The Floppy that was Left Behind
Years ago my parents bought a used PC for our family and inside was a miraculous find: a disk containing CASTLE OF THE WINDS: LITHRANSIR’S BANE.
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Category: Video Games
Slaying monsters with my upgraded tears
Sometimes all it takes is an unusual concept to make me interested in playing a particular video game. …
Continue readingDeception and Dead People
The morning I decided to start playing the indie adventure Blackwell Deception I couldn’t stop until I finished the game. …
Continue readingGetting Back to Adventure
I’ve been on hiatus from adventure games. After a good detox period I decided to play Arden’s Vale. …
Continue readingOnly Cowards Turn Off Perma-Death
It seems that I’ve been playing a lot of rogue-likes lately. One in particular has stuck with me for a few weeks now, Dungeons of Dredmor by indie developer Gaslamp Games. …
Continue readingDamn those Ziggurats
It is Saturday morning and I am up early. Why? …
Continue readingMinecraft Revisited
When I first played the game Minecraft I knew that it was going to stick with me for a while. My enthusiasm for the game knew no bounds and I played it for hours, digging deep caverns and building high towers of stone. Minecraft spoke to me in a way that few other games ever had.
But I eventually lost interest in Minecraft.
Beauty and Violence
Steam sales are an evil, evil thing. Games that I’m only slightly interested in suddenly become attractive thanks to their limited-time-only rock bottom price. I’ve been repeatedly seduced into buying games that I don’t really have time to play and sadly have amassed a nice collection of un-played blockbusters.
No more. I’ve made it my goal to start getting through these games and not let those purchases go to waste. One of those untouched games I’ve picked up is Far Cry 2.
The Best Adventure in Years
I’m going to cut to the chase on this one. I absolutely loved playing Gemini Rue from start to finish. It’s easily the best adventure game I’ve played in years. …
Continue readingNostalgia isn’t always rose-colored.
I was very excited to learn that AGDI was remaking my least favorite King’s Quest, King’s Quest III. …
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