Bioshock and the ease of gaming
Having recently found myself with an influx of all the free time in the world, I’ve finally gotten around to finishing Bioshock. Given I bought a new machine specifically to play it, bought...
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Sleep
Ah, the first daily update fail. I went to a LARP event. I meant to queue some posts up for the weekend, but then I had a week of doing stuff every evening....
Read More →Phones & Dragons
So, I’ve spent quite a while over the last few months playing Dragon Age. Less recently, because I hit another “I’ve screwed this up” bit, and I’m in the process of working up...
Read More →The point I stopped playing Dragon Age
This post contains spoilers for Dragon Age. Do not read on if you do not want to read them. Specifically, it talks in some detail about the city of dwaves and some party...
Read More →Misquotes from a D&D Session
“You’re supposed to use Vicious Mockery on the enemy” “I run up to the guy and I hit him with a big sword” “Suit of chainsaws. Vulnerable to… the on switch”.
Read More →Two Games
This weekend, I have been playing City of Heroes (Getting all the badges for the Halloween event), Champions Online (Roughly ditto). Today, though, I’ve been playing Torchlight and Monkey Island 5.5. Torchlight Torchlight...
Read More →Eurogamer Expo
I’m sitting outside the Eurogamer Expo 2009. To be honest, I wasn’t particularly impressed. The whole thing is a series of large TVs with consoles attached, each group of five or six with...
Read More →Let me tell you about my character…
Yesterday, five people met in a tavern, and were recruited for an adventure by a tall man in black. I started LARP a few years ago while I was living in Bedford. It’s...
Read More →Champions Online
I’m currently playing the Open Beta for Champions Online, the new game from the studio that made City of Heroes, my MMO-crack of choice. I’ve been playing CoH since before it came out...
Read More →Worlds in Motion
Today I went to the Game Affilate event, which was an excuse for Game to say how it’s split up its market (Into 7 bits. Including “Pestered Parents” and “Cyber Lords”) and for...
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