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Mods mods mods... How I love thee so... And every once in a while there will be a gem that rises above the rest to kick me straight in the balls. I'm talking about Median XL, a Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction mod that changes the skills, difficulty and items in the game. Now I myself have finnished vanilla D2 about 6 billion times so the game (content wise) is getting old to me. And playing as my beloved paladin is just not cutting it anymore. So when Median XL showed me her awesome, pretty, and colourful doodads I had to have another go. So I conned Ryan to jump in with me only to find out she is not the young girl I once knew and loved, she is now an evil sadistic Mistress, which only makes her that much more sexy. Needless to say if you cannot read between the lines we died. A lot. So much in fact we had to change the way we play Diablo 2. No more running in spamming your spells it was a carefully orchestrated attack on the underworld. Once we worked out how the game plays now we didn't really die as much as we did in the beginning, we began to feel powerful (well I did) and we can even solo groups now. Until the Diablo 2 Mistress reminded us who was in charge.

Speaking of mods that are hard to begin with let me tell you about my experiences with NeoTokyo, yes the same mod we did the Developer Banter on. The dev team invited me to play with them and their bata taters on the current release of the mod, and I can honestly say I found it hard to begin with. I'm sure my lack of knowledge and their not so much lack of knowledge, and the fact that the UI is still missing a few knick-knacks and other assorted doodads that help newbies like myself out. I had a good 2 hour run and by the end of it I was the one T-Bagging the devs with there own player models. Hehehe, how does my virtual balls taste now Tats? Rounding up NeoTokyo is finaly getting the spotlight it deserves, it's good to know they have an addicting, solid game on there hands. So it's safe to say you modders SHOULD be anticipating this one. Also watch out for part 2 of the Developer Banter with the NeoTokyo art leads!

Now onto something awesome. Mods are great in many many ways. One example is the above mentions NeoTokyo who's focus is bringing a brand new, exciting game play experience with an amazing set of visuals and sounds, this a called a TC or Total Conversions. And the other side is the smaller, game play tweeks that we see pooping up every once in a while for popular games, be them difficulty changes or just something to relax with. In there own right there just simple changes, but once joined together with music and awesomeness the results are fantastic! Enter Fallout3 Wasteland Dancing!

Now what is more awesome then that? Nothing you say? Oh yeah that's about right... Also...