the thrilling promise of possibilities mixed with the stomach-churning fear of the unknown.
the thrilling promise of possibilities mixed with the stomach-churning fear of the unknown.
10/02/2024
Maybe Starfield’s core lack of personality marks a deeper malaise, a sign that all the polish and promise in the world can’t save a game with a busted soul.
21/10/2023
No posts for a while, but still heaps of gaming, spoiled with 3 epic AAA titles, that I’ll be playing for a long time, not even including Street Fighter VI! A Final Fantasy Title for the Ages: Final Fantasy XV Introduction: Final Fantasy XV is one of the most ambitious and visually stunning Final Fantasy games ever made. It features a vast open world to explore, a real-time combat…
01/07/2023
After quitting Twitter in December, yesterday I closed my Reddit account, for a new digital home in the Fediverse: Mastodon It’s going to be intersting to see how the communities evolve, I’m already seeing some of the more devisive themes being represented. Meanwhile I’ve been playing more with Google Bard, OpenAI Chat-GPT, and Bard; their functionality impresses me on a daily basis. From having discussions with the bots, having them…
Hey tarnished! Now, we all know how important shields are, right? They’re not just for looking cool, but they’ve got a whole array of uses, from blocking and parrying to bashing and performing unique Ashes of War abilities. Now, one thing I absolutely love about shields in Elden Ring is the Guard Boost feature. As you upgrade your shield, you’ll gain Guard Boost points, which help determine how much stamina…
01/05/2023
Playing around with ChatGPT & Google Co-lab, I have this working script, that trains a model using neural networks, to play Mario. I’m really keen to play with this more, just need more time in my days!
29/04/2023
After 326 hours of game play, I’ve finally beaten the final boss, what an experience, that I don’t want to end! Starting out with a Mage build, I switched to Faith, and now to a Black Flame meta. I’m finishing off collecting items to take to New Game plus, before I choose an ending. It really is the greatest game that I’ve played, such a pleasure, truly epic, with a…
29/04/2023
Think this is nearly the longest I’ve gone without posting! Feel online life has changed this year: Musk buying Twitter has killed off my bots, and the platform seems to have transformed into a right wing conspiracy echo chamber, so my interest has gone. AI chat bots have changed everything; Chat GPT has come a long way from my first experiments. Gone is the day of having to compile and…
16/01/2023
https://tds.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemodes I’ve access to Sony’s Playstation cloud based catalog, Microsoft’s Xbox Gamepass library, Steam, and others I’ve forgotten… but the one game that’s consuming my gaming hours is Roblox’s Tower Defense Simulator, with my BFF / son 🙂 We’ve spent enough time, and a small amount of Robux, to build up our preferred inventory; and this evening I felled my first Fallen King! [ myself, son, and a lvl 0…
07/09/2022
In the last few days I’ve been teaching myslef how easy it is to parry… and wondering why I haven’t been doing it earlier? ~106 hours in, I finally have the eureka moment that I may have been missing something, and this time it wasm’t a chic armour ensemble… so I decided to learn how to parry 🙂 Tl;Dr: I fitted Carian Retaliation to the Carian Knight’s Shield Parry Skill…