Time to Loot – Finding fun in loot and adventure

I don’t recall the last time I found one of these. I’m not saying they don’t exist… Just… When was the last one? I suppose MMO’s still get them on a fairly regular basis. But outside of that? I don’t really...

Finding an All-The-Time Game

by Naithin | Jan 14, 2020 | Anthem, Asheron's Call, Monster Hunter: World, Warframe | 12

Recently Belghast posted on giving up the chase for the ‘Forever Game’. It didn’t really occur to me at the time of Bel’s post, but it has occurred to me since with my return to Monster Hunter: World. While the...

No Escape for Tarkov

by Naithin | Jan 12, 2020 | Other | 11

Battlestate Games — the developers of Escape from Tarkov — have come under fire for attempting to claim that they simply didn’t have the development resources to allow for the addition of female playable characters. That it would...

Returning to Monster Hunter: World

by Naithin | Jan 10, 2020 | Monster Hunter: World | 8

The PC version of the Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter World came out today. So last night I decided it might be an idea to jump back in and see if I could perhaps shake off a little of the rust. You know- basic stuff. Relearning what buttons...

Going on a Short(?) Story Game Kick

by Naithin | Jan 8, 2020 | Other Games | 6

After finishing up Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice recently, I got a bit of a hankering to play through some short (maybe) story games. Next up for me was Gris. I had it in my library already. In fact, I’d picked it up during the summer...

Remnant vs. Dark Souls

by Naithin | Jan 7, 2020 | Other Games | 2

Remnant: From the Ashes is commonly described as ‘Dark Souls with Guns’ which isn’t entirely unfair. It shares the bonfire mechanic (now Crystals) where if you rest all enemies in the area respawns, with the trade-off being that...

Humble Choice: January 2020

by Naithin | Jan 4, 2020 | Humble Monthly, Other Games | 8

After perhaps a bit of a disappointing start for Choice with December’s lacklustre line-up, January looks to kick the year off in much better style. Not only that, but even for us on the Classic plan, there really is a choice this time...

Completing Senua’s Sacrifice

by Naithin | Jan 3, 2020 | Other Games | 2

Wow. I’ve finally finished Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. I picked it up in June, with an early purchase of the July Humble Bundle, but it has been out since August 2017. It was a game that, since it came out, I had often found myself on...

Time to Loot Journal: December 2019

by Naithin | Jan 1, 2020 | Journal | 0

And so the final day of the final month of the first year of my return to blogging comes to a close. It has been a blur of a month. A month of two parts. The part where work was still going on (right up until the 20th) and the part after, where...

My Favourites of the Passing Decade

by Naithin | Dec 29, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe | 0

These games of the year and decade lists started coming out quite early, and it really stressed me out! THERE WERE STILL MORE GAMES TO RELEASE! And alright, alright — as it turned out, probably not any of them were really anything to write...

Secret Santa for… Shoot the Rookie!

by Naithin | Dec 25, 2019 | Other | 2

“Lightning” Ellen kindly organised a Secret Blogger Santa event this year — and I drew Pix1001 of Shoot the Rookie fame. If you’re unfamiliar with the premise as Ellen set it, the idea is to ‘gift’ your person a...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Spoiler Free)

by Naithin | Dec 23, 2019 | Other | 2

Before getting into what I thought of the latest Star Wars movie (Rise of Skywalker) I want to provide some context on the type of Star Wars viewer that I am. I think that is a necessary view for understanding whether anything I say is likely to...

Transport Fever 2

by Naithin | Dec 19, 2019 | Transport Fever | 2

Where to even begin with this one? If I hadn’t set myself the goal of writing an impressions post for it this month, I almost certainly would have just let it sail off into the great goodnight without comment. I mean… You know. It looks...

Memories of the 2019 Game Awards

by Naithin | Dec 16, 2019 | Other Games | 2

It isn’t like they were that long ago, I suppose. I checked — December 12th. Only a few days really. Which frankly blows my mind. Time has clearly entered some sort of unstable warp state as we enter ever closer proximity to the...