Category Archives: PC Gaming

We Are Already Living in the Future, And You Can Keep Your Flying Cars

OK, OK, that’s a bit of hyperbole.  I like hyperbole.  Also I stole the post title from threepanelsoul without guilt or shame because I don’t like guilt and don’t know what you meat people mean by “shame”. Last winter, I … Continue reading

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I’m not meant to play Overwatch

So, let’s get this out of the way: I really really really want to like Overwatch.  I love the visual style, the character designs, the overall cheerfulness of the thing. And, in the last couple of years, I’ve gotten over … Continue reading

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WoW: Legion, some early thoughts:

After completing my Artifact weapon quest the other night, I wasn’t really feeling in the mood to dive straight into questing, so I went and cleared out a few old raid zones instead.  Wrath of the Lich King’s Icecrown Citadel … Continue reading

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WoW: Day Four and a good day in EQ2.

Actually ended the day at level 52.  Dungeon XP seemed to kind of slow down in the low 40s but kicked up again with a vengeance once I started getting dropped into Stratholme dungeons – there’s a ton of stuff … Continue reading

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What it’s like playing #EQ2 in 2016

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ve gotten hooked on Everquest 2 again.  This is my third or fourth time playing, I think, starting when Sony gave me a free copy back in 2006 as an apology for … Continue reading

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In Which I Confront a Hoarding Problem

I have realized that Everquest 2 is, at its heart, a complicated game about inventory management in which you occasionally fight monsters. I will explain. My wife has been steeping in pre-release hype and events for the forthcoming WoW expansion, … Continue reading

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Sakura Dungeon: Collect Shiny Things, Save The World

I don’t think it’s much of a secret that Sekai Project finances their “serious” localization projects with a constant stream of comparatively low-budget borderline-lewd visual novels, and as much as I would like to claim that I am above such … Continue reading

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I guess I should play this; I bought the sequel already.

Well, the Steam Summer Sale has been a little disappointing this year, owing to no daily deals and no flash sales and no metagame or anything like that.  Also I feel like I already own, like, 90% of everything on … Continue reading

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Lifeless Planet

OK, so I don’t gush a lot and usually it’s because whatever game I’m playing has top-tier waifus to fit every taste, but OMG Lifeless Planet. The shtick is, you’re an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to a … Continue reading

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Ninja Blade, seriously? That’s the name?

Ninja Blade is one of those games that must have been very cheap at some point, or perhaps part of a bundle, because the name is so ridiculously generic that I can’t think of any other reason it would have … Continue reading

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