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On 01/08/2017 at 06:12 PM,
by daftman
Another year in the bag! 2016 broke new ground in the "Whaaaaa-! It's already over??" category. Somehow I managed to play some games in there, so let's take a look. First up are all the games I beat this year and then how many I bought or somehow acquired (don't worry, I don't list those specifically). Be sure to stick around for the Golden Hippo Awards after that!
On 12/16/2016 at 11:15 PM,
by daftman
Earlier this year I discovered a sci-fi author who has been around for a long time and is kind of a big deal, so I'm not sure how I never stumbled upon him before. His name is Vernor Vinge (VIN-gee) and I recently finished his book A Fire Upon the Deep. This 1993 Hugo-winning book did not disappoint, though the premise is a little hard to grasp. The galaxy is divided up into Zones of Thought. Basically, the farther out you get from the galactic core, the higher the level of technology and intelligence is possible. The center of the galaxy is called the Unthinking Depths, where conscious thought is not even possible. Next comes the Slow Zone. Space travel is possible here but not faster-than-light travel. Passed that is the Beyond, where marvelous technology flourishes, and finally, the Transcend, a place beyond the comprehension of normal humans. It sounds weird at first, I know, but Vinge really commits to the Zones and makes them so integral to the story that it simply would not be the same tale at all without them.
On 11/21/2016 at 11:12 PM,
by daftman
Holy cow. Where has the time gone? The Wii came out my first year in college, so I really didn't get to spend as much time with it as I would have liked in its heyday years but I still enjoyed a bunch of great games. Ploughing through Twilight Princess on my Christmas break in 2006 was sure a tight experience! But rather than list my favorite Wii games ('cause lots of people are doing that)—except Super Mario Galaxy, which is just SO GOOD—let mention a couple in my backlog that I haven't gotten to yet.
On 10/31/2016 at 02:06 PM,
by daftman
Every year in October I intend to play a scary game in honor of halloween but I rarely get around to actually following through. Not so this year! Friday night I started playing Until Dawn, the PS4-exclusive interactive horror game...thingy. I'm not sure how best to describe it. It's kind of like what FMV should have become (it's not FMV, though, of course). I know! Here's a trailer:
