Musings of a technophile

I’ve only been playing Nerubian Assassin for like a month now, but I can already tell you he’s my favorite hero in DotA. It’s easy to see why – he has huge early game damage + stuns, the ability to go invisible and yet if someone gets a gem or wards it’s not likely to destroy your ability to play, and the ability to drain mana AND make it hurt… Continue reading

I recently played this game from EA that was called “Mirror’s Edge” which, like Portal did last year, brings a different type of game play to light. The game is actually based on Parkour, which is basically a way to move from one place to another using more efficient means, instead of the normal path. For example – let’s say you need to get down two flight of stairs, that… Continue reading

Last night I posted about the major patch on UT III that was in the works. Today I found the details of that patch and I thought I would post it here. It really is astonishing how many changes are in store for this game. I really hope this patch will bring life back into the UT series.

One thing I do wonder though, is that with all… Continue reading

Unreal Tournament is a very special game to me, as it probably is the game I have played more than any other. I started playing it back in late 2000, and I played it pretty much every night for hours every night for about 6-7 years (I switched to UT 2004 in late 2003 though). Even now I still start a game up every now and then just to remember… Continue reading

Perhaps it’s that I’m come of stingy when spending money, or perhaps it’s like some personal quest of mine, but whatever the reason – I have managed to find yet another incredible “absolutely free” game. The game is called TrackMania Nations Forever, and you can get it simply by downloading Steam and then downloading the game by doing a search for it within Steam.

TrackMania is a game… Continue reading

As many of my friend know, one of the games I play the most these days is Defense of the Ancients, which is a mod for Warcraft III. Defense of the Ancients has become such a huge game played by so many people, that some people even buy Warcraft III just to play DotA.

DotA differs from Warcraft III in that you only control 1 hero, and you don’t… Continue reading

Although I bought Kingdom Hearts II a long time ago, I didn’t get around to playing it until just recently. Kingdom Hearts II continues the story of Sora, Donald and Goofy – taking place right after the events of Chain of Memories. The beginning of the game sort of throws you for a loop, as you command Roxas. For those of you who didn’t play Chain of Memories like me… Continue reading

The second expansion pack to Half Life 2, Episode 2, continues the story of Gordon and Alyx immediately the event of Episode 1. While Episode 1 was about escaping from City 17, which left the entire game taking place in an urban environment, Episode 2 has a more outdoors environment. Most of the game is spent either in mine shafts, in rural area’s or forests. This gives the game… Continue reading

It’s been a while since I played Half Life 2. I played it almost immediately after it came out, and found it to be an incredible game. The amount of detail put into the game is great – from unique weapons like the gravity gun, the the detail on some textures, to the extensiveness of the AI.

Fast forward a couple years – a friend of mine bought me… Continue reading

So my wife and I played this game called Farm Mania last night. Basically it’s kind of like Diner Dash, except this time it’s a farm – where you have to feed and water your animals, as well as grow plants, make honey and pie’s and stuff.

The game is pretty good, although I do have to say that the upgrades need to some improvement. For instance near about… Continue reading