written by Blain Newport on Thursday, 29 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 019a - Vizima After Dark
0:00 - Temple Quarter
2:30 - Zoltan
4:00 - Consequence Movie
5:40 - Hairy Bear Inn
5:00 - Innkeeper
5:50 - delooting
9:00 - Temple Quarter
Witcher 019b - Vizima After Dark
0:00 - Thaler
2:30 - shop
4:10 - Temple Quarter
4:40 - Salamandra
5:50 - Kalkstein
Witcher 019c - Vizima After Dark
0:00 - Kalkstein
1:20 - shop
2:20 - Salamandra
2:50 - Temple Quarter
3:50 - Hairy Bear Inn
4:50 - shop
5:30 - Ramsmeat
7:10 - Talents
30 April, 2010
27 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 018a - Entering The Temple Quarter
YouTube can't seem to decode the video file. I'll keep trying, but in the meantime you can download the original here.
0:00 - Siegfried
0:40 - Sewers (Drowners)
4:55 - Knight's Corpse
5:40 - Sewers
6:00 - Cockatrice
6:45 - Siegfried (Salamandra)
Witcher 018b - Entering The Temple Quarter
0:00 - Temple Quarter
2:10 - Vincent Meis
3:10 - Dungeon
5:35 - Temple Quarter
Witcher 018c - Entering The Temple Quarter
0:00 - Detective Raymond's House
0:20 - Detective Raymond
4:50 - Ambush
6:30 - Looting
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 018a - Entering The Temple Quarter
YouTube can't seem to decode the video file. I'll keep trying, but in the meantime you can download the original here.
0:00 - Siegfried
0:40 - Sewers (Drowners)
4:55 - Knight's Corpse
5:40 - Sewers
6:00 - Cockatrice
6:45 - Siegfried (Salamandra)
Witcher 018b - Entering The Temple Quarter
0:00 - Temple Quarter
2:10 - Vincent Meis
3:10 - Dungeon
5:35 - Temple Quarter
Witcher 018c - Entering The Temple Quarter
0:00 - Detective Raymond's House
0:20 - Detective Raymond
4:50 - Ambush
6:30 - Looting
22 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Thursday, 22 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 017a - Scorched Earth
0:00 - ~Abigail~
1:15 - meditation
2:00 - prep
2:45 - mob chat
Witcher 017b - Scorched Earth
0:00 - dog fight
1:30 - jerks from town
3:45 - looting
4:45 - Abigail
5:30 - Shani
6:20 - to the gates
8:45 - Mikul
Witcher 017c - Scorched Earth.mp4
0:00 - chapter two intro
1:20 - Professor
2:05 - cellmates
3:25 - sheriff's offer
6:25 - guard
7:15 - sewers
7:55 - Siegfried
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 017a - Scorched Earth
0:00 - ~Abigail~
1:15 - meditation
2:00 - prep
2:45 - mob chat
Witcher 017b - Scorched Earth
0:00 - dog fight
1:30 - jerks from town
3:45 - looting
4:45 - Abigail
5:30 - Shani
6:20 - to the gates
8:45 - Mikul
Witcher 017c - Scorched Earth.mp4
0:00 - chapter two intro
1:20 - Professor
2:05 - cellmates
3:25 - sheriff's offer
6:25 - guard
7:15 - sewers
7:55 - Siegfried
20 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 016a - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - elf
0:50 - Haren
3:00 - travel
5:15 - Abigail shop
5:55 - books
6:20 - travel
Witcher 016b - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - Odo
3:10 - weed whacking
4:25 - Odo
6:20 - Odo's dog
7:25 - travel
8:45 - talents
9:30 - alchemy
10:30 - meditate
Witcher 016c - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - travel
0:15 - Blacksmith
2:10 - Herbalist shop
3:10 - Antiquary shop
5:45 - Zoltan
7:15 - Vesna
8:05 - travel
Witcher 016d - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - travel
0:40 - old woman
1:35 - ~Peasant~
2:55 - travel
3:45 - townspeople
6:50 - Reverend
9:45 - travel
Witcher 016e - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - travel
0:55 - inn
3:00 - Shani
3:45 - looting
4:35 - travel
4:55 - lackeys
6:00 - hideout
6:35 - looting
Witcher 016f - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - cave
0:20 - Salamandra boss
2:00 - Alvin
2:40 - looting and thinking
5:45 - Abigail
