Category Archives: Random

Game difficulty forces you to learn the details

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

Az has a post up about his recent adventures in Hollow Knight and Dead Cells, two Metroidvania-style games (a style a very much do not enjoy). That post and the one before it sounded, to me, like he was playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Inject directly into my veins!

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

Nov 29nd. That’s the release date for the Battle Brothers DLC/expansion, costing $10. First, that price point is too low. $15 would have been my minimum, and considering the feature list, I wouldn’t have been taken aback at $20. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Random | 4 Comments

State of Decay 2 Co-Op issues

Posted on October 19, 2018 by

As previously mentioned, I caved and purchased State of Decay 2 through the Windows Store. Since the announcement of the game I was waiting for it to come to Steam, because buying a PC game via any method outside of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 10 Comments

Avengers 4 would be better if it was a musical

Posted on October 17, 2018 by

“This sequel is too much like the original” statements drive me absolutely mad when I see them in reviews. It just doesn’t make sense, on so many levels. First, we are talking about a sequel to a game, right? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

That same old feeling

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

Getting crushed at work right now so blogging is taking a backseat. Who knew taking a major leap forward in your career and being near the top of a major company would be time-consuming… I’ve been playing a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 4 Comments

Dear devs: Get gud

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Polygon has an article up about the challenges of indie game devs, focusing around the fact that there are so many games being made and released on Steam that it’s hard to stand out. It reminded me of my post … Continue reading →

Posted in ARK, League of Legends, Mass Media, PUBG, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

We are in a golden age of dev support

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

The last post was about unreasonable fan expectations for ongoing support in videogames. Today let’s talk about some games that continue to get such support, even though the likely financial benefits are minimal. First though let’s set the table here; … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, RMT | 2 Comments