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The Laws of Video game Modding

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15 things that I love about Giant Bomb

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Games of 2009 I wanted to play, but didn't

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Mikemcn's 101 Flavors of Mount and Blade (Buy it!)

Aug 23, 2016

So Mount and Blade, my favorite series of all time, is on sale in a Steam Midweek madness. For $5 USD you can have any one of a variety of awesome games. If you have any interest in realistic melee combat, RPG leveling, horse archery, large sandbox worlds, army building, faux mongolians, telling poems to fair men/maidens, or kingdom management, you should buy it. The problem of course is that t...

Sometimes I love my brothers, other times I kill them....

Jul 5, 2012

Historically, Norwegian King Harald Hardrada died at the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. It was supposed to have been a minor skirmish in a much larger campaign, but the Saxons got a jump on them, cut off from the majority of his army, Harald died in the field. The Norwegian Invasion was crushed. 3 Days later, William the Conquerer would land in Dover and his story would end much more famous...

I Murdered One and a Half People.

May 19, 2012

After committing to buying Arma II: Combined Ops off steam, i've gotten deep into the DayZ mod. The servers have been fairly stable and i've had plenty of adventures. I've been playing solo, which is great fun, although i'll need to find some teammates if I want to maximize my time alive. Today I began my best run yet... but i'm starting to regret some choices i've made. I began in the small to...

What i've learned about M&B Napoleonic Wars.

Apr 22, 2012

I've played many musket mods for Mount & Blade, and always thought they were neat but not worth getting into. Napoleonic Wars has outdone most of those mods and done some unique stuff. Having played about 10 hours so far I thought i'd share some tips from my experience, most should be fairly obvious but hopefully they'll help someone. Always be in cover - This is pretty obvious but should be no...

My first bit of "fun" in dwarf fortress...

Jul 25, 2011

How a mad dwarf made me realize the most fun part of Dwarf Fortress, is the losing... I finally got into dwarf fortress using This guide and this mod . My first fortress attempt was a bit of a bust because I made a bunch of mistakes, but my second attempt went fantastically, and I soon had a large working base filled with 2 dozen busy dwarves. I was unprepared for the winter and lost two miners...

Damn you Treyarch

Dec 17, 2010

Yea, you'll be staring at that explosion for awhile... Treyarch has put me into tears, I suppose they are metaphorical tears, I'm not that addicted to call of duty, I don't even start shaking after not playing for 3 hours anymore. But Ive been having serious issues with Black Ops PC multiplayer in that it Freezes and than has to be ended via task manager. The first 40 hours of multiplayer were...