What the hell is a “Witcher”?

That’s something I’ve heard a lot since I’ve been telling people I’ve been playing this game. While I’m still somewhat unclear about the exact details it seems that in the world of this game a “Witcher” is a profession, not entirely unlike “Fry Guy” at McDonald’s just based more on a mage and a witch instead of hot grease and potatoes. The character you play, Geralt, is a witcher, one with a bit of a memory problem.

I’ve been spending some time with the game and while I haven’t even come close to finishing it I still wanted to give you lovely readers a taste of what the experience has been like in case you might want to check it out soon instead of waiting on me to finish it at some unknown point in the future. Continue Reading »

So this week’s been a little light on games for me, though I did complete the “Prologue” portion of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. Hopefully I’ll get through some more of that and give you all my impressions of that PC RPG. Mostly though I’ve been splitting my time getting caught up on season 6 of The Shield (which I finished yesterday) and reading Preacher for the first time. Between the two of them it’s almost too much awesome for one guy to handle, lucky for me I have that capacity.

Once I watch the five episodes of The Shield that have already aired this year I’ll be all caught up in the intriguing tail of Detective Mackie, one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever spent time with. The show constantly surprises me with what it puts these characters through.

As for Preacher, Christ Almighty that book is good. The first trade volume was pretty cool but this second one that I’m in the middle of now is really making clear why this series has such a great reputation. It’s dark, funny and daring, three qualities that I can always get behind in graphic novels.

So, What’cha Been Playing?