Category: Video Games

  • Why I think GOG Galaxy is a Good Thing

    Why I think GOG Galaxy is a Good Thing

    If I mentioned it on this site, I wasn’t able to find it in a search because of the generic word, but I was very annoyed and pretty upset about EA’s Origin store and platform. Part of what I enjoy so much about playing PC games is that the only limitations on what you can…

  • April 2015 Video Games Report

    April 2015 Video Games Report

    Although I didn’t play as much on average, I did take advantage of one weekend to do a mini marathon in my Extra Life playing. It led to my biggest donation yet! The Witcher (17 hours) I’m still having fun playing this game, mostly due to the great dialogue writing. I’m at a point in…

  • Video Games Report March 2014

    Video Games Report March 2014

    The Witcher (15 hours) Assassin’s Creed was the first game series Vinnie of Giant Bomb convinced me to try by talking about it endlessly on the Bombcast. The Witcher is the second. (This is why I miss his voice on that podcast so much) It has turned out to be a lot more fun than…

  • February Video Games

    Civilization V (30 minutes) – We got a few turns in our multiplayer games, but other important things (like planning weddings, perhaps) have kept my brothers from sending me new turns. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ (38 minutes) – I got it as part of a Humble Bundle because eventually my PS3 will die or be…

  • January Video Games Report

    Civilization: Beyond Earth (7 hrs): This game was a great evolution on Civ V. I enjoyed that they continued with the same sense of humor. I also thought they did a good job evolving things so that it felt different enough. It’ll probably take a few games before I get the hang of all the…

  • 2014 Video Games Report and Game of the Year

    2014 Video Games Report and Game of the Year

    This year I did not play as many new games as in previous years. I was deep in my graduate degree and most of my free time was during work travel. Since I don’t have a powerful laptop (and Steam on Linux was just taking off early on this year anyway), most of that time…

  • December 2014 Video Games

    December 2014 Video Games

    Poker Night 2 (2 hrs) – Played with Danielle thanks to Steam in-house streaming. Also played alone to unlock some more skins. Xenogears (1 hr) – After having wanted to play this for around 15 years, finally started. So far my best friend is getting married, I was raised by the Elder, and people fight…

  • November Video Game Report

    Civilization V (1 hr) – Dan, Dave, and I didn’t play too much because life got in the way and then the GMR servers went offline. We hope to play some more in the following month. Poker Night 2 (30 minutes) – Testing out Steam’s internal streaming from Windows to Linux.

  • Dina, Consider Yourself Challenged

    Can you erase us from the Mr. Do! Top scores? AAA is me from when I didn’t know how to change the letters.

  • Year of the Linux Desktop? For Real this time!

    I still really love using Linux, but I don’t follow the Linux press like I used to. I’ve settled into a comfortable zone where I only follow Fedora and KDE news since that’s what I use. But I followed it very closely for nearly 10 years. Every year there’d be multiple articles asking whether this…

  • Things my PS3 has been used for

    In order of most to least: Watch Netflix Watch Amazon Watch Youtube Listen to music via uPNP Play PSN games Play disc-based games So…I doubt I’ll be getting a PS4 or any next gen system. I could get by with a Roku (or Google or Amazon or whoever streaming stick) and a laptop to stream…

  • October 2014 Video Games

    October 2014 Video Games

    Civilization V (18 hrs): Mesa Bros I noticed Dan was on my borders right when I started having the Cho Ku Nu, my special unit. Having played civ and RTS games with Dan, I figured it was strike or be struck. So I went to war. Unfortunately, Dan fights better than AI and because of…

  • Unacceptable

    This is completely unacceptable and these people are complete jerks for doing this to Sarkeesian.

  • September Video Games

    September Video Games

    Poker Night 2 (3 hrs): Before going on my recent business trip I wanted to take  a small break from school work so I played PN2 the night before my trip. I reached the point where I’ve heard all the in-game dialogue so many times that I don’t even listen any more. I can generally…

  • April – August 2014 Video Games Report

    April – August 2014 Video Games Report

    April: Civilization V (7 hrs): Met Dan in Mesa Bros; Waiting in Lefties Game May: Civilization V (11 hrs): More of the multiplayer games. June: Civ V (3 hrs): More multiplayer games. Super Meat Boy (30 min): I played a few levels until it began to get too hard for me. It is a very…