Category Archives: PC Gaming

Oh CODBLOPS, you so crazy

So there’s just two problems with this screenshot: First, I mean, just look at these stanchions.  They’re the kind with retractable belt dividers, so there’s no possible way that the belt would be sagging like this. I like to think … Continue reading

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License Agreements, Rather Clever

On occasion, when I feel that I have been playing entirely too many games which can be described as “it’s a card battle game, with maids” or “it’s a tower defense game, with scantily-clad mages” or “it’s a fighting game, … Continue reading

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Me and the RNG

One of the things about playing EQ again after several expansions’ worth of mudflation is that old raid targets are just begging to be slapped around to gear up low level alts, and being on a low population server means … Continue reading

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I was clean for three years, man!

Discovered last month that you can play EverQuest for free on the test server, which includes permanent double XP and all expansions. Also found a sympathetic GM to restore the character I’d deleted in 2010. If you need me, I … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Titles

I can’t think of a more disparate pairing of logos. I finished Kingdom Hearts II on Friday, and I am glad that I finally admitted that I was never going to play Chain of Memories and got on with the … Continue reading

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Steam Sharing

I think I’ve identified the demographic that Valve’s new Family Sharing feature is aimed at, and it’s basically, well, gamers who spread themselves thin across multiple consoles and who may have some PC games in Desura and some others in … Continue reading

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Bioshock Infinite: It’s Awfully Pretty

I originally wrote a massive wall of text here about Bioshock: Infinite, and you can still read that if you want (It’s under the “More” tag), but I read it over and realized that I could sum it up much … Continue reading

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Fishy Math

So, I created an account with Big Fish Games in order to buy a game that my wife recommended to me. As an aside, it appears that all traces of shame have finally been scrubbed from me if I’m a … Continue reading

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No, really, the shotgun IS terrible.

I finished up Tomb Raider the other night, story mode complete with the overall game completion at 78%.  This means that I skipped a lot of climbing around for collectibles, I suppose, but it’s polite enough to allow me to … Continue reading

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Amateurs.

I work in a pretty geeky environment and this week’s Steam sale has been a frequent conversation topic. I got to overhear a couple of coworkers exchange Steam IDs and check out each others profile today, which included the thoroughly … Continue reading

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