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A teacher
Why have I played the lowbrow games more often over the past month than the highbrow ones? This article offers some food for thought: http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/10/27/procrastination/#more-...
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Why do I play some games more than others?
Why have I played the lowbrow games more often over the past month than the highbrow ones? This article offers some food for thought: http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/10/27/procrastination/#more-...
Friday, 3 June 2011
Mount and Blade Warband - An Update
When I last wrote about Mount and Blade, I spoke about how I hadn’t made any progress with the diplomacy. In fact, I had managed to alienate all the factions (due to not realising that attacking them would make them dislike me...) This time round, though, I was on my best behaviour and ingratiated myself as much as possible. As I have read before, each promotion changed the game. After pumping an extraordinary amount of time into the game (I won’t reveal how much... ok, around 70 hours in total...) I gained several in-game promotions. Firstly I was granted the position of Marshall. This meant that I began to try to decimate the other factions. My stupid king, though, didn’t sue for peace with the other factions, meaning that I was fighting...
Medieval Total War 2 - An experience of the Grand Campaign
Playing an aptly named Grand Campaign on Medieval Total War 2 for the past two years has given me a new found appreciation for the RTS genre. If you read my review of the original shogun experience, you would have thought I’d be more of a fan of that era. In fact, the darkness of the medieval atmosphere appeals to me much more. In the Grand Campaign I am playing as the English. After striking north and conquering Scotland and, rather easily, Ireland, I turned my attention south. After several months of slowing rolling over the French, I found myself in a situation where I was defending myself on several fronts against the Germans, the French, the Milanese, and (rather uninspiringly) the Danes. Like with all campaigns in the Total War series,...
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Gaming as a social habit?
Well worth a read about gaming habits amongst professionals: http://www.pcgamer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9...
