Growing Up With Halo
14RunZ63iI8 I was thinking about some of my best gaming days, and I realized that the highlights of my gaming career was centered around Halo for a better part of my life. Before I get too d... more
14RunZ63iI8 I was thinking about some of my best gaming days, and I realized that the highlights of my gaming career was centered around Halo for a better part of my life. Before I get too d... more
Lets sit around the campfire and sing our campfire song: a bunch of my favorite people left the company I work for, so I have had drinks 3 out of the 5 days of the working week to 'celebrate' wi... more
is a pretty decent breakfast food with one major drawback: It isn’t bacon. I know that there are a lot of concerns with regular bacon, just to name a few: price, calories, not being kosher, ... more
So I have heard tales from faraway lands that people really like to recap what they have been playing on the cblogs, so I wanted to join in on this tradition, perhaps temporarily, and recount the... more
A while back, there was a post saying the next Thi4f was going to be streamlined, including such features as Thief-O-Vision, and everyone lost their mind. Not like when people lost their minds w... more
“They call me hadouken, because I’m down right fierce” The last run I did in Dark Souls was a self imposed challenge to use only the whip, and look like Simon Belmont. It was the culinary equiv... more
... is now silenced. Apparently the fap button has been replaced by a generic "like" button and previous fap records have all disappeared. I find I rather miss seeing the fap numbers on some of... more
Gameplay reaction videos on YouTube always seem to bother me. Usually for scary games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent or Slender, people seem to really play up their fear. Then there are celeb... more
"“Dude, suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.”" -Jake the Dog God. Damn. I don’t typically like to swear except in conversations with my friends, but goddamn... more
“And a word to the wise/when the fire dies/you think its over but its just begun” -Avenged Sevenfold Dark Souls 2 footage was released recently, so this seems like a good place for a longer imp... more
“Have fun storming the castle.” “Do you think it will work?” “It would take a miracle” -Billy Crystal I watched the Megaman X Sequilitis again the other day, and because my mind has been 24... more
“Rules do not exist to bind you, they exist so you may know your freedoms” -. If you haven't played NieR, just don't even bother reading this blog. Not because I'll spoil it, I just don't want ... more
-John Candy, Blues Brothers. I am not going to be one of those guys who goes on and on about how Dark Souls is super simple. If I was in a reviewers shoes, my first playthrough would have torn... more
Yup, the next Xbox might not be for you. The rumours of an "always on" internet connected next-generation Xbox aren't particularly new, though recent leaks and the distinct lack of any outrigh... more
“Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crispy, and go well with ketchup” WARNING - LONGBLAWG, DAWG. Hold on to ya butts. Especially you This playthrough has been a pretty cool... more
"Abyss Walk with Me" Good news everyone! As of today, Dark Souls has passed Borderlands 2 as my most played game (probably of ever). To commemorate this, I want to begin with a cool little ane... more
“If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you” I want to preface this with something. I have one major, MAJOR, problem with Dark Souls: The game is absolutely, way too go... more
I got to level 157 or so in Defiance during the beta week... so apparently I liked the game. It releases today on my Birthday, April 2nd, and there's a pretty decent chance I'll be getting the... more
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I never did play Demon Souls... even though I normally love WRPG styled games. I heard it was difficult, as in brutally difficult and when I want to have my ass kicked, I generally load up an on... more
I've been a gamer since I was a nameless, genderless, adventurer in games like Zork and Myst. I then moved on to the Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dales series of games and I alwa... more
I know that Anita Sarkeesian's "Damsel in Distress" initial video of her examination of Tropes vs Women in Video games is due to drop tomorrow, so I wanted to get some of my thoughts out previo... more
Confession TIme: I played the original Sniper Elite V2 about ¾ of the way through, then never finsihed it. I just kind of got burned out by the way that they designed the levels, and often had ... more
I am happy to say that heated discussions on a website have contributed to critical thinking, instead of turning into ‘which side will say Hitler first?’, and I have had some time to refine my po... more
It’s time for another written at night, poorly edited blog! Hooray! Today, I wanted to focus on how bored I am with work. I work with statistics, so naturally, I spent almost eight hours a day... more
With the PlayStation 4 on the horizon, Sony's consoles are on everyone's minds lately. The recent Twitter hashtag, #playstationmemories, got me thinking about my own time spent with the consoles.... more
Last year for Valentine's Day my husband got me a funny little book called " and included really nice pictures of guys saying things like "" or "". It was cute and I thought it would be fun to ... more
Welcome, welcome faithful readers. Today, a patch for the just released NES Game Super Mario Bros was issued, and I have to say, there are numerous fixes listed. I don’t want to get too into ... more
For part one, please refer to: Last time, on Kris builds a PC, I made the horrible decision to try and build a computer, despite having never done so before! Part one was an explanation of al... more
2012 was a pretty great year for gaming, if I may so so. I didn't get around to playing everything I wanted, but the games I did play this year were all fantastic! I hope 2013 can keep up this tr... more