It has been a long time, and I am itching to write another review! Hold on to your armrests, here I go! After years of being resistant to MMOs, trying World of Warcraft and EVE Online only to quit, in the last few months I have just had an inexplicable urge to play them. Something […]
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During the Steam summer sale I picked up a lot of great games, but none of them has so held my interest and attention as much as Kerbal Space Program, which is often abbreviated KSP by fans. It is still in Alpha, but is available for purchase now from the developer’s website or from Steam.
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I apologize for the long hiatus of my reviews. Life has been very busy, and I found myself playing more Dwarf Fortress after I wrote my review of it, meaning that I did not really pick up any new games to review for a while. What finally motivated me to purchase a new game was
Check out my latest Let’s Play series of Dwarf Fortress with my wife here: As I have recently not had the funds to buy a lot of new games, I have been interested in trying various free and older, low cost games. After stumbling across a recommendation for it on Reddit, I looked into Dwarf
Crusader Kings 2 was a surprise hit in the PC gaming world. Unlike the seemingly more inaccessible flagship franchise of Paradox Interactive Europa Universalis, this grand strategy title managed to gain a wider audience of many people who played more RTS style games, such as Starcraft or Total War, or turn-based games like Civilization. The
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Skyrim was my most anticipated game of 2011. I preordered it, got it at midnight the day it was released, and played it solidly for almost an entire year, trying to complete as many quests as I could and try as many play styles as I could think of–including the infamous “being an NPC” play
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In response to wonderful feedback I received on my first review, I have made some changes to my review rubric. You can review the updated version here: http://www.keithsayer.com/2013/02/07/gaming-rubric/ Just a quick rundown of the changes: I renamed the “Originality” category “Uniqueness” for clarity and fairness. I added a question to the “Uniqueness” category about whether
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Graphics/Visual Effects 9 The graphics are not the selling point of this game, but strategy RPG’s as a whole do not tend to have great graphics. In this genre, XCOM is a pretty good looking game, especially when it comes to its effects (the different kind of gun shots and psionic powers) and highly detailed
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Hello, all! My name is Keith Sayer, and I am an avid gamer and student. I would like to begin blogging to share some of my experiences in gaming with the world. I find that when I am considering buying a game, I often rely on good reviews to decide whether I will purchase it
