Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)



Storypost | 2018.02.25
Onward


February of course means the Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run. Most of the usual suspects were there this time, plus Jessica and Shar.

Steady progress on the garage annex. I leveled another section but ran out of cinder blocks (having used 100ish, total).


Storypost | 2018.02.11
Grinding


After a couple of months, Monster Hunter World is finally out of beta and flying off of store shelves.

A dozen hours in, I still have very little understanding how to properly play the game. It has a bunch of everything - equipment, crafting, collectibles, stat boosters, etc. Most importantly: online co-op.




Storypost | 2018.01.28
Spoiled


Few spoilers inside. But first, more renovation.

While thinking about re-sorting tools and stuff back into the garage annex, I decided to improve things in that area. The plan is to - piece by piece - replace the grade with flat concrete and retaining wall. The first two areas are bricked and poured, when they dry I can fill dirt back behind the wall so that the piers above sit on more level ground.


Review | 2018.01.07
Horizon


Santa brought me Horizon: Zero Dawn. Here's some media and discussion, nothing in the story beyond an hour of play is spoiled.

Sit-rep: you are Aloy, member of a hunter tribe in the distant future where modern man has disappeared and left only giant robotic dinosaurs.

As a child, you stumble on a wearable computer called a focus.

The device gives you something of a third eye, though plenty of other people have them.


Listpost | 2017.12.27
J's top ten video games


As avid historians of video games, J and I have a pretty good depth and breadth of experiences. This'll be my first attempt at a list feature [l], written in 2019 but backdated to 2017 when he actually authored the list. Also it's actually a top eleven due to a last-minute addition/re-think.

The list demonstrates a pretty good breadth of experiences, I like that it covers the sandboxes, the RPGs, the cinematic games on rails, and of course the MMOFPSRPGs.


Storypost | 2017.06.13
E3 2017


Assassin's Creed looked like Assassin's Creed. You get a bird this time. It lovely though.

Wha? Naboo fighter in Battlefront? Cooool. Same sort of deal, developers seem to be getting this gen of consoles really dialed in graphics-wise. But, y'know, innovation would be nice.

I wonder how much of a game they will release this time.