ludicrously popular block game that turned a lonely Swedish nerd into a lonely Swedish nerd with a party mansion. Minecraft mods are incredibly varied and can change so much of the fundamental game experience- probably because the base game itself is so simple. 

Elona

Kind of the oddball in this list, Elona is a weird open-world roguelike deal. It's very fun, and has its own cult following. It's also very Japanese. I haven't actually played it for very long, and I'm still learning all the various ways to cook the flesh of a little girl.

Second Life 

Not actually a game (and some people are Very Serious about it not being referred to as such), Second Life is really just a glorified 3D version of AOL Instant Messenger- and at the same time, so much more. I'm including it here because it is by design a creative platform for its users. So many incredible and horrible things have been made in Second Life. Horrible, horrible things.

Others

There are other moddable games that I play occasionally. Ark:Survival Evolved, The Sims, etc. And other games I want to play, and will totally get to once I figure out why Oblivion is crashing this time-

I'm looking forward to sharing my love and undying hatred of games, here on this corner of the internet. I can't promise any amazing insights or exclusive downloads, but hopefully this evidence of impending mental collapse is amusing to someone.