Category Archives: PC

Gaming ID exchange

Posted on January 29, 2012 | Leave a comment

After scouring my Nintendo DS library yesterday, I realized that I had to get all new friend codes for my DS games since I now had to link them to my 3DS Unlike with my 3DS, which uses a single code per system (and thank Whomever for that), DS and Wii friend codes are doled out on a game-to-game basis. Now that that’s all settled after playing each game only long enough to get my new codes (which took me roughly two hours total time), I’m willing to start up some sort of gaming ID/friend code exchange with anyone reading this, so that if we meet up online at any point, we could join in for a quick game or two. However, due to my school schedule, I can’t quite get on as often as I want to, but if you do see me or any of my characters online, give me a holler. (If I discover any characters of mine that aren’t listed below, I’ll include them in future updates).

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Release the Dragon

Posted on January 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

Note sure what happened, but I couldn’t get the latest version of Dragon Saga to run at all on my home computer. It’s probably partially my fault for neglecting it for so long, anyway. I think I’ll be better off without it for a while. *deletes*

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That’s coal’d, man

Posted on January 2, 2012 | Leave a comment

Another year, another smattering of games bought from the Steam Sale in search of bargains and prizes. The biggest gains I came away with are probably Fallout: New Vegas and Neverwinter Nights 2 for $5 each. Valve also handed out special achievements to any player who completed a special holiday-themed achievement in select games, and doing so would either give you a voucher for a free game, a coupon for a discount on a game in Steam’s catalog, or…a lump of coal. However, if you collect seven of them, you can trade them in for a mystery gift (which can be either a game or a coupon). I think I was able to get 15 gifts in total, and was getting close to obtaining another one, but I wasn’t able to complete the achievement in time for me to go to work, so I was left with six lumps of coal that I couldn’t use for anything.

Of course, I also have this one 50% off coupon for Universe Sandbox that I’m sitting on, because I bought the game at 75% off the day it went on sale. I think I’ll put my Valve coupon toward Portal 2, my 1C coupon on Space Rangers (which plays like the newer King’s Bounty games, except IN SPACE!) and the Bethesda discount will be used to score Brink. I played that one a bit during the free weekend, and while it runs somewhat slow on my computer, I could probably get used to it so long as I stick to single-player. Maybe Santa Newell had something good in my for my Christmas stocking after all…

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Missing in action no longer

Posted on December 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

(Meanwhile, two weeks later…)

So, um, yeah…about that “reach 25,000 words before the end of NaNoWriMo” vow I made a few weeks ago? Not surprisingly, it didn’t happen. I got to 20,000 by Thanksgiving, and then kinda fizzled out afterwards. I really need to stop doing that. Luckily, I still have enough “story” from those 20,000 words that I may be able to spin it into an actual story, provided I spend enough time on it between college and work next year.

In gaming-related news, I picked up The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for my PC because why the hell not? Would have tried to pick it up on my PS3, but my HDD is this close to capacity, so I can’t really put any more large games on it. I want to try to play a light-armored and sneaky thief character, but I just know I’ll end up butchering my way through the game like I would if I had stuck with Oblivion or Demon’s Souls for long.

I also managed to score myself a copy of Hyperdimension Neptunia (that PS3 game where all the main characters represent video game consoles and companies) from GameStop. NIS America was advertising a sale, so I was able to get the game for half its original price. It certainly would make good liveblog/Let’s Play fodder due to all of the game references and in-jokes (kinda like 3D Dot Game Heroes), so I may consider it after I’ve played it a bit and gotten used to the controls and stuff.

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I’m in a good-game-playing mood right now

Posted on October 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Sims 3′s Pets expansion came out last night, and it looks like some of the more serious bugs have been squashed (mainly, the Photography bug that caused the entire world to freeze in place, and that other bug that sent your mood south after your full-night’s rest Moodlet wore off). I also like the fact that you can control your pets’ actions, instead of them acting on their own like in The Sims 2. Now I can make my very own “Crazy Cat Lady” scenario…or perhaps become a champion jockey. Hmm…

Also, Dungeon Defenders came out today. I’d been waiting for this tower-defense-action-RPG to come out since last year, and was getting frustrated ever since my Impulse pre-order was cancelled when GameStop bought the service out. I think I got a better pre-order bonus out of the deal, though (even if the price had jumped up from $10 to $15 in the interim) – by buying the game from Steam early, I saved 10% on the purchase price AND got a Portal Gun (a weapon for the Huntress class) and four Team Fortress 2-based familiars. I probably won’t get to use any of them until I’ve leveled up significantly in the campaign, though.

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