Humble Choice: May 2020
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...
Category: XCOM
RNG vs. Player Agency
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...
Five Favourite Game Series
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...
My Favourites of the Passing Decade
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,...
Five Game Challenge Day 3: Becoming Dovahkiin (Again)
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...
Time to Loot Journal: October 2019
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...
Madness! Picking Just 5 Games for a Year
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,...
XCOM 2 and The Outer Worlds Added
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...
Long War of the Chosen
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...
