So recently I was put on some medications that made it so I couldn�t drink, so I decided to do the next best thing and fantasize about drinking! �I like to be a thorn in some bartender�s sides by asking for some kind of strange drinks, or a...

During one of the Steam sales, I decided to pick up a game that had some good buzz, but I knew almost nothing about: �La Mulana. �I know it is supposed to be a hard as nails, oldschool experience, and I am totally down for that. �The only e...

In a sentence that will surprise no one, I absolutely love Dark Souls. �It is my most played game of...ever. �On PC alone, I have put in 120 hours, after putting in nearly 200 on XBox. �I know that doesn�t sound like a lot compared to peopl...

Yeah, I'm starting a blog with Fiddler on the Roof. �Don't like it? �There's the door. A lot of my previous chart ons have focused on mechanics found inside of games, but today, I decided to go into something else behind the scenes in gam...

I was going to ask a friend of mine if he thought that today�s topic would be interesting, then I remembered that interesting is highly subjective. �Many people couldn�t care less about how and why a game works than if a game is fun or not....

Today is an incredibly exciting day. �Do you know why? �Today, we get to unravel the secrets of the gaming world by looking at through a lens of analysis instead of baseless conjecture. �I have actually been very excited for quite a long ti...

I decided to merge together 3 different things that I like, and make them into a blog today! �They are a love of math, a love of video games, and a burning desire to use my video capturing software! �So I decided to mix things up and talk o...

Whoo! �It has been quite a year hasn�t it? �For me, it has been an INSANE year. �I wound up buying my first house, my second car, paid off two student loans, built my own computer, received a hefty bonus, and gotten two promotions! �I have ...

Howdy everyone! �Hope you all enjoyed the holidays! Mine were, in a word, interesting. �First of all, you have to know that I live in Iowa, which is about six hours away from my original home back in Illinois, so I had quite a commute to go...

You know what I hate? Besides people who don't get this reference, of course I hate people who post �gamer logic� pictures. �Quite a bit. ��Hey, did you know the police will give up on chasing you after 50 feet? �Lol, not like real life ...

When was the last time that you snap bought a game, sight unseen. �Sure, some people buy games day 1 after tons of press release, or after enjoying the previous game in the series, but a game that just sort of stumbles out there, well...o...

As is the case with the previous blogs, I ran into a question that I had to answer by using spreadsheets, math, and prayer. �This time around, the question came up from the wonderful game Path of Exile. �In Path, you have 4 damage reduction...

I was talking out loud to myself while playing a videogame, and I had an interesting question come up, one which could only be solved by using the worst of all demons: �Math. �So let me phrase the situation for you guys...You are playing an...

So a while ago, I was browsing some site on the internet, probably pornagrophy of some sort. �I guess I must have become side tracked, because I encountered a hypothetical videogame situation: �after slaying 1000 hyperdemons, you have been ...

When I was young, I played a lot of Battletoads, and somewhere along the line my young brain mixed up The Beach Boys with Battletoads. �Seeing some weird bearded dude instead of a anthropomorphic frog just seems weird to me. �Anyway! �Pick...

I mostly just wanted to raise awareness about a new place that opened in Des Moines to anyone in the Midwest community, and also brag about how awesome this place is�.although, I�m sure anyone on coastal areas has twelve of these within wal...

It is interesting all of the things that we take for granted when we sit down and fire up a game. �You expect a game to have rules that have to be followed, controls that allow you to control your character, some kind of difficulty that you...

Not every achievement is a �good� achievement. �The first achievement that this immediately brings to mind is the one to look up Juliet�s skirt in Lollipop Chainsaw. �Similar to the act of going on a date with Pamela Handerson, the achiev...

In my next look at games that have been rotting in the oubliette of my Steam backlog, we have the last of the Borderlands 2 DLC, and the start of some Skyrim DLC! �I was incredibly happy to be done with Borderlands because there are many ga...

Welcome yet again to the backlog alphabet. �I decided to post the above screenshot to show my remaining games. �In a way it is nice to see them all fit so nicely, but I realized that I am in a bad spot coming up - I had Darksiders, Fallou...

Howdy everyone! �It has turned into that time of the year when there are dozens of high priority games that are coming out, and I just want to buy and play them all! �However, there is always a distinct guilt that comes with binging on new ...

Eighty one. �That is the amount of hours that I have sunk into my new favorite game lately. �A game that surprised me, in that I got it for free. �Not a single cent, thanks to the generosity of a very cool dude. �Of course that man is�.so...

Consider this an unofficial memory card: �the most hype I have ever been for a PvP game. �I will do my best to explain the jargon as I go. Also, no pictures. It's late, and I wanted to post this while I was still hype about it. I will try a...

So the other day, I posted my craziest heroes in DOTA 2, and today I wanted to follow up with the related item list. �As with before, I will try to keep the jargon to a minimum so that anyone can follow along, but MOBA knowledge is apprecia...

HEY! �This is going to be (mostly) jargon free, so people can enjoy it! �Yeah! �Also, possibly not factually accurate, as I am still �newer� at the game! �Deal with it! Forty two hours. �That is how long I have been playing DOTA. �Despite ...

I was recently trying to think of what I could have as my choice in weapon for the DToid FNF super mega ulta fight image, and was thinking through every game that has been special to me, and uniquely special to me. �Sure, I like Dark Souls,...

So uh...I tried to make my last blog friendly to people who don�t play DOTA. �This one? �Might be a little harder to understand. �Sorry about that, you filthy non DOTA pleebs. �I mean...uh...keep reading, like, comment, and subscribe? Hey ...

I was playing some games and my backlog, and I noticed a trend: �misuse of graphics make me angrier than they should. �I understand that the creators of the game are entitled to their artistic choices, but in many cases, these choices are f...

This week, a friend of mine suggested that I play DOTA 2 with him for super happy fun times. �Now, I knew of DOTA, I was familiar with the concepts, to the point where I could bluff my way through it, but I was unprepared. � As an aside, t...

With this weeks �The Question� (which is nothing like The Cheat, sadly), many people voiced their thoughts on the XB1, yet again. �And reading through the comments made me angry. �This is a recurring theme, and I often find very small thing...