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Almost Human - (2013 TV show)

2017-06-14

dead, entertainment, fiction, Glances, liked, live, robot television, robots, science fiction, science fiction television, television, the future

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654580/
~~http://www.fox.com/almost-human/~~

A buddy cop show with an android, set in the near future.

So far it's great all around, especially the acting.

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Sanctum 2 - (2013 game)

2017-05-30

dead, first person shooters, games, Glances, liked, multiplayer games, offline games, online games, payware, proprietary software, single-player games, software, tower defense games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/210770/
http://www.coffeestainstudios.com/games/sanctum-2

A combined first-person shooter and tower-defense game.

Seems pretty cute, but I hate tower defense games which have multiple entrances.

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Stealth Bastard - (2011 game)

2017-05-28

dead, games, Glances, liked, offline games, oldschool games, payware, proprietary software, puzzle games, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209190
http://www.stealthbastard.com/

A side-scroller puzzle game.

I played around with it a bit. It's fair. It's overwhelmingly unforgiving and gets complicated.

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Stellaris - (2016 game)

2017-05-27

4x games, dead, games, liked, multiplayer games, offline games, online games, payware, proprietary software, reviews, software, space, space entertainment, space games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/
http://www.stellarisgame.com/

Build and expand a space-faring race who learns they are not alone in the universe.

Master of Orion - (1993 game) but with updated graphics and a confusing interface. I expect would have loved this in the past, but now it's just awkward. I'll still tag this as 'liked', as it's pretty good. It's very hard in the eyes. Take a lot of breaks.

Extremely stupidly hard.. and confusing. I'm shelving it. I only paid $12 USD for it, so it's not a big loss.. still, I wish the UI was better and the tutorial was better and the gameplay was better..

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Creativerse - (2017 game)

2017-05-08

dead, freeware, games, Glances, liked, Minecraft games, multiplayer games, offline games, online games, open-world games, proprietary software, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/280790/
http://www.creativersegame.com/

A freemium Minecraft clone with a number of improved features.

It's prettier but has a lot of pop-in. The two block-high jump and sliding movement are unsettling. It's nice to have a list of all crafting patterns, and searching is nice. Crafting is very nice with its previews.

Overall I'd say this is a good game and an appropriate drop-in replacement for people who like Minecraft.

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Rodina - (2014 game)

2017-05-06

dead, disliked, first person shooters, flight simulators, games, Glances, offline games, oldschool games, open-world games, payware, proprietary software, software, steam games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/
https://elliptic-games.com/

A space simulator fps thingy.

While it looked quite good at a glance, when actually trying it it fell flat. When a game cannot lean on cutting-edge technology, it has to have solid gameplay. It didn't feel good at all to me. I guess No Man's Sky spoiled me.

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Safety razor blades

2017-05-01

dead, personal grooming, projects

Merkur Super

Razors >

Problem: Can I get more value for my blades?

Do I pay too much for blades?
Are there better blades for sensitive skin or unskilled use?
Are there blades which are more durable, granting more uses?

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Boundless

2017-05-01

dead, disliked, games, Glances, multiplayer games, online games, payware, proprietary software, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/324510/
http://playboundless.com/

A Minecraft MMO.

I didn't have enough time to judge it fully. The first impression is Minecraft.

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Davidebyzero/Snipes

A multiplayer, text, third-person shooter originally made for DOS, but I know it from Novell Netware.

I had a hell of a lot of fun with it. Perhaps it's nostalgia which makes me stay so fond of it, but I think the fundamental gameplay still holds up today. I could easily imagine a great updated version of this but I have and still do see this same gameplay in all sorts of other top-down games.