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Rowan O'War
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Older. Wiser? Probably not. He/Him.
They all look like characters designs traced right out of the "How To Draw Manga!" books that were popular in the late 90's, early 00's.
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I don't remember a ton from that game, except for a lategame section that involves navigating a desert. It was so infuriating that I nearly put down the game, especially when I discovered some of the directions in the game were straight up wrong because of a mistranslation. Still love BoF 3 but oof.
January 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
One of the best games ever made. I played through several of the campaigns in the last year or so, and it still holds up incredibly well. While none of the sequels reached the heights of 3, there is an amazing mod scene for HoMM3, including a really smart HD mod and a great fan campaign.
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's a lot of fun, but very rough around the edges. I highly recommend looking into Open Morrowind, and there are some good modlists for OpenMW that enhance the game but keep it close to the vanilla experience.
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A lot of the sales of games that are heavily discounted or bundled come from gamers that grab games more with a collector mentality than a desire to actually play them. There were articles about this recently (www.dexerto.com/gaming/exper...), and my own backlog of shame jives with that conclusion.
Steam is successful because people buy games they never play, expert reveals - Dexerto
A video game marketing consultant believes Steam’s most powerful feature isn’t its extensive library or sales, it’s the fact that most people hoard games.
www.dexerto.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Loved 4e, but it provided incredibly limited tools to engage with anything besides combat. I played weekly organized play games at the tail end of 4e, and over half the play time was combat. The last campaign from wizards was supposed to bridge 4e & 5e, and there was no combat. It was miserable.
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
That's the premise of Eternal Strands. It's a single player extraction game, though more of a Zelda BotW style fantasy game rather than a shooter.
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The "Skyward" remix from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been the song my alarm plays for the better part of a decade now. All of their album collections have a few all-time bangers, especially the Wild Arms collection. I still follow artists I found there, like Zircon and Big Giant Circles.
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And more directly, a series of raids at the end of FFXIV's second expansion, if you don't mind playing hundreds of hours of MMO content ranging from amazing to unbearable first.
October 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I haven't played that game in 25+ years and I can still hear that line reading. 🦉🐍🥾☠️
September 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Little troll bro in the bottom right just wants to show off the neat rock he found.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I can't speak for the console saves, but it's possible. Witcher 1 is a PC exclusive title and never came out for the console. It's an old-school CRPG, so unless you play on PC there's no way to play the trilogy until the rumored remake comes out.
September 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I've played all 3, and it is a really great series, with some caveats. Witcher 1 is an old CRPG, which might not be for everyone. Witcher 2 is great but was heavily influenced by Dark Souls in terms of combat and is smaller in scope. Both games over 30 hours long but your save carriers between games
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I caught her red shirt in the background when I watched it, but skipping around I can't find it now. It said that she worked as a trauma response actor, though I forget the exact wording. I remember because I saw it and said out loud "Oh it would have spoiled the reveal" if she would have said it.
September 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I still listen to the soundtrack to UO sometimes. I've never found a game that feels as good for exploration.

Shout out to the person who made parody songs about UO back in the day. I still think of the "Pre-Patch Day" song every time a new patch breaks a game. Oh, and the IAmaNewbie web comic!
September 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Can't beat a good quality office chair. I grabbed a dumpster-bound Aeron chair with a cracked seat some years back, and with a few part swaps it's doing great even though it's old enough to vote. Good chairs are real Vimes Boots economics, but for backpain, and it's easier to get them secondhand.
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I picked this game up on release, despite the fact that it came out only a couple of weeks before Half Life 2. It was janky, buggy, and you could feel the devs running out of money. I don't often replay games, but every 5 years or so I find my way to play it again. The hotel is always terrifying!
September 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This was such a wild game at the time. The fact that characters permanently died if they were wiped out and their absence could influence the story was mind-blowing at the time. It was wild going from Shining Force, which is a low stakes romp, to this game.
August 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The chest tattoo is fantastic. Ironically, he kind of looks like the old Gamepro 5/5 rating icon. Awesome job!
August 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Exactly where my brain went, though I was thinking about the sequel, Shining Force 2, because of the ad featuring the "Live Action" version of Chester the Centaur. It also has Pegasus Centaurs which I don't think I've seen anywhere else. Chester can upgrade into a Pegataur if you find the right item
August 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The first MK movie is actually a great movie, which is probably why no one listed it. OK, it's kind of derivative of a bunch of different kung-fu movies, but it worked really well and was fun. The sequel on the other hand is awful, but its soundtrack was almost as good as the first movie's.
August 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Have a look at Erenshor. It's still in early access, but it does a great job feeling like a live early MMO while being entirely single player. The simulated players and even the simulated text chat are surprisingly well done.
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Real maple syrup should be stored in the fridge or it will develop mold. The mold isn't dangerous, and can be removed with effort, but if you keep it in the fridge it won't get mold in the first place. It also pours more easily that artificial syrup, though artificial syrup doesn't get the mold.
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM