I’m still playing Fallout

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I’m still with Piper, though I lost Cait AGES ago. If you’re on PC you can use the console to find any lost companion, no luck on the PS4 though! I googled and found a lot of others out there had the same issue, and the only way to find your lost companion is to remember where you left them. Fallout 4 has a HUGE open world and I looked for Cait for weeks and I finally found her again, SO RAD! The intense feelings this game can provoke, so awesome!

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I’ve completely finished the game and discovered nearly every location on the map, yet on rare occasions when free-roaming I still do find places I’ve never been to, and secret rooms to loot.

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Yes I’m guilty of googling “things to do in Fallout 4 once you’ve finished the game”. One of the most common suggestions was to play the game again, but go with a different faction. I tried this and went with The Brotherhood of Steel (BOS), which was rad for a bit, but I couldn’t stand the grind so I stopped as soon as I boarded the Prydwen.

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I’ve instead continued my addiction of collecting Power Armour (PA). I’ve now got enough money to keep on buying new frames, but instead I’ve tweaked my character from a gunner into a sneaky sniper, and my fave past time now is to sneak up on enemies in power armour from behind and shoot their power cores out, which forces them to leave their power armour so you can then kill them and steal their power armour frame and whatever bits they have on it (this vid shows the process well).

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Even more stolen suits.

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Stolen Raider PA.

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Yeah even more! I’ve got over 50 PA suits now!

I’m still playing Fallout 4. The music draws me in SO hard. I love love love the soundtrack, so much! Listen to it here, and the retro-post-apocalyptic world, it’s just so awesome. I can understand why so many people loved the game (and have so much love for Bethesda the company who make the game), and I’m truly glad I’ve managed to play it despite being almost a year late to the party.

Watch this guy react to the first Fallout 4 teaser trailer (which features the epic orchestral Fallout intro piece). It pretty much captures how I feel about Fallout 4 right now (haha!).

PS: Bethesda are the creators of Skyrim, also an open world RPG, but more in the style of Lord of the Rings, which I love, but not as much as the retro-post-apocalyptic world that is Fallout. I’ve read a lot of good stuff about Skyrim (PS3 game so much older than Fallout 4). Bethesda are re-releasing Skyrim Special Edition (comes out tomorrow), it now features remastered art and effects and all DLC content too, so it’s a good time to give that a go me thinks (goodbye!), good thing then that when I return from Vegas, there should me a copy of the game in my mailbox!

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The Division Update 1.4

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1.4 update installed.

I’ve not played The Division for months. The times I did log in to play I just found it boring (mainly because nothing had changed). I’ve been waiting for the next update, and yesterday I downloaded it and gave it a go. I immediately noticed a supply drop in the open world (outside of the dark zone), that was pretty fun. I then noticed that I could choose different difficulty tiers for the open world (higher tier = better loot). Rad!

Of-course everyone was online, game updates tend to bring the crowds back. I joined a crew and hit the Dark Zone and yup, they really have changed a LOT. The game doesn’t feel any harder, or easier initially, but you instantly realise that NPC’s are dropping more loot (good loot too), and you get caches for levelling up and completing assignments. There’s just so much more loot everywhere! Then you realise your armour has dropped, and you can’t do the Lone Star ammo trick, and that they’ve released new gear which will force you to work on your character, which was expected to be honest, but within 2 extractions I was already getting better gear than what I was wearing, so I’m thinking that min/macing a new character won’t be so bad.

Having said all that I’m still feeling like I’m quite done with The Division. I do have the Season Pass though and will most likely come back to play the next DLC, Survival (trailer below).

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Monday Fundays

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Fallout 4 Merchandise

Game merch is usually pretty meh, but holy shit there’s some EPIC next level Fallout 4 stuff out there. I’ve got a few bobbleheads already, they’re awesome! And I got myself one of these babies (I hunted down a first gen release on eBay), which houses your iPhone (you download an app to make it fucking real!). Cray!

PS: Still on a high from WTAC. I say it every year, but damn it was the best WTAC so far! Things do not slow down for me though this year. I’ve got a big meet next Thursday night. 3 months ago there was a defect set-up a few km’s down the road from our EOMM. The last 2 meets have been down on attendance as expected, but we’re coming back with UNITED. A meet run by the community, namely Downshift, Street Cover and Tuned.

THEN I’M OFF TO SEMA! Las Vegas, baby!

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WTAC Race Day Saturday

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Not often at a loss for words, but fuck, what a weekend! Spotting insane cars en route to Sydney Motorsport Park in the morning set the mood right, and seeing the huge queue of awesome machinery rolling in for the Shannons Show n Shine (which was hands down the best so far and again hosted by THE-LOWDOWN.com) confirmed that it was going to be a cracker day!

Time flew for me, always does at WTAC! I tried to get around to snapping shots of all the friends of Zen, but failed miserably. I did however meet a whole lot of first timers to WTAC (lots from Victoria, some even from overseas!) and I have no doubt they will all be back again next year (and the year after and after!).

WTAC, it’s like a dance festival I swear!

PS: You can check out the full feature on Zen Blog: http://www.zengarage.com.au/2016/10/wtac-race-day-saturday/

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WTAC chills on the hill

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Hiring Golf buggies, best thing we’ve done at WTAC this year haha!

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WTAC Race Day Friday

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Road trip. Ved’s flatmate Sam was out of the house by 5am.

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Pornography! 7am Ved and I were at Eastern Creek for the WTAC media briefing.

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Ved made the call to get a couple of buggies this year and OMFG what a mad call it’s been!

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Buggy life!

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Zen Racer Adam Blitz Speed Burgess in the zone!

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Hey Nads!

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Super last minute, but I managed to get another fresh JDMyard T-Shirt designed in time for the JDMyard WTAC Team this year. The boys are looking hot I reckon!!!!!!!!

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David was coming 3rd last time I checked the big screen!

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K-POP, Jas and Cords at the Zen Stand!

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OMFG his helmet.

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This time I had a ciggy with him AND he’s wearing his fucking super suit!

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Herman and Alain, day made.

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Signed!

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Team Zen WTAC 2016! #coolcats

Cray Day! It’s like a re-union for me. So many awesome catch-ups! Can’t wait for tomorrow, it’s going to be absolutely HUGE!

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WTAC Test Day Thursday

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The Aliens have landed.

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Amaze.

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We’re sponsoring Dave again this year! New livery! New attitude (he’s got a great vibe going on this year!).

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Defend boys, DEFEND! My mates at JDMyard won it last year. Pressure this year, it’s immense.

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Lightning! Yup Sydney, turn it on!

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Dino from Speedhunters making sure we don’t hear scraping noises!

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Under!!!

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2.5 Million US Dollars.

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Keiichi gets to fang it tomorrow!

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Whatever it takes to get the shot!

Bumped in and half set up the ZEN Stand at WTAC today, couldn’t help but whip the camera out for a few shots! The vibe was electric!!!!!!!!

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Keiichi Tsuchiya

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Dead…

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WTAC WEEK

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I was down by the harbour this glorious morning, celebrating the start of World Time Attack Challenge week!
It’s gonna be a huge weekend! HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tickets: http://www.worldtimeattack.com

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