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Tales From The Borderlands

2015-06-17

Borderlands, dead, disliked, entertainment, games, glances, offline games, payware, proprietary software, single-player games, software, steam games, Windows 10 software, Windows games, Windows software

Entertainment > Games > Borderlands – (2009 game) >

https://www.telltale.com/category/games/tales-from-the-borderlands/

This “game” is a piece of shit. Avoid it unless you’re a big fan of Borderlands. Even then, you should probably avoid it.

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QTTabBar

2015-06-16

file managers, freeware, glances, GUI software, live, open-source software, software, Usability, Windows 8 software, Windows software

http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/
http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/plugins

The default Windows explorer.exe is unbearable after using SpaceFM on Linux for so long. I can’t deal with multiple windows even with all the shit that’s cooked into Windows 8.1 to supposedly help.

I need a tabbed explorer, and not some oddball replacement file manager.

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Fez

2015-06-14

dead, disliked, entertainment, games, glances, offline games, payware, proprietary software, single-player games, software, steam games, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows games

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/224760
http://fezgame.com/

I can’t describe it without spoiling it’s best part.

I happen to like boring 8-bit games, so the initial moments of this game are just fine for me. I stuck it out, because I knew a little bit about what was to come. Even though I saw it coming, I was really moved by the introduction to “the game proper”. Holy shit.

Great game, I think.. but I just don’t get it. Treasure maps make no sense. Secrets are nigh impossible. The world map is hopeless. I gave it a good shot, based on old hype, but no joy.

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Bejeweled 3

2015-06-13

dead, disliked, entertainment, Flash games, freeware, games, glances, offline games, online software, proprietary software, single-player games, software, steam games, Windows 10 software, Windows games, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/78000
https://web.archive.org/web/20111219180354/popcap.com/games/bejeweled3/online

A Connect Four-like game, with some goofyness akin to the various Tetris remakes.

Boring as sin. The free flash game from a decade ago is the exact same thing.

https://en.gameslol.net/bejeweled-3-68.html

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.terribleposture.com/tower-of-guns/

A terrible FPS semi-roguelike game.

Procedurally-generated levels. Extraordinarily unfairly unnecessarily hard. Not fun at all.

I ended up getting a refund.

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Zotero

2015-06-07

dead, Firefox extensions, freeware, glances, open-source software, software, websites

https://www.zotero.org/

A web page capture extension.

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://heroesofthestorm.blizzard.com/en-us/

A MOBA which also has good bots.

Like all the other “safe” games Blizzard has created, Heroes of the Storm is an accessible MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena) game. It’s pretty, plays well, and os reasonably fun. It has excellent bots to beat up for a chill game. Voice support makes it great.

I play a bunch of it, and like it. I don’t PvP. The versus AI started out being really boring but improved a lot over time.