Category: XCOM

This round felt surprisingly… un-XCOM-like. It went altogether too well, and I kept waiting for something to happen to shake things up and keep me on my toes, if not knock me right off ’em. It didn’t happen, though. Not in this...

XCOM 2: Blogger Succession Game Missions 8 + 9

by Naithin | Jun 12, 2021 | XCOM | 3

Important note for players: If you missed the Discord chat, we have adjusted the structure of turns! (This is also why I’ve played two missions.) Now, you play the strategy / base portion of your turn first. You play that until you select a...

XCOM 2: Blogger Succession Game – Mission 1: Operation Gatecrasher (Again)

by Naithin | May 4, 2021 | XCOM | 0

Don’t adjust your set- it isn’t broken. And it isn’t just deja vu, either. If you thought you’d seen this one already, that’s because… well, you have. The problem there, was that even though I had launched into...

XCOM 2: Blogger Succession Game – Mission 1: Operation Gatecrasher

by Naithin | May 2, 2021 | XCOM | 0

Eeeee! Exciting. Here we are- with the game underway, first mission played, turn order established, and the Succession Game page revamped to include this round and archive the details of the previous Civilisation VI Succession Game. Note: This...

Your XCOM 2 Succession Game Invite

by Naithin | Apr 22, 2021 | XCOM | 18

Yep. Yours. Over there in the corner. With the hat- and the face. Or maybe without the hat. *squints* It’s hard to see in this light. But with the Civilisation VI Succession Game now wrapped up, there’s room in my life for another...

Five Game Challenge – 2020

by Naithin | Oct 14, 2020 | Gaming, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, WoW, XCOM | 0

Last year, I put myself through a bit of a challenge. A Five Game Challenge. You might’ve already gathered that though from the title, even if you weren’t here at the time. Though if you weren’t, possibly the finer points of...

Humble Choice: May 2020

by Naithin | May 4, 2020 | Humble Monthly, XCOM | 8

Alright, so I’m a little late on this one. The new choices came out a couple of days ago now but dangit I really wanted to get the top five most/least viewed posts out and out together. In that time, Magi put his thoughts up over on The...

RNG vs. Player Agency

by Naithin | Apr 29, 2020 | Gaming, Other Games, XCOM | 13

Luck. Probability. Random Number Generation (RNG). Love it or despise it, it’s been a part of gaming for decades. At its simplest and most extreme form the outcome is decided in entirety by the roll of the (sometimes literal) dice. It would...

Five Favourite Game Series

by Naithin | Apr 23, 2020 | Civilisation, Dark Souls, Gaming, Other Games, XCOM | 13

Krikket posted on her five favourite game series after seeing a tweet doing the rounds asking the same. She thought it a great blog post prompt — and so do I. Except even after almost the entirety of the day thinking about it, I’m not...

My Favourites of the Passing Decade

by Naithin | Dec 29, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Dark Souls, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, XCOM | 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...

Five Game Challenge Day 3: Becoming Dovahkiin (Again)

by Naithin | Nov 3, 2019 | Other Games, Skyrim, XCOM | 4

I thought this weekend might be filled with simply ‘getting ready’ to play things. As troublesome as extensively modding Skyrim might still be — it still went a lot faster than I remember from the days before mod managers and the...

Time to Loot Journal: October 2019

by Naithin | Oct 31, 2019 | Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Journal, Lost Ark, Other Games, Warframe, XCOM | 9

So… *twiddles thumbs* …I’ve kinda done something just a wee bit crazy. Yesterday I wrote about selecting a mere 5 games to last an entire year. I also encourage others to think about what their list might look like, and already...

Madness! Picking Just 5 Games for a Year

by Naithin | Oct 30, 2019 | Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, XCOM | 8

Now, I’m not much of one to partake in Halloween generally. But I came across something truly terrifying that I had to share. No, terrifying isn’t enough. It’s horrifying. Any other time of year, I might’ve had a quiet...

XCOM 2 and The Outer Worlds Added

by Naithin | Oct 27, 2019 | Asheron's Call, Blog, Other Games, XCOM | 4

It’s been a wee while since I’ve done a post in this format. I’d actually been struggling a bit with what I wanted to turn this into and how I wanted to carry it forward into the future. Looking back, the last time was for No...

Long War of the Chosen

by Naithin | Oct 23, 2019 | Other Games, XCOM | 6

XCOM 2 has held a place in my Steam ‘Favourites’ list since it came out essentially. I’ve popped into it time and again based on various prompts and triggers. The trigger this time was a desire to play through as many titles as...