Category Archives: PC Gaming

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Other Guys

TWO games off the backlog this weekend. First, “Lord of the Rings: War in the North”, or “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Other Guys”, in which you fight a ton of goblins, orcs, those bigger orc goblin … Continue reading

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The Shotgun Was Better This Time

One of my few complaints about the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot was that the shotgun seemed pretty terrible. It’s a silly thing to get worked up about, but I like it when video game shotguns pack some OOOOMPH, and that … Continue reading

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OK, that’s enough Lara for now

I did need to resort to a guide once I started working on hunting down the dozen or so documents and relics that I’d missed, and for help with the challenges in a couple of zones.  I couldn’t find a … Continue reading

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A Quick Thought on Rise Of The Tomb Raider

I had the following error message pop-up on me this evening: And I thought, huh, I guess I have been playing for a while, so that sort of error isn’t that weird, how long HAVE I been playing anyway? It … Continue reading

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Winter Wrap-Up

In the last couple of weeks of 2015, I burned through a good dozen games, neglecting my usual habit of writing a couple of paragraphs about each as I went. I figured I should catch up on that: Silent Hill: … Continue reading

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Boot to the Head

I spent a fair amount of time last year getting caught up on the various Call of Duty games that I’d missed.  These are, of course, very serious military shooters where Serious Men make Hard Choices to save the world.  … Continue reading

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My Mother, the Bear

If I’m counting right, finishing the “Brave” tie-in game yesterday puts me at 99 games / expansions for the year. In theory, I should have something really cool planned for #100, but at this point it will probably just be … Continue reading

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A FFXIV post-mortem

It’s been a good couple of weeks since I’ve felt compelled to dash home after work and jump right on to FFXIV, so I think I’ve managed to scratch the itch thoroughly for now. Hands-down, it was one of the … Continue reading

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More Yuri Than The Moscow Phone Book

In between running instances in Final Fantasy XIV, I’ve been knocking out some of the shorter games in my backlog.  I figured that I might as well do a quick run-down of some of the recent ones. Sekai Project has … Continue reading

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Burn, Baby, Burn

I had Little Inferno recommended to me two or three years ago, but I am bad at playing games in a timely fashion. It’s a little hard to describe; it’s a gloomy game about stacking toys in a fireplace and … Continue reading

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