Background A couple of years ago I mucked around with something called PCI-E passthrough. The idea is to let a Virtual Machine (VM) use an physical GPU. This lets me, who almost exclusively run Linux, run some Windows only games in a Windows VM. I think I was first exposed… Continue reading
A while ago I discovered Steamleft, and decided to use it to try and track my progress in finishing my backlog of Steam games. There are some major flaws with it, such as it counting games I’ve played but not on Steam (eg, Half-life: Blue Shift). It also has really… Continue reading
Somebody sent me to thisย tool. If your Steam Profile is public, it will show you how long you’d need to play for to “complete” all games in your steam library. My own entry is here. It relies on average game length statistics from www.howlongtobeat.com , which will obviously be a… Continue reading
I haven’t played anything in weeks, if not months. I’ve been working away from home since mid May, and during that time I’ve barely touched anything. Instead I’ve been reading about games, keeping up with releases, but over the last couple of weeks I’ve instead been caught up in DRAMA…. Continue reading
Since working out that I was trying to take on enemies that were FAR beyond my current character, I’ve been having an easier time of things. I can actually progress through the Undead Burg, and kill a few enemies at a time before getting wasted. There’s something very satisfying about… Continue reading
I picked up Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition in the autumn steam sale. I tried to play it with keyboard and mouse, and found the controls to be decidedly lacking. I resolved to wait, until I could get a gamepad to play with instead. I’ve been wanting to get… Continue reading
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Spec Ops: The Line In most games,ย the designers have done all they can to try to disguise the rails. Rails in this case being a metaphor for linear storytelling. Linear storytelling is not inherently bad, but often seems that way when โyouโ, or… Continue reading