Tag: pc gaming
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Game Review – Home
Okay, just finished my first playthrough of Home, an indie game developed by Benjamin Rivers, newly available via Steam. I’m a lightweight when it comes to horror stuff, but I’m a little freaked out here.  I bought it (for all of $2.54) because of the old school graphics, and the thought that what happened is based…
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Vintage Gaming – X-Com Series
The Summer Steam Sale has only gotten me for one thing so far, and it’s the X-Com series of games. I’ve never played them, and I figured it’s time. I’ll be updating this post with thoughts on each of the games as time permits. Feel free to comment with your memories or strategies as you…
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Diablo 3 Is Always On, But I’m Not
Of course, Diablo 3 has yet to actually BE always on, but.. I do not yet own Diablo 3. There was a time in my life, years ago, when I younger me would’ve been shocked at older me saying that. I played the heck out of Diablo 2, and it’s one of the few games…
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Dragon Age 3 Speculation, Part 3
Part 1 – Part 2 Part 3 of my look at what might come to pass for Dragon Age 3 is a look at what characters may return. Both Awakening and DA2 had some appearances and references to previous characters, in fact they were thick on the ground for me at one point in DA2,…
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GamesRadar’s 100 Best Games of All Time – OH REALLY
The folks at GamesRadar threw down their list of the top 100 games of all time, and while I’m not going to comment on every game (I haven’t played all of them), I’d like to point out what I think they got right and what they missed. 99. Â Ducktales – Excellent pull here, actually, as…
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Diablo 3 Open Beta Weekend
I said on my forums that I might be more excited for Torchlight 2 than Diablo 3. Considering my reaction this morning to news of an open beta weekend for D3, I might have to adjust that a tiny bit. Heh. I’ve kept myself out of the loop as far as development goes, hoping that…
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Continuing Game Review: Dragon Age 2
Note: Continuing means I will revisit this as I get farther in. Of course I couldn’t avoid Dragon Age 2 for very long, considering how much I loved Dragon Age: Originsand all the related DLC/expansion content. So here I am, almost through with Kirkwall (pre-Deep Roads expedition), and enjoying it quite a bit. I’ll put the…
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Dragon Age 3 Speculation, Part 2
Part 1 of this series looked at the story of Dragon Age 3, and what potential plot hooks are available for the next game in the series. Part 2, here, will deal with other aspects of the new game, such as technical or gameplay changes. Combat changed in feel quite a bit between the two…
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Dragon Age 3 Speculation, Part 1
So Dragon Age 3 is happening, while future content for DA2 is shelved. Bioware is looking for feedback on the future of the Dragon Age franchise, and the first thing I thought of is, where can the story go? There are a ton of plot hooks out there, and any number of them could make…
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Vintage Gaming – Diablo
Ah, Diablo. A game that I came to quite late – after it’s own sequel came out. In case you are a young punk, or simply have lived under the gaming equivalent of a rock, Diablo tells the story of a town under assault by the forces of Hell itself. Unbeknownst to the towns folk,…
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Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition – What We Know
The site is getting hammered, but here’s what’s been gleaned from various sources (most notably Trent Oster’s Twitter account) about the now-official Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition (BGEE): Both BG1 and BG2 will be getting the ‘Enhanced’ treatment – though what that is exactly hasn’t been laid out. Improved graphics, bug fixes, and Trent says it…
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Vintage Gaming – Oni
Beat ’em up games have a long history, whether in the arcade or on your various console systems. From Renegade to Double Dragon to River City Ransom, this style of game was a fun diversion from my RPG and Sim game-filled life at the time. You might consider Oni a logical extension from those games. Made…