I don’t want to knock VR too much, but it does seem like one of those things that are distinctly Not For Me. It seems like a good recipe for a headache/motion sickness and motion control games never really appealed to me.

I’ve only tried the cereal bars and the instant oatmeal on this list; that said, I agree with Kevin’s assessment. The oatmeal’s kind of a letdown but it’s not offensive. The autumn seasonal trail mix is pretty good (though not really ‘pumpkin spiced’)- dried apples, candied ginger, spiced cashews and almonds. Most…

This is a family website.

We started doing a Monday night figure drawing session every other week in my office and it’s great. I didn’t realize how much I missed figure drawing until we started doing it and it’s as much for the reason Kate quotes above in the article as for getting practice. Ten years ago, when I was a student, we didn’t have…

If my living room isn’t terribly hot this weekend, I will likely finish the main game of Dark Souls Remastered and possibly the Artorias DLC. My Strength/Faith build character (which is my comfort zone, build-wise) only has to defeat the Lower New Londo Ruins and the Four Kings and all that will be left is Gwynn and…

I’m only here to brag that Meat Loaf and I had the same ear doctor back in the ‘90s.

I was closing in on the very end of Dark Souls III: The Ringed City but I hit a Darkeater Midir sized speed bump that I have no clue how to surmount. So this weekend I’ll likely be working on my Dark Souls Remastered sorcerer run. I’m keen to use the Moonlight Greatsword, so she’s more of a hybrid character than a…

Yeah, I fell off after the first two episodes of Season Three made it clear (at least to me) that the humor would take a backseat to the plotting. Part of me wants to give it another chance, though.

I have bounced from Dark Souls Remastered into Dark Souls III because the controls are tighter, the character moves faster and I’ve never beaten the Ashes of Ariandel or Ringed City DLC. I had nearly left Irithyll Dungeon behind after one careful run... then my controller died mid-battle with a croaking…

I really liked Dead Money. The whole heist premise, having to rely on one megalomaniac and two untrustworthy teammates (and Christine, who’s pretty much in the same boat as you) in a ruined casino rather than the desert of the main game. The fog stuff and lack of access to your main game high level equipment make it…

You made those points well and I definitely see where you’re coming from- I don’t really play that many new games, so I’m a bit insulated from the broader RPG shoehorn trend than you are I’m sure. Your points about Rage just got me thinking about why Borderlands worked more for me when I was playing both, if that…

I had a good time playing Rage, but I personally carry water for the Borderlands franchise over its more first-person shooter focused cousin. Despite the fact that they have a lot of similarities, the difference comes down to how they each tackle the repetitive aspects of their gameplay and how the underlying RPG…

There’s no shame in save scumming with XCom games. How many 97% shots have my troops missed? Far too many to count. If I fired every one of them that missed a perfect flanking shot, I wouldn’t have a fighting force to put in the field. I try to only save scum when a soldier dies or I fail a mission terribly, though-…

I had plans to not go back to Dark Souls, I really did. I got into Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC and enjoyed it a bit and then messed around in Skyrim out of nostalgia- and then I wanted a game with more satisfying combat, which lead me straight back to Dark Souls Remastered.

I like Narragansett, both for flavor and New England regional loyalty. Plus, it’s $2 for a 24 oz tallboy around the corner from me and I’m not made of stone.

Yeah, I feel the same way. I don’t think it was necessarily a bad idea as a means of playing to Kim’s ego with shameless flattery but I will not be the least bit surprised if Trump wants another trailer montage for whatever other “historic” thing he’s blundering through next week.

It’s been a little while, but I would recommend starting as a military officer for your first Captain; the bonus to Irons helps out early in fighting off sea monsters and lowly pirates and the Cook officer has a fairly easy personal quest depending on where the location spawns. From there it’s a matter of getting Port…

Even though I have Dark Souls Remastered, I’ve only played about an hour of it so far- I think I finally hit my limit with Souls games for the time being. So I’m still on that Borderlands 2/Fallout 4 rotation strategy. I started some new characters for variety- I had never played as Salvador in Borderlands 2 (Axton is…

While I’m getting Dark Souls Remastered soon as a late birthday gift, I’m probably not going to dive back into the original and best version of Lordran for a little while. For one thing, I still have to beat Orphan of Kos in Bloodborne and finish that game before I do any more From Software business.

I grew up on those golden age CRPGS- Baldur’s Gate, Fallout, Icewind Dale and the not as great Neverwinter Nights filled a lot of summer afternoons. Nowadays, I have a little more trouble sticking with the text heavy style likely because I’m old now or my smartphone has ruined my attention span completely. Case in…