Dawn of War 2 was what drew me into it, but entirely through an appreciation of its over-the-top silliness and its really excellent paper-doll dressup/RPG loot customization system. I don’t play the tabletop - my minis time is reserved for Warmachine, which has really good competitive rules - but I’m happy to play…

I didn’t know the bounce pads were a thing to dislike ... they seemed pretty easy to master for me. Then again, I got to fungal wastes long after doing a bunch of other stuff, including the mantis claw, so maybe it was just me.

I really, REALLY want to play the new Fire Emblem game, but I can’t, because I don’t have a Switch. It’s getting awfully close to the point where buying a Switch makes sense from a game perspective — between Fire Emblem and Breath of the Wild it’s almost worth it — but I just don’t like handheld consoles, I never play…

Much more annoying, actually, was the way the endgame triggered. Normally, when one player gets big enough they are declared a Kingdom, and then #2 and #3 become the second and third Kingdoms. Well, one of the strange things about the Yellow Turbans in TW is that they can trigger this phase through research. Which I…

Nope, I surrounded him and put his army down with overwhelming force pretty easily. Legendary commanders are great and all, but they’re never able to push a margin much beyond 25% or so, and sometimes they’re not even worth that much. Troop types play a big role still, but just as important is not letting an army get…

Long time no post. Last I checked in, I had just kicked my Yakuza 0 addiction by beating the game, I think. Then I painted a LOT of miniatures, and did very little gaming at all. Now, I’m deep into Total War : Three Kingdoms. This is my first TW game, but definitely not my first game of this sort. That goes to an…

In addition to the mainline minigames for each of the characters, which I found compelling entirely because of the fantasy theme of living my best life, I also finished off the bowling, dancing, and karaoke, and did little more than dabble in the others. I thought of trying to learn Mahjong, but just didn’t have it in…

It’s been a while since I caught one of these, but that was in no small part because I’d been on a long gaming drought. I was slowly, slowly putting 75 hours into a Yakuza 0 playthrough. Every hour was time well spent, but I played in mostly in one to 1.5 hour chunks, a bit in the morning and a bit in the evening.…

Wow, Sword and the Sorceror was terrible. I just can’t forgive the triple-bladed shooting sword.

It’s been a while. Part of that is because I’ve really not been playing any games of late. This is perhaps the longest fallow period with games I’ve been in. Starting sometime in spring of 2017 I started getting stressed and anxious in generalized way, something with which I simply had no experience. Gradually, this…

It’s been a while, and I’ve not been playing much of anything. Not much I owned caught my fancy, wasn’t willing to buy the things that did, and tension/anxiety making me reluctant to take on much in the way of challenge.

The key to doing well in Darkest Dungeon is to realize that there is absolutely no pressure on you, whatsoever. Characters are disposable, and wear out over time anyway. Unless you invest tons of money better spent elsewhere, your original party is going to end up laden with various psychoses that render them almost…

Is that some sort of new spoiler-text mode, or just an intentional odd font choice?

Great comment!

Over the last couple of weeks, I feel pretty hard into a clicky-clicky tarpit hell, pursuing mindless upgrades on a shiny treadmill, all so I could enjoy the birds chirping along a beautiful nature path. Well, I got to the final boss of Titan Quest, realized he was a classic overpowered boss who was designed to be…

One of my favorite anime opening songs ever. Sadly, I could never sing it in karaoke because it really needs a husky-voiced women to pick up the latter half, but it’s a damn fine song. And, “You are Shock” is just a great phrase to have at my disposal. Then again, “Fighting in the 80's” is just so hilarious ...

Interesting set of choices you made. I sent my whole starting party back, and ended up going back myself - I had nominated Sir Gilman for the final trip, but he just refused to go at the end, so I went myself. So, my stay-behinds were Gilman, Pamitha, and Volfred. All of them seemed happy enough down below, according…

I know you mean it as praise, but your praise for the platforming in Guacamelee 2 makes me a bit wary. I enjoyed the brawling in the first one, and was able to endure the platforming. If the platforming has been amped up, I think I’ll have to stay away.

I hear you. I never liked the “More gothic X-TREME than (other franchise which shall not be mentioned for fear of copywright infringement lawsuits)! With SKULLZ! On giant SHOULDERPADS!” vibe of Diablo, but the faux-ancients mythology of Titan Quest I find entirely inoffensive - and when combined with the beautiful…

Yes! It’s great how they scale with the relative power level and overdamage amount. When I’m high on a Battle Shrine, those poor one-hit chumps just go flying, and it’s hilarious.