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 016a - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - elf
0:50 - Haren
3:00 - travel
5:15 - Abigail shop
5:55 - books
6:20 - travel
Witcher 016b - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - Odo
3:10 - weed whacking
4:25 - Odo
6:20 - Odo's dog
7:25 - travel
8:45 - talents
9:30 - alchemy
10:30 - meditate
Witcher 016c - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - travel
0:15 - Blacksmith
2:10 - Herbalist shop
3:10 - Antiquary shop
5:45 - Zoltan
7:15 - Vesna
8:05 - travel
Witcher 016d - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - travel
0:40 - old woman
1:35 - ~Peasant~
2:55 - travel
3:45 - townspeople
6:50 - Reverend
9:45 - travel
Witcher 016e - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - travel
0:55 - inn
3:00 - Shani
3:45 - looting
4:35 - travel
4:55 - lackeys
6:00 - hideout
6:35 - looting
Witcher 016f - Dirty Laundry
0:00 - cave
0:20 - Salamandra boss
2:00 - Alvin
2:40 - looting and thinking
5:45 - Abigail
18 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Sunday, 18 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 015a - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - heading for the crypt
3:25 - crypt
Witcher 015b - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - travel
1:15 - Abigail
4:55 - shop
6:45 - talents
Witcher 015c - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - inn
0:50 - inn-ventory
3:10 - Kalkstein
4:00 - travel
4:35 - Huntsman
5:00 - travel
6:20 - Stall-keeper
7:15 - shop
7:30 - travel
Witcher 015d - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - Haren Brogg
2:00 - shop
3:00 - ~Vesna~
5:00 - travel
5:50 - waiting
Witcher 015e - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - travel
1:25 - alchemy
3:30 - drowners
5:50 - elf (vote on goods)
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 015a - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - heading for the crypt
3:25 - crypt
Witcher 015b - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - travel
1:15 - Abigail
4:55 - shop
6:45 - talents
Witcher 015c - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - inn
0:50 - inn-ventory
3:10 - Kalkstein
4:00 - travel
4:35 - Huntsman
5:00 - travel
6:20 - Stall-keeper
7:15 - shop
7:30 - travel
Witcher 015d - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - Haren Brogg
2:00 - shop
3:00 - ~Vesna~
5:00 - travel
5:50 - waiting
Witcher 015e - More Deadly Errands
0:00 - travel
1:25 - alchemy
3:30 - drowners
5:50 - elf (vote on goods)
14 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
I'M TAKING A BREAK AFTER THIS!
Witcher 014a - Making Fate
0:00 - King of the Wild Hunt
1:55 - Alvin
3:35 - Abigail
Witcher 014b - Making Fate
0:00 - Leuvaarden
0:40 - Fat Fred
2:15 - Shani
2:40 - inventory
5:40 - talents
6:55 - Vesna
Witcher 014c - Making Fate
0:00 - Abigail
0:25 - WTF?
1:55 - Berengar's notes
4:05 - main quest notes
5:10 - beggar grandma
5:55 - alchemy
8:10 - looking for grandma
Witcher 014d - Making Fate
0:00 - Reverend
1:05 - Alvin
1:50 - main quest notes
2:45 - Reverend
6:10 - Mikul
7:20 - crypt prep
Witcher 014e - Making Fate
0:00 - crypt
2:50 - new sign (Igni)
4:15 - Salamandra
5:50 - aftermath cinema
6:45 - Kalkstein
7:20 - Mikul
9:15 - Kalkstein
Witcher 014f - Making Fate
0:00 - looting
1:00 - hunting
4:00 - new sign demo
6:15 - map review
6:30 - Huntsman
Witcher 014g - Making Fate
0:00 - Vesna in trouble
1:45 - new mission and looting
3:20 - teamwork
5:40 - Vesna
6:40 - bonus barghests
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
I'M TAKING A BREAK AFTER THIS!
Witcher 014a - Making Fate
0:00 - King of the Wild Hunt
1:55 - Alvin
3:35 - Abigail
Witcher 014b - Making Fate
0:00 - Leuvaarden
0:40 - Fat Fred
2:15 - Shani
2:40 - inventory
5:40 - talents
6:55 - Vesna
Witcher 014c - Making Fate
0:00 - Abigail
0:25 - WTF?
