When this immense event unfolds, you will hopefully have friends and family to assist you, or have hired help.Д¬ontinue reading вЂњвЂ‹Which Game Characters would help you MoveВ House?вЂќ Author Rufus Scott Posted on SeptemJCategories Gamer, Geek Tags alyx vance, donkey kong, fez, franklin, game character, gaming, gomez, gta, half-life, katamari damacy, link, metal gear solid, minecraft, moving house, prince, pvz, snake, steve, video game, zelda Leave a comment on вЂ‹Which Game Characters would help you MoveВ House? How do Games remind us that we are Weak andВ Feeble? Whilst the prospect of living somewhere new and shiny is exciting, the act of getting there is not. The act of boxing, transporting, and unboxing your entire life will take a considerable amount of time and effort. Regardless, at some point you will have to move.

The home you currently reside in might be your first, or your fifteenth. That hasnвЂ™t stopped me thinking about video games, which is how weвЂ™ve arrived at the vitally important question above. Between the DIY and the new school term, IвЂ™ve had very little time to game in the last few weeks. The house is a big project in itself, with lots of renovation work and plenty of TLC required. (Yes, I had not played Half Life 1 at this point either the scroll of my misdeeds will only continue to unravel.) I had also heard hearty praise of Portal and Team Fortress 2, and was anxious to share in the collective ecstasy.Д¬ontinue reading вЂњAn Apology to The OrangeВ BoxвЂќ Author Rufus Scott Posted on FebruFebruCategories Gamer Tags alyx vance, apology, blog, companion cube, gaming, Gordon freeman, half life 2, half-life, pc, portal, ps3, redheadpeak, team fortress 2, the orange box, video games 1 Comment on An Apology to The OrangeВ Box вЂњTrigger WordsвЂќ for GamerВ DistractionДЄ month ago, I moved into my new home. IвЂ™d been told how good the Half Life games were. I bought The Orange Box in 2009 вЂ“ the last year of university вЂ“ on the recommendations of countless, honourable gamers. I must admit that I had yet to play Half Life 2 by the release of the collection. Allow me to repent, before judgement is passed.ДЄs with most games I play, I arrived late to this soiree. Please! Hold your chastisements for a moment, dear merciful reader. In my haste, and childish recklessness, I made a grave error: I sold my copy of The Orange Box less than two weeks after purchase. Might the Gaming World forgive me? May my sins be absolved? In my youth, I was foolish fool of fools. Whether or not a Gamer enjoys вЂchallengingвЂ™ games, every game challenges us in some way and itвЂ™s up to us to decide how enjoyable that is.Д¬ontinue reading вЂњChallenge in Gaming: WhatвЂ™s the best way to beВ tested?вЂќ Playing a games вЂextremeвЂ™ difficulty is meant to be taxing, but if a player has mastered a gameвЂ™s вЂnormalвЂ™ setting, they can gauge for themselves whether they will be able to take on something greater. ItвЂ™s the level of challenge present that I think would turn first-timeВ players away. ItвЂ™s not that I donвЂ™t think people would enjoy the most difficult setting. I struggle to imagine anyone running headlong into WolfensteinвЂ™s вЂњГњBERвЂќ setting on their first go and then enjoying the experience. Games will often hide their highest settings, allowing them to be unlocked after the player has gone through the game once. It makes much more sense to me to attempt a higher difficulty on the second play through, when I have the intricacies of the gameplay sussed. Personally, I could never begin a game on anything except вЂnormalвЂ™. I also found it odd that New World Order was eager to throw so many optionsВ at me right out of the gate. It struck me at that moment that itвЂ™s been a very long time since I saw a game settle for an вЂEasy-Medium-HardвЂ™ spread of difficulties. I was curious to find a whopping five levels of difficulty available to me. I started the game in the usual way, by selecting вЂNew GameвЂ™ and then perusing the available difficulties. I began playing Wolfenstein: New World Order a few weeks ago.

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