08/02/2022
I’ve been waiting for this SloClap title for a long time, and I’m so stoked with what has been delivered: varied vicereal combat, which flows like a q tip track Absolver was intersting, and fun… to an extent, but Sifu takes it to a higher plane. A linear, rogue esq title, that reivents perks, and takes beat ’em ups to another level. Fighting games now have a new benchmark, and…
21/01/2022
Together with Gamer Pass on my PC, and access to a NA PS Now, I’ve been content, and swamped in games! I’ve been enjoying smaller Indie titles, specifically of the rougue genre… I blame Hades for this attraction; maybe the seed was planted originally by Neon Chrome back in 2017? Here’s a snapshot of what I’ve been playing, just on the PS5 Dirt 5 (pumped drifting) F1 2020 (didn’t expect…
17/12/2021
GTA launched back in 2013, shocking, nearly a decade ago, and I’ve just found how to play PS5 GTAV Online Offline I’ll mention this at the start for you to keep it in mind: Be mindful of these changes, set MTU Settings back to Automatic when you’ve finished I didn’t play online for along time as my internet connection wasn’t viable, now when I try and play I get rolled…
13/12/2021
My distro cycle continues, back to Debian I go. Installing my old SSD’s into my new box, Ubuntu wouldn’t load correctly with the display unusable… Manjaro funnily enough was OK. After recently backing up my Home directory it motivated me to make a clean OS install. I’ve read great things of Mint over the years, claims of its usability and security, but I didn’t last one day until I switched…
11/12/2021
Enjoying this title more than I expected. Didn’t really know what to expect, but I didn’t think it would be so fluid, and vivid. Still getting used to the finesse of the controls, not quite sure what I’m doing, except having fun 🙂
11/12/2021
Watching The Beatles, Get Back… best telly that I’ve watched in years
24/11/2021
I have finally upgraded my PC, to an 11th Gen 11700K + RTX 3060 AMP White Limited Edition For a long time I was sick of my old Frankenstein box shutting down on me, now I have one that feels like a Ferrari in comparison, and allows me to play games at ultra settings 🙂 So what did I get for my cash? Sick of the AMD chipset straining in…
05/11/2021
Three iconic cities, three epic stories. Play the genre-defining classics of the original Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more, bringing these beloved worlds to life with…
05/11/2021
I’ve swam with humpback whales, turtles, stingray, & sharks. Traveled up the Mekong to see Irwady doliphins, been out on a couple of dolphin and whale safari’s where I’ve had the privilege of seeing pods of dolphons 50+ in size, and Southern Bryde’s Whales. Orca have been on my bucket list for a long time, and in the last couple of weeks I’ve had the pleasure of seeing them three…
09/10/2021
Alerted by my darling wife yesterday that Arlo had stopped working, this usually means that the Raspberry Pi that runs Pi-Hole needs restarting… never looked into the issue, as this is few and far between. Checked my Twitter feed @DataAugmented, as a couple of python scripts that I have running on the same Pi post & retweet there… no activity for over 24 hours, bugger :p Reboot Pi… it hangs…
14/09/2021
This week after 3 years I’ve finished and fallen for Spider-Man. Non-ironically it’s Marvelous, the story & characters are both familiar and novel, the combat slick with a variety of styles. I’ve loved Spidey titles since early incarnations on the original PlayStation, when it shared an engine with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater… coincidence that I’m playing modern day recreations of both today 🙂 The one thought that I took away,…
14/09/2021
I’ve recently discovered that I love rogue like games! Think I may have enjoyed them for a while, just never knew that I was enjoying them 🙂 But Hades is something different… so what works? The progressive epic novel like story It just keeps getting deeper, and richer! The story builds in layers; per play, per encounters, per success. Each increment of exploration expands another aspect of the narrative. The…
10/08/2021
Tested this site with ssllabs test tool, now that I have the DNS going through Cloudflare, with an existing ssl cert. I’m stoked to have scored an A 🙂
08/08/2021
I read last week that Rockstar were giving a cool $1 Million each month to people with a next gen console (PS5 for me) who are playing GTAV online, until the new updated version is released. This piqued my interest as I’d never managed to get into the online game, beyond driving, even after owning it for nearly 8 years! This was initially because of my poor internet connection, then…
03/08/2021
Completing Demon’s Souls was a great gaming accomplishment to tick off this week, but my real success was playing Blood Bowl 2, finally guiding the Reikland Reavers to smashthe Dwarf Warhammer team 3-0. Went on to triumph over the Skaven with the same score… great run; until I was humbled by Chaos after a first half grind.
30/07/2021
Motivated by a post on Twitter, I dusted off perhaps my favourite Play Staion 5 game to date I had 7 bonfires / bosses left to finish my first playthrough Farmed souls in a circuit at Island’s Edge (4 – 1) Moved through the levels smooth enough, really enjoyed the novelty of The Ivory Tower (3 – 3) The ending sprung up on me, as I was hoping to farm…
23/07/2021
So I’m generally enjoying the PS5, even with the lack of new titles, but I still have enough to keep me busy 🙂 Elite dangerous ‘ll get to near the end of a multi jump journey & the games crashes… I lose all of my discovery data Call of Duty Modern Warfare I’ve tried several times, I just can’t install the packages needed to play online multiplayer, even after downloading…
23/07/2021
After trying several different Python libraries I’ve recently come across the Godot Engine Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel. Godot is completely free and open-source under the very permissive MIT license. No strings attached, no royalties, nothing. Your game is yours, down to the last line of engine code. I started working through a training…
23/07/2021
I received this for free on PSN July 2021, and the line up of games didn’t impress me much; perhaps one of the weakest months I’ve seen for me personally. So A Plague Tale: Innocence, a stealth horror title with a linear story… not really my cup of tea. I’ve not managed to complete other triple titles of this genre as I get bored (The Last of US, I’m looking…
21/05/2021
My gaming rig is pretty much defunct, I’ve given up hope of pipmping it out this time & have finally made the move to play Elite Dangerous on Playstation :o) Tempted by the PS5 SSD and the launch of Odyssey… plus I really enjoyed having a game that I could play while watching movies. So here I am, fresh in the black, flying around in a Sidewinder! I’ve opted to…