Category Archives: Odds & Ends
Sekiro – too good to rage quit
Thanks to the lockdown I’ve been whittling down my backlog of games, films, books, and TV. Mostly Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Not playing Sekiro until a year after its release invariably leads to a number of questions, conclusions even: that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloodborne, Cheesing bosses is for losers, Covid-19, Dark Souls, Demon Bell, Dragon’s Homecoming, Ending snafus, Hidetaka Miyazaki, I didn't kill The Headless by Wednesday bedtime, Isshin The Sword Saint, Japanese, Kuro’s charm, Navy Seals basic training, Overly complex lore, Purification, Purple Ninja bastards, Rage quitting cunts, Sekiro, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, SERENITY NOW!, Shinobi, Shura
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Yes, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a great Western
Can a computer game belong to the canon of great Westerns? My reflex response was no. Yet whilst playing Red Dead Redemption 2, which was finally released on PC earlier this month, I keep questioning my initial resistance. The vividness … Continue reading
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Tagged 1899, Albanian sex trafficker stupidly kidnapping Liam Nesson's daughter, Arthur Morgan, Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Dutch, Frederick Jackson Turner, Gaming, Give your horse a mohawk, GTA V, Gun lobbyists, John ‘Wooden’ Wayne, Limmy, Michigan Militia, Minecraft deathpit, O’Driscoll gang, Odds & Ends, PC, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar, Virtual violence is fun and good for you, Western
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Hollow Knight – Metroidvania meets Masochism
Until recently I’d never heard of the Metroidvania genre. In my defence, I’m only a casual ‘silver’ gamer. On average I game for about five or six hours a week. These aren’t enthusiast numbers, not even close. Down the years … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Christmas song ever, Boiling piss, Casual 'Silver' gamer twat, Dark Souls, FIFA, Gaming, Godhome DLC, Heroin addiction, Life is Unfair and so is Hollow Knight's DLC, Masochism, Metroidvania, Moaning, Odds & Ends, Private Pyle is slimy Walrus looking piece of shit, Sesame Street, Team Cherry, The Nightmare King Grimm is a horrible bastard, Vanity
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Will learning to code solve my time management problem?
Yeah, I’m learning to code, rapidly nearing the big four-zero. If that seems a daft combination, that’s because it is. But don’t laugh, and I’m certainly not. It’s hard, man. I’m still getting to grips with what integers, strings, floats, … Continue reading
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Tagged Being thin never goes out of fashion, Big Bang Theory, Boolean, break, Coding, continue, Exception handling, floats, hypters, I need to deceive myself, I’m dogshit tired and I fucking hate my job - sums up the 21st century, If statements, integers, loops, Odds & Ends, Pluralsight, print('Hello, self-aggrandising shitty attributes, sex up your menial jobs, Sporcle quizzes, strings, What the fuck is a Json file?, World!'), You need discipline Private Pyle, YouTube videos
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