glances

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geneshift image

Entertainment > Games >

https://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/
https://geneshift.net/

A top-down shooter with superpowers.

An awkward and unforgiving game that’s zoomed in too far to be fun.

  • 2020-06-30 — The forum seems to have been dead since 2017-08 or later.

    • No announcement was archived, and no replacement was found on a cursory look.



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Almost Human - (2013 TV show) image

Entertainment > Television >

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

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

It’s great all around, especially the acting from the lead characters. Once the initial interest wears off, it lacks the good writing to give it either an episodic groove or an overall story arc. It’s especially poor with an arc which could last it into another season, trivially-justifying its cancellation.

Recommended only for fans of “loose” science fiction who would be interested in the robot buddy cop angle. Watch one episode, then decide. Others can give it a pass, unless they like Karl Urban, who plays a cop played by Karl Urban.



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Sanctum 2 - (2013 game) art

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/210770/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200110212906/https://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) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/209190
https://web.archive.org/web/20190907045712/https://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.

Creativerse logo

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/280790/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210208222224/https://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.

  • 2021-05-28 — The website has been dead for a while.

    • 2021-02-08 was the date of the last archive.



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Entertainment > Games >

https://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 – (2016 game) spoiled me.

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