Tag: pc games

  • We need to talk about Starcraft 2

    I kind of hate Starcraft 2.  There, I said it.  That feels better.  I guess, I should be more specific – I don’t hate the game itself, as it seems like a perfectly good (probably an all time great) RTS.  I had fun with the single player aspect.  What I hate is what it’s turned…

  • Skyrim Screenies

    Skyrim Screenies

    In case you want to see more of my adventures, including me blinding a bear:        

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions

    I’m only maybe 5 or 6 hours into Skyrim, but I feel like I’ve seen and experienced enough to give you my first impressions.  It’s a downright beautiful game, it set my detail level to ‘High’ based on my specs and it was just ridiculous how good it looks.  I think there’s been an emphasis…

  • Old Game Tuesday – Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

    Alpha freaking Centauri.  Those that love ‘Civilization’ type games often hold Alpha Centauri in extremely high regard.  The game let’s you pick up where we pacifistic Civilization players left off – with a ship landing on an Alpha Centauri planet, ready to build a new society.  Much of the game is Civ taken to a…

  • Catching Up – TIE Fighter

    The Best Star Wars game poll has shown me that many of you think TIE Fighter is the best of the best.  In a fit of serendipity, my son discovered a copy of TIE Fighter I had bought at some point in the past.  I think I paid a guy who was ‘simplifying’ his life…

  • Old Game Tuesday – Civilization II

    Old Game Tuesday – Civilization II

    Another game that needs no introduction, Civilization II is one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played.  I know friends whose college classes suffered at the foot of it, long before Everquest and WoW would do the same for the next generation.  Civ2 is still a go-to game for me when I want something slower-paced…

  • Old Game Tuesday – Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

    First, a note:  this is the PC game, not the console game of the same name.  Now, as a young science fiction fan growing up, there weren’t that many options out there.  So you were pretty much watching Star Trek, even if you were more of a Star Wars fan.  I believe young me begged…

  • Friday Finds – Buffalo Cash Mob

    First, the week in posts: Poll: Best Star Wars Videogame Ever? – currently the votes say TIE Fighter.  Where are you Dark Forces people at?  Rock the Vote! Movie Review – Cowboys and Aliens – Not terrible, had some entertainment value, but pretty forgettable to me.  Leans more towards the Western side of things, so…

  • Growing Older (But Not Up)

    Ways I know I still haven’t grown up: Video games are still fun. Most of my favorite movies are animated. Almost all of my t-shirts are either video game or sports team related. I cheer when watching a sporting event…even if I’m at home alone. LEGO stuff is awesome (this will never change). The best…

  • Old Game Tuesday – Heroes of Might and Magic

    We will be focusing on the first few games in the series, as that’s mostly what I’ve played, but things aren’t too different even now.  Heroes of Might and Magic holds a special place for me, if only for the fact that it’s one of the games my wife consistently beats me in.  When we…

  • Call for Contenders – Best Star Wars Game

    Call for Contenders – Best Star Wars Game

    Since it began all those years ago with Star Wars (A New Hope), Lucas’s universe has spawned dozens of computer and console games of widely varying quality.  I’m very curious to see if we can come up with any sort of consensus of what the best Star Wars games are, and if one rises to…

  • Old Game Tuesday – American McGee’s Alice

    Old Game Tuesday – American McGee’s Alice

    In honor of the release of the long-awaited sequel, Alice: Madness Returns, I thought I’d talk a bit about the original game, Alice.  American McGee’s Alice (with American McGee, a former id Software employee as the designer) is a third-person shooter and platformer set years after Alice’s original adventures in Wonderland.  If that seems familiar,…

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