Remember when I got my laptop back? Well, even though they replaced the sound card, motherboard, wireless Ethernet card, and a whole bunch of other things, they forgot about the one thing: the graphics card. You know, the thing that I originally sent it in to get fixed.

Of course, I called them up and after a while, they decided to just give up on fixing the computer. In exchange for my laptop, they will be offering me store credit up to the cost of the laptop. That may sound nice, since the laptop I originally got was bought a year ago (almost.) Unfortunately, Alienware hasn’t really been keeping up with its laptop lineup. Look at their current laptops, all three of them, there is no way that I can get a laptop that is completely better or on-par with mine. I either have to settle for a worse processor (and AMD Turion) or one with a worse GPU (X1400 or a Geforce 7600.)

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I must start this post by saying that this is by far my favorite story so far, although I’ve only played the first three, so it really doesn’t much. Still, out of the three I’ve seen, “Valkyrie” reminded me of a play the most. My, if it had more irony (or any irony,) I would think it was Shakespearean (ok, not really, but you get the drift.)

“Valkyrie” is a love story, through and through. While there is certainly love in the the other stories, they are not quite as strong as the love in “Valkyrie” (and I’m willing to bet that “The Black Sword” has quite a bit as well.) Unlike the other characters, the Valkyrie’s actions are totally dictated by love. Please keep in mind that there are spoilers for the game. Just think of this as if this were an anime episode summary.

Image shamelessly taken from: アカラサマナ

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