Very few of those are available around here, sadly. I usually drink Dos Equis Amber when I’m eating Mexican food, which is fairly often. Large Latin community in my town, and this particular restaurant always has a crowd around the back bar watching futbol en Espanol ... First time I went in 15 years ago I decided to…

The single best change to come along with Survival Mode is that Bethesda also changed the “slap damage” mechanic in Adventure Mode to cause zero damage. Due to the terrible duping issues early in the game, far too many griefers had duplicated, massively overpowered weapons that had been intended to be very rare, along…

I miss SSI’s great old DOS games GREAT NAVAL BATTLES. Nothing else has really gotten the classic big gun naval battles right since.

This looks like fun. I need to give it a try. If you want to try another retro-feeling game, one with an awesome twist, try RIKKI & VIKKI on Steam or Humble Bundle. It’s a very cool solo or co-op 2-player puzzle platformer with wonderful animation, art design and music. And the twist? You can actually buy the same…

I’m an attorney working full-time (ish - I billed about 1700 hours last year) at a legal services company for the last 5 years. We are eligible for a 401K plan with limited company matching, and the company does provide ACA-compliant health plans that we are eligible to participate in. But we are contracted on a…

This was a great long-read. I’m saddened - but entirely unsurprised - to hear of the acrimony following Gary’s death. In my experiences, death rarely brings out the best in the family and friends of the deceased, especially when money is involved.

Imagine growing up the youngest of multiple children, in the household of a mother who grew up one of ten kids herself in a 4-room house, who distrusted anything expensive that might break unexpectedly like a dishwasher; imagine being said youngest child looking longingly at the barely-used modern extravagance called…

I’ve enjoyed FO76 for a couple months of evenings/weekends but my character is level 107 now. Playing solo, I’ve done it all except a solo nuke launch (and I almost managed to pull it off at level 50-something - I could probably do it now), so there’s nothing much left to do but grind Whitesprings and/or the…

That guy’s a nazi-loving, racist assgoblin. Why would I subscribe to his shit?

CivV for me is the sweet spot between “understandable at a glance” and “deep-game nuances I can get a feel for after I’ve played for a year or two.” CivIV was easier to just pick up and go nuts with, but CivVI seems just too complicated to bother with. Fortunately, both CivIV and V are dirt cheap on Steam or GOG if…

On a clear, moonless night in RDR2, take a look at the stars and the Milky Way. Look at the constellation Orion through your binoculars and you can even see the nebulae ... UH-MAZING attention to detail in that game!

This is the same “medium-tier” label now publishing KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM after Squad was purchased by Take-Two. They’ve done some excellent work there, refactoring a lot of legacy code written when Harvestr (original Squad developer who was the driving force behind the game) was a clueless newb, adding a ton of…

This, exactly. Now toss in the even more frustrating experience of said Schofield revolver just randomly disappearing from my inventory after a couple dozen hours of gameplay, and all in all, I’m forced to conclude that as amusing as the concept of “robbing the robbers” is, the execution leaves a lot to be desired.…

Would you rather Forza Horizon listening to your gaming environment without your permission? Because (just for one example) FB gets a lot of shit for listening to your random convos without obviously asking permission, then targeting ads at you about the stuff it overhears.

That’s a big-ass airplane for just a 160-odd pax. A typical A350-900 can carry about 300 in mixed-class seating.

And this kind of horseshit right here is why most serious gamers in my demographic (our first console was a B&W Pong clone when they were the going thing) hate multiplayer and turn off the option entirely when we play a game like NMS. I work 45 - 50 hours a week. I don’t have time or inclination to spend my relaxation…

Well you say that but … I made the mistake of harvesting gravitino balls. As soon as I grabbed one, a Sentinel appeared. I tried to run but had to fight him or die. I got the usual warning about reinforcements arriving in 30 seconds or whatever, so I took off, flew fast and low across the terrain and landed at the…

Unfortunately I have to work much of the weekend but in my spare evening time I hope to be wandering the endless galaxy of NO MAN’S SKY some more. I broke down and bought it last week during Steam’s Mid-Week sale, right after “Next” launched. I’m glad I waited, because as it stands now, it’s exactly the kind of game I…

I watched this eagerly, saddened at launch that it as a PS4/PC exclusive, as I had no gaming rig nor a PS4. I was secretly relieved at the poor reception at lost, glad I hadn’t been missing out. Since then as content has gotten added I’ve been more and more intrigued again and, as it happens, had gotten a decent…

If it’s single player-plus-1-to-3-OPTIONAL-co-op, then I’m definitely in. If it’s all-online-all-the-time, I’m definitely on the fence.