1:55 - Berengar's notes
4:05 - main quest notes
5:10 - beggar grandma
5:55 - alchemy
8:10 - looking for grandma
Witcher 014d - Making Fate
0:00 - Reverend
1:05 - Alvin
1:50 - main quest notes
2:45 - Reverend
6:10 - Mikul
7:20 - crypt prep
Witcher 014e - Making Fate
0:00 - crypt
2:50 - new sign (Igni)
4:15 - Salamandra
5:50 - aftermath cinema
6:45 - Kalkstein
7:20 - Mikul
9:15 - Kalkstein
Witcher 014f - Making Fate
0:00 - looting
1:00 - hunting
4:00 - new sign demo
6:15 - map review
6:30 - Huntsman
Witcher 014g - Making Fate
0:00 - Vesna in trouble
1:45 - new mission and looting
3:20 - teamwork
5:40 - Vesna
6:40 - bonus barghests
12 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Monday, 12 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 013a - Lazy Day Of Getting Paid
0:00 - talent points
1:40 - Shani
2:15 - fist fighting (vote on Fat Fred reward)
3:15 - bard
4:45 - talking to peasants
6:15 - nice peasant woman (vote on boning)
6:45 - more talking to peasants
Witcher 013b - Lazy Day Of Getting Paid
0:00 - talking to peasants
1:40 - Reverend
4:05 - burying Leuvaarden's friend
4:45 - WTF? (vote on attitude toward destiny)
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 013a - Lazy Day Of Getting Paid
0:00 - talent points
1:40 - Shani
2:15 - fist fighting (vote on Fat Fred reward)
3:15 - bard
4:45 - talking to peasants
6:15 - nice peasant woman (vote on boning)
6:45 - more talking to peasants
Witcher 013b - Lazy Day Of Getting Paid
0:00 - talking to peasants
1:40 - Reverend
4:05 - burying Leuvaarden's friend
4:45 - WTF? (vote on attitude toward destiny)
11 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Sunday, 11 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 012a - A Good Night's Work
0:00 - talents & alchemy
2:15 - Shani
2:50 - killing stuff
7:10 - random merchant
7:55 - killing stuff
Witcher 012b - A Good Night's Work
0:00 - cave
3:15 - killing stuff
6:00 - Abigail
7:30 - store stuff
10:25 - voting (vote for three talent points please)
Skill Tree in the OP
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 012a - A Good Night's Work
0:00 - talents & alchemy
2:15 - Shani
2:50 - killing stuff
7:10 - random merchant
7:55 - killing stuff
Witcher 012b - A Good Night's Work
0:00 - cave
3:15 - killing stuff
6:00 - Abigail
7:30 - store stuff
10:25 - voting (vote for three talent points please)
Skill Tree in the OP
10 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Saturday, 10 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 011a - More Exploring The Outskirts
0:00 - racists
1:05 - Zoltan
4:10 - a little looting
5:35 - trying to get into the city
6:35 - map review
7:00 - Abigail
Witcher 011b - More Exploring The Outskirts
0:00 - walking
0:30 - strange dice
3:15 - Shani
4:55 - Leuvaarden
6:20 - voting
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 011a - More Exploring The Outskirts
0:00 - racists
1:05 - Zoltan
4:10 - a little looting
5:35 - trying to get into the city
6:35 - map review
7:00 - Abigail
Witcher 011b - More Exploring The Outskirts
0:00 - walking
0:30 - strange dice
3:15 - Shani
4:55 - Leuvaarden
6:20 - voting
09 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Friday, 9 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 010a - Exploring the outskirts
0:00 - talent points
2:20 - random townspeople
3:10 - Drunkard
4:10 - leaving the inn
4:55 - Herbalist
8:15 - leaving the palisade
Witcher 010b - Exploring the outskirts
0:00 - Royal Huntsman
2:30 - trip to town
4:30 - militia checkpoint
5:15 - Reverend
7:35 - a bit more wandering
9:00 - a choice
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 010a - Exploring the outskirts
0:00 - talent points
2:20 - random townspeople
3:10 - Drunkard
4:10 - leaving the inn
4:55 - Herbalist
8:15 - leaving the palisade
Witcher 010b - Exploring the outskirts
0:00 - Royal Huntsman
2:30 - trip to town
4:30 - militia checkpoint
5:15 - Reverend
7:35 - a bit more wandering
9:00 - a choice
08 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Thursday, 8 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Time to pick up the pace or I'll never get this done.
Witcher 009a - Scary Town Inn
getting acquainted with our new surroundings
0:00 - outside the inn
2:25 - notice board contracts
5:00 - entering the inn / Shani
6:55 - Alvin
7:20 - fist fighting
Witcher 009b - Scary Town Inn
0:00 - talking to the gambler
1:55 - talking to the innkeeper
3:15 - delooting
3:40 - new potion formulas
4:15 - potion taste test
5:15 - time to rest
If you want to vote on skills go check out the skill tree in the forum post.
(push the "show spoiler" button)
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Time to pick up the pace or I'll never get this done.
