I define old school. I grew up cruising the dark arcade known as Pirate's Cove. I'm a writer by hobby, I've written 4 fantasy novels so far, and a gamer by passion. I always welcome comments, on present or old blogs.

• 5Jun 13

  Playstation Plus: Psychic Powers Publically Presented Per Prescience

  So yesterday I had a strange urge. Despite the imprending release of The Last of Us, despite the allure of XCOM and Dark Arisen, I found myself longing to play a game I have already beaten and sold. I have a love/hate relationship with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I loved it all the way until the end, where the absolute Deus Ex Machina ending (Push one of 4 buttons to recieve an anti-climactic canned ending with only different vocal scripts) kind of killed the entire game for me. Thus DX:HR became one of the most overrated games of recent times. Still though, I was missing it. I want to play it again; but I will NOT buy it used simply because the ending put me off so badly. So how to satisfy my longing without reneging on my principles? Dilemma, dilemma...

  Enter Playstation Plus.

  

  That's right! This week's free game is none other than Deus Ex: Human Revolution! It's like Sony can read my damn mind. This has been such an awesome year for Plus, Spec Ops: The Line, Vanquish, Sleeping Dogs... now this? I may never let my membership expire; I've got too much to play!

  

  • Posted Jun 5, 2013 9:54 am GMT
  • Category: Games
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• 4Jun 13

  Updatery of the Recent Variety.

  So I've returned from a vacation to Walt Disney World; myself, the wife, 3 girls, and my mother all went to the Happiest Place on Earth for 6 days and seven nights. It was just as fantastic as you can imagine. Pics, if you want to see, can be found here.

  - My gaming time has recently been split between Dark Arisen and XCOM; although mostly the latter. Odd, since I beat XCOM quite a long time ago but here's a game with near endless replay value. I love Dark Arisen but, after Skyrim, I'm struck by how small the world of Gransys actually is. Gran Soren is the capital... of one small fishing village; Cassardis. How frightfully boring. The game isn't, however. DD keeps pulling me back in but presently I'm mired in minor 'kill X number of beasts Y' quests.

  

  - I keep coming back to the freebie I got off of Plus; The Cave. The reason I keep coming back is I can't decide which group of three to take and there's only one save file! Still, though, a neat little game. Some minor puzzle solving in a pretty platform environment but suprisingly entertaining.

  

  - Boy, the Xbox One fiasco sure has the people talking. I guess I should say something about it... Nah, it kind of speaks for itself, dont'cha think? Hey, anyone wanna buy a Spybox that lets you watch TV on your TV?

  

  - I'll be picking up The Last of Us when it hits next week but, honestly, I don't feel that excited. I'm sure that will change, Naughty Dog are masters of their craft, I just hope this isn't the glitchy mess that UC3 was. (I had a persistent sound glitch) Oh, hey, they will have revolutionary multiplayer tacked on that will let you play against other players! Meh.

  If you've ever played a table top RPG such as Dungeons and Dragons read this!

  • Posted Jun 4, 2013 9:35 am GMT
  • Category: General
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• 3Jun 13

  For Our Aussie Mates

  

  directed primarily @katzenbalger

  

  • Posted Jun 3, 2013 10:24 am GMT
  • Category: Humor
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