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Fez

2015-06-14
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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
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Bejeweled 3 image

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.

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Tower of Guns

2015-06-13
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Tower of Guns logo

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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Heroes of the Storm

2015-06-02
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Heroes of the Storm logo

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.

  • aka HOTS
  • abandoned – It’s officially on life support

  • Full ultrawide support, even in windowed fullscreen. It’s a big difference.



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Universal USB Installer

2015-05-15
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https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

Used for preparing a LiveUSB for Linux distributions‘ .ISO files. Instead of using a CD or DVD, use a USB stick.

Use UNetbootin instead. Although doing the same thing (un7zipping), unetbootin works MUCH faster.

Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.0.exe – May 14, 2015

  • 2015-05-14 – DO NOT USE . Whatever process this uses takes motherfucking forever to prepare a USB stick. un7zipping a moderate-sized distribution’s ISO is a good 20 minutes and may end up freezing 7zip.

  • 2014-04-24 on Windows 8.1, with Lubuntu 14.04 amd64.

    • Does not seem to make a bootable USB stick.
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Creating a large shared bank for Borderlands 2 on Windows

2015-04-29
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TODO – THIS IS UNFINISHED – it needs some redoing, clarification and screenshots.
TODO – make a separate page for Gibbed

Borderlands 2 – (2012 game) >

It’s difficult to move items between characters.

Gibbed really helps solve this.

This was tested on Windows 8.1 in late 2015, and on Windows 10 in early 2016.

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Importing console Borderlands 2 characters into Windows

2015-04-29
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TODO (try harder) – I need to create screenshots and clarify some steps. I feel that some instructions are too vague and may be slightly wrong.

(port) > Borderlands 2 – (2012 game) >

See also Creating a large shared bank for Borderlands 2 on Windows

I used to play Borderlands 2 – (2012 game) on the Xbox 360. I wanted to switch to playing on my desktop computer. I bought an Xbox One wired controller so everything should be the same. I achieved complete success.

Read this entire page before beginning.

This was tested on Windows 8.1 in mid 2015.

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