Category Archives: videogames

19 Years Blog! Also Resident Evil: Requiem.

Today marks 19 years of occasionally screaming into the void, and I’m happy about that.  The void is presumably less happy because it probably doesn’t like being screamed at but who cares, it’s just the void. There are of course … Continue reading

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Now THIS is procrastination.

So this weekend marked the third time I’ve gone back to a PS3 game to get the platinum trophy long after finishing the game, and I’ve set a new record that I’m unlikely to top any time soon. Previous iterations … Continue reading

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Even less likely than the Year of the Linux Desktop: The year of the AAA Mac gaming?

OK, so.  I’ll admit that the number of modern high-budget console-style releases that have gotten Mac releases in the last few years can be easily counted without running out of fingers.  For all that Apple is the biggest gaming company … Continue reading

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I Finished a Mascot Platformer

It’s certainly nothing to brag about, but I was pretty happy to get through the last bits of Super Mario Bros. Wonder over the last week.  I’m not exactly the world’s biggest Mario guy, but I happened to be in … Continue reading

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2026 still isn’t going to be the Year of the Linux Desktop, but…

…well, maybe it will be my year.  With some caveats. I spent a lot of time this year working on homelab projects that involved Linux in one form or another – Proxmox and Unraid, Bazzite and Omarchy – and while … Continue reading

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Lucky Numbers Seven

By an odd coincidence, I’ve played two games with “7” in the title recently, and both are sort of related to a larger project I have going on.  So I want to talk about the games, and the project, and … Continue reading

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Two More Residents Evil Down.

To continue from my last post on everyone’s favorite zombie fighting series, I can confirm that Resident Evil 5 WAS, in fact, a bit of a step down from Resident Evil 4.  It’s not really an entirely fair comparison, of … Continue reading

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Is it “Resident Evils” or “Residents Evil”?

“Spooky Game Month” is over, with a final tally of 5 games and one lengthy DLC: Silent Hill f Resident Evil (2014) Resident Evil 2 (2019) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Resident Evil 4 (2023) Resident Evil 4 (2023) Separate Ways … Continue reading

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Resident Evil Zero: Yeah, this ain’t happening.

After having a generally good time with the remake of the original Resident Evil, and a frankly excellent time with the remade versions of Resident Evil 2 and 3, the next logical step would have been to move on to … Continue reading

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I may have a new rhythm game obsession.

So, yesterday my wife and I joined some friends to celebrate one of our friends’ birthdays.  They are comfortably settling in to the post-40 club but, like us, refuse to grow up. So we went to Round 1 and threw … Continue reading

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