Andy Wood

Make yourself to the Minefield. You’ll have to cross a river at some point so just watch out for mirelurks – they’re giant, heavily armored crabs who can be a bit tough with underdeveloped combat skills.

If you run afoul of any, shoot them in the face (their only weak spot) and run away sobbing.  On the way up to Minefield, you might encounter a giant junkyard called simply “Scrapyard”. That’s where we want to go. It’s south and slightly east of Minefield but not too far away. It’s pretty massive so you shouldn’t have any problems spotting it.

On the northern side of the junkyard, you’ll come across a dog fighting a few raiders. The raiders are pretty weak so the dog should be able to beat them up by himself but you can shoot off a couple rounds at them if it’ll make you feel righteous.

As you may have guessed, the dog is Dogmeat. Talk to him after the raiders are dead and you can get him to tag along with you on your journey through post-apocalyptia.

If he dies in combat, he’s dead for good so take care of him. You can open a dialogue with him and tell him to wait somewhere if you’ve got a not-so-dog-friendly mission to do.

Taking him through the landmines back in Minefield, for example, probably wouldn’t be a good idea. It’s also worth noting that Dogmeat doesn’t count toward the game’s one companion limit. Thus, you can recruit Dogmeat and still be able to grab another companion with opposable thumbs.

I spent like the last 2 days with my Xbox 360 and I felt like I was part of a superhero team all over again.  Was I just a sidekick of was my 360?

To date my total GameScore is 7,745.  That is an increase of 90 points over last time! I have been having a ton of fun in Fallout 3.

The Red Lanterns, led by Atrocitus, the murderer of Abin Sur, make their move.  Spurred on by vengeance and a lust for death, they’re a more elemental force than the Sinestro Corps, with much simpler goals.

Basically, “See that guy over there?  He stole my lunch money.  He must Die”

There are schemes within schemes in the ranks of the Green Lanterns and the Guardians bubbling in the background, but the main subject of the issue is a three-way fight between Red, Green and Yellow Corps, and the continuing saga of Sinestro’s death penalty.  Do you think that they will be heading to the local 7-11 for soda and smokes?

I am extremely behind on Final Crisis, which means that I cannot speak as to how this development will impact the story line.