Category: Games
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Death Stranding (the First One)
Just in time for the sequel. I’m nothing if not timely. I don’t get Death Stranding. Or so I would’ve told you after I first played this masterpiece a few years back. I didn’t get the appeal of trekking across bleak expanses of post-apocalytic wasteland. I didn’t get the incessant inventory management. I didn’t get…
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Ghent – The Low Countries Part 2, Even Lower
After a few days in The Hague, we leisurely made our way to Ghent in Belgium for the second conference on the books. We spent another night in The Hague after a packed day of post-conference social events. The plan had been to take the train down to Ghent in Belgium but that was a…
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Changing (Bath)Rooms
This past week included a partial bathroom demolition, all part of the legacy of a the previous owner of our house. When replacing your bathroom flooring is like running an archaeological dig, you know something has gone wrong. You can date the flooring by the layers. Plywood, followed by tile adhesive, followed by tiles. Yup,…
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Gardening and Virtual Reality
This year I end up doing so much outside that I barely leave myself any time to write about it. I’m going to cover everything from the great outdoors to the confines of a headset… Gardening One job that has been on the cards since shed clearing last year was manhole cover replacement. The old…
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(Alan) Wake and Bake?
We’re going to need games, and food…lots of food. Before you say “this is supposed to be a gaming blog”, it hasn’t all been cooking. We have been enjoying both Control and Alan Wake 2. The intertwined Remedy-verse provides a lot of fodder for fun cross-overs including characters like the enigmatic Finnish janitor, Ahti, who…
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Desk Job
Exactly how long can you write about four hooks for? Well reader, you are about to find out. Stick around for a wild ride! First I’d like to ease prospective readers in. Here’s a picture of my exquiste lunch on Monday. It’s a buffalo chicken hot sandwich from Rhubarb & Mustard in Plymouth. For those…
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Robot Arms and Alan Wake 2
Robot kits, Indiana Jones, and Alan Wake 2. Robotics 101 Taking a stroll round the charity shop after leaving off a donation is always a risky prospect. If you’re unlucky, you end up walking away with more than you arrived with. Knee and elbow pads. A pair of WiFi plugs. And a robotic arm kit…
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Platelets, Pathology, Photos, and EgyPtology
Happy New Year! Here’s hoping for a quiet one. Saturday was a busy day. Mouna 2. Climbing. Platelets. I even managed to squeeze some pathology in during the donation. 70 to 90 minutes is a long time to sit in one place, so figuring out how to navigate slides and type with only my left…
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Guess Who’s Cooking Christmas Too (Or Part Two)
Merry Christmas one and all. We’ve left the big day behind, so it’s time to reflect on what matters most…the food! I jest (slightly) but Christmas is our greatest feast day. A celebration to lighten the darkest of days, coming shortly after the longest night, and one to bring families and friends together. And part…
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Taking Control
The run up to Christmas has brought with it a bunch of gaming sales, including on the PlayStation store. Control Back in 2019, Remedy released a very interesting game. I didn’t have hardware to play it at the time and it flew under my radar. It seems as though it would be an easy win…
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