Time to Loot – Finding fun in loot and adventure

The Java Journey Continues

Posted by Naithin | Oct 20, 2021 | Coding | 0

Well, That Didn’t Last Very Long

Posted by Naithin | Oct 17, 2021 | Coding, New World, Other Games | 12

Java… I Choose You!

Posted by Naithin | Oct 13, 2021 | Coding | 3

New World, Vanilla Experience

Posted by Naithin | Oct 9, 2021 | New World | 4

Humble Choice: October 2021

Posted by Naithin | Oct 7, 2021 | Humble Monthly | 4

Rolling Credits on Imposter Factory

Posted by Naithin | Oct 5, 2021 | To the Moon | 0

If you ever want to feel exceptionally smart for a time, go back and ‘learn’ something you’ve already learnt in the past. I tell you, it’ll do wonders for your ego when you can ‘pick up’ the concepts required in...

Well, That Didn’t Last Very Long

by Naithin | Oct 17, 2021 | Coding, New World, Other Games | 12

I didn’t exactly plan it this way, I thought I’d hold on a fair bit longer yet — despite a rather tepid response to the game so far. Between work keeping me much busier these last few weeks than normal and choosing to use a lot of...

Java… I Choose You!

by Naithin | Oct 13, 2021 | Coding | 3

About a month ago, right before Tales of Arise came out, I picked up a number of courses from Udemy. The itch to learn something was upon me and would not be denied! Delayed a little bit, but not denied. Honestly, I’m somewhat impressed with...

New World, Vanilla Experience

by Naithin | Oct 9, 2021 | New World | 4

It isn’t every day a brand new Western-developed AAA MMO lands on the scene. The last one, I think, was WildStar and that was released in 2014. Not that I have anything against Eastern-developed releases- I’m still bitterly disappointed...

Humble Choice: October 2021

by Naithin | Oct 7, 2021 | Humble Monthly | 4

I would be willing to bet Humble Choice has been shedding subscribers rather than growing their base over the last little while. The latest numbers I can find that are specifically dated go back to 2019, when the subscriber count was given as...

Rolling Credits on Imposter Factory

by Naithin | Oct 5, 2021 | To the Moon | 0

After Imposter Factory’s release delay from December 2020, I kind of lost track as to when it was due. Turns out? It was a few days ago. Steam kindly emailed me to let me know an item on my wishlist had launched. I was immediately in and...

Time to Loot Journal: September 2021

by Naithin | Oct 2, 2021 | Journal | 0

September had the same number of days in it as any other month. More or less. But to me, it feels a lifetime ago. I barely remember the beginning of the month or writing the last journal at the end of the last. We’ve been in a stay-at-home...

Rolling Credits on Tales of Arise

by Naithin | Sep 29, 2021 | 'Tales of' Series | 5

I finished Tales of Arise! Steam tells me this is about 52 hours of play, which if I compare with the game’s How Long to Beat page puts me a couple of hours below the average for ‘Main + Extras’ which feels about right to me. I...

Sucked In

by Naithin | Sep 18, 2021 | 'Tales of' Series | 7

Alllll the way in. Tales of Arise has me. I don’t think I’ll be playing much else until I’m finished. Well and truly it has become an All-the-Time Game. Which, while great, certainly makes coming up with posts more awkward! Being...

Early Tales of Arise Impressions

by Naithin | Sep 13, 2021 | 'Tales of' Series | 7

While it’s true, I ended up scattering many of my plans to the winds, excitement for Tales of Arise carried on through and I’ve been able to spend about 13 hours with it since it came out with the Friday just been. For a JRPG,...

Picking Something to Learn

by Naithin | Sep 10, 2021 | Coding, Other | 6

It’s been a while now — but every so often I get the urge to go learn something new. Sometimes related to my work, sometimes just for fun. My go-to back in the day was Coursera but over the last few years, I seem to have made a switch...

Humble Choice: September 2021

by Naithin | Sep 8, 2021 | Humble Monthly | 4

Perhaps I’m being unreasonably hard on PGA Tour 2K21 — maybe this is really your bag and the Sim Golf genre is one you just can’t get enough of. It’s possible. And if so- boy is this a Choice Bundle for you! Maybe? Probably...

Catching up in Destiny 2

by Naithin | Sep 5, 2021 | Other Games | 4

The last time I played Destiny 2 would be sometime during the Forsaken expansion. As I write this now though, the Destiny 2: Legendary Edition, which includes the Forsaken, Shadowkeep and Beyond Light expansions is on sale at Humble for less than...

Blaugust 2021 in the Rear View

by Naithin | Sep 4, 2021 | Blog | 6

One of the things I was hoping for with the delay in writing this year’s Blaugust wrap-up was that I might stumble upon some additional insight or understanding, some epiphany or pearl of wisdom I can impart — really? Just something to...

A Blaugust Diversion

by Naithin | Sep 2, 2021 | No Man's Sky, Other Games | 2

Oh boy, it’s all happening right now. I rather intentionally inserted a day’s gap between the end of the posting challenge of Blaugust and this, the next post, to give myself a bit of a break. But now I regret it! I regret everything!...

Time to Loot Journal: Blaugust 2021

by Naithin | Aug 31, 2021 | Journal | 2

Blaugust hasn’t quite come to a close, but the challenge component of it has. For those who either love to write like Bhagpuss or who appreciate looking back at a completed challenge in the rearview like I do, the ‘requirement’ (I...

Quiplash in Lockdown

by Naithin | Aug 30, 2021 | Other, Other Games | 0

The New Zealand COVID-19 related lockdown has continued on with daily case counts continuing to rise until just yesterday, with 83 new cases bringing the total then to 511. This was starting to be a bit of a concern. With almost two weeks of a...

Restarting in Tamriel – Another Time

by Naithin | Aug 29, 2021 | Elder Scrolls Online | 5

Looks like this year’s go-round is a little later than usual. Last year, and the year before that, I sort of fell into another stab at The Elder Scrolls Online very early in the year. It was starting to look like this year might even pass by...

Aliens Fireteam Elite – Campaign Complete

by Naithin | Aug 28, 2021 | Other Games | 0

Let me just say off the bat — I’m so glad my friend group and I picked this one up. It has been a blast. There’s a lot you could nitpick at, to be sure, mostly stemming from the brutal prioritisation and adherence to the...