Recent content by Gethsemani

So for 1 you are taking the words of a deranged and broken person as gospel? A person who uses so much conjecture and veils himself in symbols and vague metaphors and aphorisms. Ulysses is a supremly unreliable narrator and just because he thinks something will happen, that doesn't give it any...

The first incarnation of a parliament in Sweden appeared in the 1720's after the disastrous absolute monarchy under Charles XII. Of course, at first it was little more than a club for the nobility and rich gentry to sit around and argue with each other. Only, you can't. The NCR survived past...

So, how would you have handled it? The cold, hard fact on the matter is that it is extremly hard to let the player character be a blank slate while also giving them some decent background. Obsidian still did it pretty well, hinting at the characters background while also giving nods in the...

I definately agree there. My first thought as the ending slideshow rolled was "That's it?" which felt extremly odd seeing as how I had been quite happy with the endings for the other DLCs (Honest Hearts excluded). My main point of contention againt LR is probably that it promises us answers that...

Isn't that kind of the point? Ulysses has held onto his symbols even after they've lost their meaning. Ulysses as such can be seen as the counter-point to the Courier within the DLC arc. The Courier has learned the lessons in Sierra Madre, Zion National Park and Big MT. But Ulysses didn't, he...

Ulysses is obsessed with the power of symbols. It is apparent in the White Leg recording, where he is apalled to realize that the White Legs uses the symbols of his old tribe (the dreadlocks) without realizing what they mean. He realizes that Caesar is the symbol of the Legion and the only thing...