Playing a lot of Diablo III, of course. I'm really enjoying it so far, it's pretty much what I wanted/expected from the next Diablo, and there are only a few things that I don't like (like the 'mood' mists they put fucking EVERYWHERE that my comp visibly slows down whenever I walk through/underneath, with no option to disable or reduce - they'd be fine if I had a computer that was a little more up to date, but they do nothing for my game experience except add tons of lag in most of the outdoor environments...).
Also messing with Mount & Blade mods again, and the occasional ME3 match.
MANY A YEARS AGO... in 2009, when my brother first returned to town, we spent our time together playing Super Nintendo and just enjoying each other's company. In the course of that time we beat both Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country in cooperative mode.
So I bought Donkey Kong Returns for the Wii and we started playing that together. GOOD TIMES.
I picked up Rock of Ages because it was on sale via Steam. It's a silly little tower defense like game that takes you through history, destroying great leaders in the process. Now, when I say silly, I mean it.
So I reinstalled Rome Total War in honor of the announcement of a sequel, and of course installed my favorite mod, Rome Total Realism. I also installed a mini-mod for more realistic cognomen for your Roman generals, and it just so happens that the man currently leading my effort to take all the outlying islands from Carthage before sacking the city itself is one Luca Livius Drusus... His contributions to the glory of Rome will not go unnoticed.
I'll also try another big historical accuracy mod, Europa Barbarorum, at some point this month. I've heard it's way better than RTR when it comes to accuracy, but pays for it with tons of scripting and minute detail which makes turns take much, much longer than vanilla RTW or RTR. I'll report back when I have some first-hand experience.
I just ordered an XBox 360 (Slim w/Kinect)*, as a reward for Kiddo growing up like crazy in the last two weeks. Is Minecraft overhyped or p great for a 6yo? What other fun games that aren't on the Wii, we need to ensure this is spectacularly new and exciting stuff here.
*Took me three fucking days hanging out on eBay and Amazon to get a good deal on what we wanted! I got way bad sniped by like 12 people in the last 3 seconds on an amazing bundle auction last night, and seriously almost eBay died. Then I lost a great deal on Amazon because I decided to email a question before placing the order and someone else was all "UR Stoopid, order first duh!". I took wounds for this goddamned machine! Also, I wanted a PS3 but Hubby and Kiddo insisted on XBOX so fuck Microsoft today too.
I played Minecraft for approximately a zillion hours before getting tired of it... but I have it on PC. And actually, I keep thinking I will go back and check it out since they've added more things to it since I played. The 360 version is apparently behind on some of those features compared to PC. I'm sure it's still fun, and you can play it split-screen on 360, so there's that.
It's hard for me to say what to recommend since I don't know what you find suitable for him. I won't bother mentioning anything M rated, but here are some Xbox Live Arcade games I have played that are good and may or may not be suitable. Most are E10+.
I would point out that all Arcade games have a free demo. So, you can try them out first... or if he's easily amused just get him some demos to play, I suppose. Depending on the game and how generous the demo is, that can be enough.
I would point out that all Arcade games have a free demo. So, you can try them out first... or if he's easily amused just get him some demos to play, I suppose. Depending on the game and how generous the demo is, that can be enough.
He craves novelty and has yet to get deeply "into" anything, and so free demos might just be the ticket! Thank you for the information.
I put the Kinect Rush on the wishlist, thanks Stormy
I recently purchased graphics cards to upgrade the graphics capabilities of my computer. They came with free downloadable copies of Borderlands 2. After playing for a couple of hours, I have to admit to thinking the game is awesome. It's a great game and I look forward to having an opportunity to have a long play session on the game.
Sadly, I fucking suck at the game. Hopefully, my skill will improve as I continue to play.
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Under no circumstances should Quentin Tarantino be allowed to befoul Star Trek.
It is called The Binding of Isaac, and the plot and theme are very twisted and grotesque. Despite that it is a fascinating 2-D top-down game with randomly generated maps and tons of weirdness that make it kind of fascinating to me. I watched someone else play it first on You Tube, and then tried the demo, which is only two maps, but it took me about 50 runs just to make it through the demo to the end. And it is still pulling me in to attempt more runs; different creatures, items, rooms, and results keep showing up.
I really can't play it with our son in the room though; it is cartoonish but disturbing in content.
Anybody run a Mac with Windows so they can use Steam? If so, was it worth it?
I have a PC base to build off next year (I need to hook up a keyboard, monitor, maybe upgrade the video card, maybe pick up a bigger hard drive, and get Windows for it, plus I know very little of my way 'round the hardware so baby steps) that I planned to set up for PC games, rather than try to add Windows to my iMac 9,1.
It is called The Binding of Isaac, and the plot and theme are very twisted and grotesque. Despite that it is a fascinating 2-D top-down game with randomly generated maps and tons of weirdness that make it kind of fascinating to me. I watched someone else play it first on You Tube, and then tried the demo, which is only two maps, but it took me about 50 runs just to make it through the demo to the end. And it is still pulling me in to attempt more runs; different creatures, items, rooms, and results keep showing up.
I really can't play it with our son in the room though; it is cartoonish but disturbing in content.
Anybody run a Mac with Windows so they can use Steam? If so, was it worth it?
I have a PC base to build off next year (I need to hook up a keyboard, monitor, maybe upgrade the video card, maybe pick up a bigger hard drive, and get Windows for it, plus I know very little of my way 'round the hardware so baby steps) that I planned to set up for PC games, rather than try to add Windows to my iMac 9,1.
I have recently decided to try Dwarf Fortress in all it's nerdy glory, and I have to say it is a lot of fun. I am not hardcore enough to play it in raw ascii mode so I use a mod that replaces the colored squiggles with little tiles.
The objective is to build a dwarf city, craft items, and grow to a mighty dwarf fortress. Your dwarfs cannot be directly controlled: you can only give them assignments and give those assignments priority levels.
The game designer seems to take a particularly sadistic pleasure in throwing more and more complications your way. The more wealth you produce, the more you can trade with the surrounding communities and gain more resources that might be scarce on your map. The problem is, the more affluent and populous your fortress, the more attention it attracts from goblins, undead hordes and other unpleasantnesses. To keep them at bay, you will have to set up a military and build fortifications and traps.
Meanwhile, your dwarfs who up to this moment were content eating simple fare and sleeping in communal dormitories, are going to need more and more sophisticated care. Nobles appear who demand luxury accommodation and food. Your book-keeper needs an office to work from. Your Sherrif becomes the captain of the guard, and now you need to build him an office, and a small prison to hold delinquent dwarfs in. Important dwarfs also demand you build them a tomb to house their remains in. Your chief medical dwarf needs a small hospital to tend to the sick and wounded, and while healthy dwarfs only need to drink booze to stay hydrated (which you need to provide) a sick dwarf needs access to clean water - if you accidentally have a water-source that is muddy, their wounds can get infected.
Fail to supply the needs of your community, and it is possible for your society to collapse. When dwarfs become too unhappy, they tend to spread the misery to their neighbors, leading to a spiral of violence that leaves the whole community paralyzed.
I highly recommend this game if you are looking for something that looks like ass, has a steep learning curve, is almost sadistically unwinnable without cheating... and yet is strangely alluring and a lot of fun.