Witcher 009a - Scary Town Inn
getting acquainted with our new surroundings
0:00 - outside the inn
2:25 - notice board contracts
5:00 - entering the inn / Shani
6:55 - Alvin
7:20 - fist fighting
Witcher 009b - Scary Town Inn
0:00 - talking to the gambler
1:55 - talking to the innkeeper
3:15 - delooting
3:40 - new potion formulas
4:15 - potion taste test
5:15 - time to rest
If you want to vote on skills go check out the skill tree in the forum post.
(push the "show spoiler" button)
07 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Tuesday, April 6, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 008 - Leaving Kaer Morhen
sex, a funeral, a monster attack, and a prophecy
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 008 - Leaving Kaer Morhen
sex, a funeral, a monster attack, and a prophecy
06 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Monday, April 5, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 007 - Fool's Errands
If you wanted more babbling and missing the obvious, your wish has been granted.
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 007 - Fool's Errands
If you wanted more babbling and missing the obvious, your wish has been granted.
05 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Monday, April 5, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 006 - Bandit Aftermath
We explore a bit more of Kaer Morhen while gathering ingredients to make a healing potion for Triss.
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 006 - Bandit Aftermath
We explore a bit more of Kaer Morhen while gathering ingredients to make a healing potion for Triss.
04 April, 2010
Keepalive: Champions Online, The Witcher Let's Play
written by Blain Newport on Sunday, April 4, 2010
This post was two weeks late.
Sorry I've been neglecting the blog lately. It's been busy. I've been starting The Witcher Video Talkthrough / Let's Play. I didn't like calling most of my vids Let's Plays because the players didn't get to make decisions. But they are getting to make them in The Witcher.
I'm learning a bunch of new tools to make The Witcher as beautiful as possible. Instead of Windows Movie Maker, I'm editing by putting together AviSynth scripts in the AvsP editor, which is frameserving to VirtualDub, which is writing a file in lossless HuffYUV, which then gets used by MediaCoder to encode to the best possible settings that still keep me under my personal max file size of 200MB (which are H.264, variable bit rate, 58% quality). Then I have a seven step publishing checklist to post the result to YouTube, Mediafire, this blog, and the Penny Arcade forum thread.
I didn't want to clutter the blog with an entire post about all that, which I easily could have. It's been a lot of work.
And in every spare moment, I've been trying to get the most out of my one month of City of Heroes. Subscription models encourage unhealthy patterns of play, and I am not above grinding like crazy before my sub expires.
You may remember when I got my hands on the character creator.
me as a techno wizard
naked sunburn lady
the leather giant
and who could forget diaper baby
I'll give you one guess which design I ended up with.
This post was two weeks late.
Sorry I've been neglecting the blog lately. It's been busy. I've been starting The Witcher Video Talkthrough / Let's Play. I didn't like calling most of my vids Let's Plays because the players didn't get to make decisions. But they are getting to make them in The Witcher.
I'm learning a bunch of new tools to make The Witcher as beautiful as possible. Instead of Windows Movie Maker, I'm editing by putting together AviSynth scripts in the AvsP editor, which is frameserving to VirtualDub, which is writing a file in lossless HuffYUV, which then gets used by MediaCoder to encode to the best possible settings that still keep me under my personal max file size of 200MB (which are H.264, variable bit rate, 58% quality). Then I have a seven step publishing checklist to post the result to YouTube, Mediafire, this blog, and the Penny Arcade forum thread.
I didn't want to clutter the blog with an entire post about all that, which I easily could have. It's been a lot of work.
And in every spare moment, I've been trying to get the most out of my one month of City of Heroes. Subscription models encourage unhealthy patterns of play, and I am not above grinding like crazy before my sub expires.
You may remember when I got my hands on the character creator.
me as a techno wizard
naked sunburn lady
the leather giant
and who could forget diaper baby
I'll give you one guess which design I ended up with.
02 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Friday, 2 April, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 005 - Retake The Lab
Beating back the bandits comes with a price.
Mediafire download
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 005 - Retake The Lab
Beating back the bandits comes with a price.
Mediafire download
01 April, 2010
Game Journal: The Witcher
written by Blain Newport on Thursday, April 1, 2010
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 004 - First Choice
We get our first potion, our first spell, and have to choose our path in the fight against the bandits.
BONUS NOTE: I'm uploading the source files on MediaFire. They're higher quality, so if you're finding the text hard to read or just want to see the best looking version, download from there.
GAME JOURNALS CONTAIN SPOILERS. DEAL WITH IT PINK BOY.
Witcher 004 - First Choice
We get our first potion, our first spell, and have to choose our path in the fight against the bandits.
BONUS NOTE: I'm uploading the source files on MediaFire. They're higher quality, so if you're finding the text hard to read or just want to see the best looking version, download from there.
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