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Shameful Steam Backlog

10 items in list • Created Jul 18, 2013

End of January Round-Up: Nanomachines Edition

Jan 27, 2014

By the way, spoilers. As I get older and play more and more games, I often find myself at a loss when the end of the year rolls around. Not because I feel as if I have too much on my plate, or because I feel let down by the year, but it’s just hard to remember what I’ve played. As a kid, it didn’t really matter, but now some games feel like they’ve been lost to the ether of my brain, never to b...

Playing Old Games: Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den Pt. 2 (19/10/2013)

Oct 19, 2013

As always: spoiler city! Enter at your own risk. I've decided to do these on Saturday now. Scheduling and all that. But here we go. Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den There are lots of things I want to say about Minerva’s Den. There are mechanics I’d like to discuss, graphical issues and strengths of an aging game, the idea of using audio recorders as a way to dole out plot and how that feels playing a...

Playing Old Games: Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den Pt. 1 (13/10/2013)

Oct 13, 2013

There are a lot of games. Can we all agree on that? Some are amazing, some are totally awful, but holy moly are there a lot of them. It's a shame, because I'd like to get my hands on every single one and play them, like some kind of game-playing monster. It's hard to like playing games so much, but not be able to play every game, so I'm taking steps to correct that. Inspired partially by my hug...

Batman, Morals, and Rocksteady's Masterpiece (Spoilers)

Oct 27, 2011

Something that most RPG gamers are aware of, the morality meter, provides a quick and easy way to track your moral progress. Am I evil, good, or somewhere in between? A choice is good or bad, moral or immoral, paragon or renegade; it all depends on the game. By saying one thing, doing an action, you're awarded a certain kind of point. Your appearance may change depending on your alignment, and...

Somber and brilliant.

Jul 5, 2011

Majora's Mask is many things to many people; in one single forum post, you'll get people calling it a trainwreck, a masterpiece, a cash-grab, lazy, innovative and a shitty rip-off of Groundhog Day. All of these accusations and opinions are firmly grounded and all can be backed up. It re-uses near every asset of Ocarina of Time, it does feature a time loop and it was pumped out in about a year....

A dark walk into a bright future.

Jun 23, 2011

Duke was introduced to me at a very young age, and he's been responsible for many a-things in my life. All in one afternoon, Duke was my first boobies, my first FPS, my first PC game, and my first swear words. Me and my brother, my friends, we all had a special relationship with the Duke. Sure, we didn't understand why he was named Duke Nukem. Literally every single reference went over our head...