Category: PC Games
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Vintage Gaming – The Temple of Elemental Evil
I’ve been on a bit of a DnD/RPG game kick of late (or really for a while), so I thought now would be a good time to officially revisit The Temple of Elemental Evil, a PC game based on the old Dungeons and Dragons module of the same game, but updated for the 3.5E rules. …
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We need to talk about Starcraft 2
I kind of hate Starcraft 2. Â There, I said it. Â That feels better. Â I guess, I should be more specific – I don’t hate the game itself, as it seems like a perfectly good (probably an all time great) RTS. Â I had fun with the single player aspect. Â What I hate is what it’s turned…
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Skyrim Screenies
In case you want to see more of my adventures, including me blinding a bear:
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions
I’m only maybe 5 or 6 hours into Skyrim, but I feel like I’ve seen and experienced enough to give you my first impressions. It’s a downright beautiful game, it set my detail level to ‘High’ based on my specs and it was just ridiculous how good it looks. I think there’s been an emphasis…
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Friday Finds – Remembering
It’s 11/11/11, a day I’m already tired of being reminded of as being ‘special’. The REAL reason it’s special is Veteran’s Day (or Rememberance Day for you folks north of me). My dad was in the Navy for 26 years, in Vietnam, in the Gulf during some tense times, all of that. I heard a ton…
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Friday Finds – Solar Sails and LEGO
Happy Friday all! It’s a busy day today, so I’ll get right down to it: Old Game Tuesday – Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri – What a fantastic game. Where Comic Books Make Us Uncomfortable – Me pondering sex appeal in comics. Ender’s Game – Might it FINALLY Happen? – We might ACTUALLY get the Ender’s…
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Old Game Tuesday – Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
Alpha freaking Centauri. Those that love ‘Civilization’ type games often hold Alpha Centauri in extremely high regard. The game let’s you pick up where we pacifistic Civilization players left off – with a ship landing on an Alpha Centauri planet, ready to build a new society. Much of the game is Civ taken to a…
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Catching Up – TIE Fighter
The Best Star Wars game poll has shown me that many of you think TIE Fighter is the best of the best. In a fit of serendipity, my son discovered a copy of TIE Fighter I had bought at some point in the past. I think I paid a guy who was ‘simplifying’ his life…
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Old Game Tuesday – The Homeworld Series
My review here will be on Homeworld: Cataclysm more than the other two, but much of what I have will apply. The Homeworld series of games, and Cataclysm specifically, I picked up because they were different. Unlike the 2D+ you got from some other RTS type games of the era, this had true 3D ship…
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Old Game Tuesday – Civilization II
Another game that needs no introduction, Civilization II is one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played. I know friends whose college classes suffered at the foot of it, long before Everquest and WoW would do the same for the next generation. Civ2 is still a go-to game for me when I want something slower-paced…
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Old Game Tuesday – Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (BOTF from here on out) is a turn-based 4X game based in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe. A 4X game, if you are wondering, is a game where the goal is to explore, expand, exploit and exterminate. You scout and explore territory, where it’s space (as in…