I don’t like scary games, let’s face it, I’m a wimp. But I just thought I’d have a quick play through of the F.E.A.R. 2 Demo. I played the original F.E.A.R. demo a few years ago. I thought it was a competant shooter, the kind that some people will think is the perfect example of [...]
Archive for January, 2009
F.E.A.R. 2 Demo
Posted in Gaming, PC, tagged F.E.A.R., Gaming, gore, horror, sequel on 31st January 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mount & Blade
Posted in Gaming, PC, tagged battle, Gaming, Mount & Blade, mounted combat, PC, war on 30th January 2009 | 5 Comments »
I bought Mount & Blade recently, when it was the Steam weekend deal. I had played it several times before, in various stages of development. Mount & Blade has a very interesting development story, one I think that more people should use. Technically it’s one long open beta, but it didn’t feel like it most [...]
Pyro
Posted in Gaming, PC, tagged Gaming, multiplayer, online, pyro, Team Fortress 2, TF2 on 29th January 2009 | 1 Comment »
At the top with the longest play time, and joint highest score achieved I think it’s safe to say I like the Pyro. Quick and nimble, it’s only really the Scout who can confuse him, and any Scout close enough to do that is as good as toast. The Pyros main skill is setting people [...]
Mytheria
Posted in Flash, Gaming, tagged card collecting, CCG, flash games, Gaming, kongregate on 28th January 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I was writing up my little piece on Kongregate, I thought about the reason I had not bothered playing Kongai. My gut reaction was that I didn’t enjoy card collecting games against a computer, then I had a flash (pun intended), in general I haven’t enjoyed many computerised card collecting games but there are [...]
To Kill a Strider
Posted in Gaming, PC, tagged Gaming, Half-Life, HL2, striders on 27th January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most memorable moments from my first play through of Half-Life 2, along with the beach and coastal stretches, was the level labelled d3_c17_13. The fight in a crumbling building with striders attacking on all sides. It takes place during the resistances fight through City 17 , and for me was one of [...]