shinji_rarenai

What I'm playing

4 items in list • Created Dec 9, 2020

Things I bought in 2020

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Things I bought in 2019

7 items in list • Created Jun 19, 2019

Things I bought in 2018

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Things I bought in 2017

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Things I bought in 2016

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Finding solace in video games

Dec 12, 2020

Being shut in for these past nine months has been awful, but video games have been somewhat of a solace. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - I bought this game because a friend was interesting in playing it, but Patricia took a real liking to it. This has been the go-to game for the two of us. It's been great that we can "play house" while our real house is a mess, and just relax and spend time tog...

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Global Invasion

Mar 25, 2013

I haven't posted in a while. I have been jumping between different games in the past nine months, but throughout that time, I've kept playing StarCraft II. When I found out that Heart of the Swarm was going to come out in March, I decided that I needed to finish the single-player campaign before then. Also, since I live in Southern California, I thought it would be fun to go to the launch event...

I'm addicted to Minecraft

Jun 22, 2012

I started hearing about it on the Weekend Confirmed podcast when Jeff Cannata tried it out, and it had me intrigued. I love indie games, and the fact that this one had done so well made me want to check it out. None of my friends actually played it. Some friends' kids have played it, but it was usually in the "creative" mode - where there wasn't really any danger, and I really didn't see the po...

Season 8

Jun 21, 2012

Because I've been playing Minecraft, I sort of took a break from trying to be so serious in StarCraft II.I have still been practicing the Silver build from filterstarcraft, but I stopped worrying about the timings and whether or not I hit the benchmarks or not. I don't think hit the benchmarks, but soon after Season 8 started, I made Gold division. I lost my placement match, but then won my nex...

More StarCraft II builds and problems with my laptop

May 16, 2012

I haven't been playing StarCraft as much. I haven't been home much. However, I knew that I was going to be away a lot, so I had invested in a gaming laptop. However, when I tried to play StarCraft this weekend, it was awful. Not my play, which is normally awful, but the performance of the laptop. By the time I got to the 10-minute mark in the game (the time when I'm supposed to attack using the...

filterstarcraft's builds, part 2

May 1, 2012

Well, I didn't make it to Gold division by the end of season 7, but I did get a lot better at his build. His builds are based off a one-barracks expand, so you take your natural expansion at 3:45. In his videos, he tells you to concentrate on constantly making SCVs. You should have 50 SCVs by the 10-minute mark. He actually played some games and found that it was possible to make 52 SCVs by the...