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SeaTurtle
on 2012-11-06 17:17:00 UTC
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Okay. Here goes:
I would absolutely recommend reading Sir Terry Pratchett's very awesome Discworld series. It's comprised of several different several story arcs with each story being a more-or-less standalone piece featuring colourful characters such as Rincewind the cowardly "wizzard" (and his Luggage, a sapient homicidal trunk), Samuel Vimes the watchman, the Unseen University wizards (and their female counterparts, the witches), and so much more. I suggest starting by the City Watch arc featuring Vimes in Guards! Guards!
Awkward Zombie is a video-game themed webcomic that I particularly enjoy.
Team Fortress 2 is quite possibly the best FPS I've played recently and it's free to play (unbelievingly so; it's the only F2P game that is actually balanced for players who don't want to spend a penny) on PC. Using the slightly outdated Source game engine, it actually runs on older PCs just fine. Just ignore the Tomilsav and Dead Ringer whiners and you'll be set. Also, hats.
If you're willing to spend 25-ish dollars, buy the Orange Box on PC. It contains the Half-Life 2 (+ expansions) series, Portal, and the bought version of TF2 (more backpack space and a nifty Tommie helmet hat right off the get-go). You will not regret this.
Hmm... by
Cyba Zero
on 2012-11-06 14:59:00 UTC
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Well, there are plenty of missions around here, of course. I have some new ones further down the Board, and my first is set in Mass Effect. KittyNoodles did a couple of good ones recently, too, and Lily Winterwood, I believe.
I also recommend Suedom (http://www.misssandman.com/Suedom/index.html), the Official Fanfiction Universities (many found here: http://www.misssandman.com/LOTR/ofum.html, although not all) and the Original Series, naturally. Hermione of vulcan also runs a Star Trek OFU here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8528580/1/The-Official-Fanfiction-Academy-of-Starfleet.
If you don't already have the game Skyrim, I thoroughly recommend that on PC (because on PC you can get mods - yay for free new content). If you like D&D type RPGs at all, the Icewind Dale games are really cheap now - old and low graphics, but challenging and quite fun. They also run with minimal prodding even on newer Windows versions (though you might need to turn on compatibility mode).
Hope this helps!
And Neshomeh will answer! by
Neshomeh
on 2012-11-06 14:54:00 UTC
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For fanfiction, we have the PPC Rec Center, wherein you will find lists of various PPCers' fanfic recommendations. There's also our list of Legendary Goodfic, which contains such perennial Protector favorites as OFUM and HFA, "Don't Panic!", "The Very Secret Diaries," and "The Shoebox Project."
As for webcomics, I recommend the highly under-appreciated fantasy romp Unsounded. The author is on break until November 21, so you have some time to catch up before she starts updating again. She has never missed an update, which makes a comic with amazing world-building, superb storytelling, and eye-popping art even MORE awesome.
And finally, I wouldn't be me if I didn't take the opportunity to plug the sci-fi TV series Farscape. I believe you can find it on Netflix, and there is quite simply nothing like it. It's intelligent, funny and serious, dramatic and silly, deep and low-brow—and its aliens come from the Jim Henson Creature Shop. In a word, it's quality.
~Neshomeh