I'm getting annoyed with Evernote for eating notes, so hopefully second time's a charm! I'm playing Pillars of Eternity 2 now, thanks to hubs who realized he hadn't bought me a birthday gift. Nothing says "Happy birthday honey!" like a 1500va UPS :-D It's twice as powerful as my old UPS and when the stakes are high and swords are drawn, my PC just ( Read more... )

I was hoping to do some gaming while on vacation, but alas Pillars of Eternity 2 is dang hard on my CPU. My computer should be able to play a five year old game handily, but apparently this game has complaints a-plenty about resource hogging and causing computers to overheat. It's a shame--I can't go more than five minutes without my UPS wailing ( Read more... )

Whelp, got sucked into this for a few days :-D Somehow I missed Obsidian Entertainment released a spiritual successor to Baldulr's Gate. I looooove Baldur's Gate and this game really hits a lot of sweet points with me, from lots of reading to the nostalgia factor. Somehow I didn't know there was a Kickstarter for this, otherwise I would have thrown ( Read more... )

x-posted to vintage_adsI love Toy Galaxy because host Dan Larson and producer Greg MP delve into half-forgotten toys and gimmicks and dig up a surprising amount of history. This recent video is all about a Chex cereal premium based up on Doom--no kidding! I had no idea this game would be so popular or so well-produced for 1996. I played many a crappy game ( Read more... )

One of the goals in Animal Crossing games is to collect all the fossils, fish, sea creatures, insects, and art for your museum. I didn't accomplish this in New Leaf, but I'm getting close in New Horizons. The fossils are the easiest part to complete. Fish, sea creatures, and insects are mostly seasonal and out at certain times of the day. Art is ( Read more... )

Animal Crossing is one of my favourite games and pretty much the only non-mobile game I'm playing. One of the goals is to decorate your home so it can earn a high Happy Home Academy score. Apparently the score maxes out at 1.1M points and I aim to get it up higher! I thought the best way to get points was simply become a hoarder and throw crap on ( Read more... )

My friends Timban and Wolf gifted me two games for Christmas. We were unable to see them this year despite plans they made--there was the potential for a whole plane to be quarantined for 72 hours, which is how long they planned to stay in town. Ah well! Like everyone else, they had to be creative with their gift giving and surprised me with ( Read more... )

And thus here is where the adventure ends--with a basilisk guarding the entrance of the Dark Tower. What lies beyond these doors, like the doors in the Skyward Castle, is unknown. Big Fish Games and Boom Zap ended production on this game years ago and no more updates will be released. It's sad. Big Fish should have repackaged the game with an ( Read more... )

So, like everyone else, I miss getting together with my friends for games. When COVID-19 first hit, my friends and I fortunately found a suitable replacement with a game called TableTop Simulator or TTS. You can set up your own server or join different server with different games ( Read more... )

So, a few months ago I besmirched Awakening Kingdoms. In my earlier review, I wrote that I couldn’t imagine playing it for more than an hour. Hee...confession time...I play it everyday or at least log in to get the daily bonus. It's casual enough to just sit down and play for five minutes ( Read more... )