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Category Archives: Gaming
Day 5: Trivia!
Blurry photo aside, the three of us were team “The NSA Knows You’re Using Your Smartphone At Trivia” at last night’s weekly Mellow Mushroom trivia night. It was a ton of fun, and really hard. We didn’t score anywhere near first … Continue reading
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Review
Yeah I know: I’m not a reviewer, I don’t review things on this site (much), I’m not even a critic of any kind (in the official sense). But I care enough about this game and the StarCraft universe in general … Continue reading
What I’m not getting for my birthday
The new SimCity game. I played the original SimCity as a kid. I have fond memories of being so hooked on the game that I’d wake up at 4am just so I could get in more gaming time beyond my 1 … Continue reading
Will Windows save us in a zombie apocalypse?
Based on my experience playing the custom Back to School map for Left 4 Dead 2 last night, my answer would be a resounding no. A friend of mine played this campaign recently. It was, in a word, fantastic. The attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming
Tagged back to school, bsod during the zombie apocalypse, custom campaign, in this entirely fictional and scripted scenario windows you fail hard, l4d2, left 4 dead 2, particle physics ftw, steve ballmer what do you have to say for yourself, trusting windows during the zombie apocalypse is like trusting mitt romney to be in touch with the middle class OH SNAP, windows fail
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Space-faring Civilizations
In case any of my readers indulge in the wallet-emptying activity of playing games on Steam, you have likely at least heard of Civilization V and Sins of a Solar Empire, both of which released their own expansions very recently: … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming
Tagged be prepared to play these games for a few weeks or have a lot of pizza on hand, civ in spaaaaaaaaace, civilization, civilization is very harry turtledove esque, ermahgerd, gods and kings, guinea pigs are awesome, homeworld, rebellion, sins of a solar empire, titan
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What’s going on, eh?
While the November weather was uncharacteristically calm in Pittsburgh, my schedule seems to be continuing its rampage toward an ever more chaotic and geographically-disparate frontier. As I struggle to pin down any sort of blogging schedule–much less a regular one–I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Exercise, Gaming, Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, The Lady
Tagged analysis, apachecon, christmas, cilia, civilization, cmu, grant proposal, left 4 dead 2, mahout, obscure code, python, qatar, sins of a solar empire, thanksgiving, turkey trot 4m, vancouver, vancouver energizer 5k, videos, website
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This isn’t some mindless rabble of orcs.
“These are…zombies!” It’s no secret to my friends that I’ve been playing a lot of L4D2 lately, and in particular, the Helm’s Deep survival map. I’ve beaten it twice now, and wanted to confer a little bit of my strategy, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming
Tagged at one point three tanks come at you at once, common infected, communication, helm's deep, just fyi you cannot heal yourself while in midair, l4d2, laser scopes are literally the greatest thing, left 4 dead 2, lord of the rings, m60, special infected, strategery, strategy, tanks, the best strategy is to leave everyone else behind and save yourself, this game is so much fun i cannot even, throwables, zombies
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The Fallen One
(Warning: More StarCraft 2 nerdulance to follow, possibly with spoilers!) In one of my recent posts I chronicled the possible formulaic stories that Blizzard may or may not be using. Here, I want to detail my theories on the cryptic … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Internet
Tagged blizzard are masters of spinning a yarn, brood war, evil always starts with selfishness, going rogue, hybrid, jim raynor, overmind, protoss, purity of asskicking, purity of essence, purity of form, queen of blades, sarah kerrigan, starcraft, starcraft2, tassadar, the fallen one, xel'naga, zeratul, zerg
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Blizzard, I hope this isn’t formulaic
Big shiny red STARCRAFT 2 SPOILER ALERT!!! Don’t read any further if you haven’t finished the “Echoes of the Future” mission in the single-player campaign (the one where Zeratul visits Aiur). At this point, I assume you’ve either played the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Gaming, lolcat
Tagged archimonde, blizzard, blizzard is teh pwn, burning legion, hybrids, i fancy myself not a very good writer, protoss, sargeras, spoiler alert, starcraft, starcraft 2, tassadar, terran, the fallen one, undead, warcraft, warcraft 3, xel'naga, zeratul, zerg
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Thoughts on StarCraft II
I’ve been fortunate enough to have nerdy friends who, like me, remember a bygone era of StarCraft-ing back in high school (and blocking the phones via dial-up modems for hours and hours on end…good times, good times). As such, we … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming
Tagged actions per minute, battlenet, beta, click click click, command center, did you know blizzard has only released a single dud in their history, hydralisks, micro, nerdular nerdence, online gaming, pro, protoss, reaper rush sucks, rush, starcraft, starcraft ii, terran, the colossus animations are really bizarre, warcraft, wings of liberty
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Theatre of Consciousness 