Category: Games
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Bad Games at Launch
The news that Microsoft is shutting down the game studio Arkane Austin has me thinking a bit about games that are bad at launch because Redfall, Arkane Austin’s last game, really was terrible on day one, and that probably doomed it (and maybe the studio). I’d loved Arkane Lyon’s Dishonored and the idea of having…
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Cyberpunk: First Play Through Endings
Like I said in my first post about this play through, I opened up four options for how to approach the final quests, each leading to a different ending and with three of them offering at least one obvious choice that would probably lead to a variation on that ending. The four options, listed in…
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Facetiming Arkham Horror
Troubled by the violence stalking the town, Atmost and I retreated to Wendy’s home to pour over all the evidence we could find about these terrible murders. There in the dark of night, a gruesome and eldrich horror boiled up from the ground beneath our feet, threatening our very sanity. Courageously, we investigated, learning what…
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Cyberpunk: First Play Through
After finally beating the character creation boss (this involved much rinsing, much repeating), I settled in and played a max-Intel, max-Cool Netrunner: so hacks as weapons with stealth. I also played non-lethal except in the few instances where that wasn’t an option. Quests in the game give credit toward three quest categories: I cleared all…
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Cyberpunk 2077: Interations
I’ve played through three iterations of this game, which sounds odd, but this is a game that came out before it was finished. So each time I’ve played, I’ve encountered something that was substantially different from what I’d played before. This post is a overview. I have another one (written awhile back) sharing my response…