This game has doomed me. Many nights I have found my self wondering why it was hard to keep my eyes open only to discover it’s five in the morning, again. The version of the game I acquired is for the iPhone/iPod Touch and it is honestly a stripped down version of the classic computer game. The designers have simplified the abilities and tactics down to the basics and the game is still as engaging and addictive as the original. Though this version is far more forgiving to people like myself who dive in to gameplay and don’t read the manual. Control interface is intuitive, though it would greatly benefit from allowing the player to zoom out the map and still issue move commands to a selected unit. The only other criticisms is the game not displaying other cities foot print when you are placing a new settler or in a city maintenance menu. Many times I have cursed at my citizens demanding why they would refuse to inhabit an empty lucrative space. Only to find that is why the neighboring city has an ungodly resource score. These issues are honestly minor annoyances with the game as a whole. The game is one fantastic time sink, loading it up to play a few turns, and a steal at seven dollars. The great threat of Civilization Revolution on your handheld device is forgetting what you were waiting for because just one more turn… Just one more turn…
I think people who consider themselves a “gamer” (or an intense fan of any hobby for that matter) keep a truth buried. One that the holder believes that bringing the truth to light would cause them to loose face in the community. It’s little inconsequential truths like a friend of mine never played D&D as a kid or my wife never owned a console system so she has no muscle memory of where the jump buttons are.
My little truth is something simple and truly annoying. I rarely finish games (end the game and get credit roll). Being my easily distracted self this might not sound too astounding, but it is something I am not proud of. The list of games that I need to complete is only growing. Currently the biggest titles on that list are Fallout3, Dragon Age: Origins, and Bioshock 2. Two of these titles are at heart RPGs but for one reason or another they have discouraged me from continuing playing.
The problem that drove me away from Fallout 3 is I lost all my followers. Apparently a particular quest effectively kills all your followers when you are captured by the enclave. The Brotherhood of Steel guardian I could stand loosing, but they took my dog from me and that is something I just won’t stand for. I am fully intending on hacking the game to get Dogmeat to respawn in some fashion, then continue playing. Because I don’t think I would take the time to play through the game again, since I doubt I would change the majority of my decisions/interactions in the game. On top of that I haven’t even acquired all of the expansions, and I have got to play those. Now with the count down to New Vegas is getting dangerously close to ending the pressure to finish playing is getting quite strong.
As for Bioshock 2 and Dragon Age these two great games are suffering from the same plague. Getting their saves breaking delicately so I lost 2 hours of game play in Bioshock and 4 hours in Dragon Age. Honestly these are both good games and the biggest issue is that I am being forced to replay sections due to tech errors, not choose to replay the sections myself. These are the few games I could place a reason on why I stopped playing.
However the list of games that I cant place why I stopped is just growing. The Ballad of Gay Tony, the DS Castlevania games, Pheonix Wright, and I am fearing Red Dead Redemption is slipping on to that list. It’s grasp on my current play list is getting more and more tenuous. Thanks to the release of Limbo, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, StarCraft II, Crackdown 2, Transformers:War for Cybertron…
I think I am doomed to see my list just keep growing.
Months ago, my wife and I were at the airport waiting for our flight out to PAX East. When I struck up a conversation with a man with a camera he informed us about his project: building a video log of advice on love from the male perspective. Having thoughts and a story on the subject I agreed to put my thoughts on his tape.
Fast forward to a few weeks back I was sent a link by a friend with the question, “Is that you?”, from io9 and yes that is me. My vid
Damn you Steam, I was going to write a nice long post about why Castlevania: StoN is so fucking fantastic. But you and your enterprising tentacles have entwined me in your sales leading up to the 4th of July. Now my computer sits bloated with games leaving me filled with indecision on what game to pursue. Damn you.
I was shown a website called Artifice Clothing recently and was blown away by their cybertech section. It just hits all the right chords to be on my fervent want list. These articles of attire fit into what I call future artifacts, chunks of items dropped off of the prop cart for the latest sci-fi film. Just have a look and I have to say the wings they have available are expensive but amazing.
Greetings, Dave and I have returned from our adventure to the Penny Arcade Expo with more than we expected. We both are currently quite under the weather. I do believe the both of us have escaped the event with out becoming infected with the n1h1 that was present at the event. What this means is both of us will be taking in massive amounts of fluids and rest, while our podcast will be late this week. I will attempt to edit and post it up tomorrow, but that is all hanging upon if I have a fever by then or not.