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On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 2

December 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

I just finished the second Penny Arcade episode. I enjoyed it quite a bit. There isn’t much to say about it, it’s just a continuation of the first episode and feels as such. I didn’t get stuck as much as I did in the first episode, and I found the final boss rather easy, but [...]

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Blockbuster and Dead Rising

December 12th, 2008 · Comments Off

This is just a quick post with two notes. I rented Dead Rising for the 360 from Blockbuster last weekend. I had always wanted to play the game, and I finally got it around to playing it. It’s a relatively fun game, but it’s hard and I agree with the reviews that the save system [...]

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World of Goo

December 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

This post is a quick (and long overdue) review of World of Goo, which is available in many places but I played on my Mac.
I’d like to start with a quick “thank you” to 2D Boy for making a Mac version. It wasn’t ready at the same time as the PC version, but if you [...]

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Grand Theft Auto 4

October 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

And so, 37 hours 31 minutes and 23 seconds after he started his journey, Niko Belic went to his apartment in Algonquin and went to sleep. Thus I saved my game for the last time.
I really enjoyed Grand Theft Auto. This is the first of the series I have finished, let along getting more than [...]

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On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 1

October 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

About two weeks ago I finally tried the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures. On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 1 was pretty good, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Just a few days after I finished it, the next episode was announced to be gold so it should come out soon (hopefully).
I [...]

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