Pc Gaming - Blog Posts
speed running getting a pc so i can play galacticraft without my 6 year old mac just burning a hole through my lap
Who doesn't love being hyper-fixated on a particular series and devoting all of your mental space to it to the point that you can hardly process any information that is not related to that particular topic?
Well, that's Dragon Age for me right now.
Please join me in my unhealthy obsession. https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
Hey, it turns out that, despite my absence, I'm not dead. So join me for some more Dragon Age 2
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I am back from the gym and ready to fight some demons! https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
I'm back with Dragon Age 2. Let's see if I can remain faithful to Sebastian or if I'll get distracted by sexy elves and mages. https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
I'm sorry I was gone, but look, I made you some content. Dragon Age 2 content specifically.
https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
I am absolutely obsessed with Dragon Age.
Please don't let me be obsessed alone.
https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
Why does Dragon Age 2 make me so very thirsty?!
Ugh, whatever. Just come join me on twitch and watch me drool
https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
Hawke's job is so much more interesting than mine. It pays better too. Come watch me be jealous.
I have to say, Kirkwall seems like such a nice, respected, not-at-all-terrifying town.
Come join me for some Dragon Age fun!
I cordially invite you to find out how easily spooked I am with Phasmophobia. Come watch me be a baby and make fun of me for it.
Come join me on twitch for more talk of mage rights with Dragon Age: Origins
I'm back! Finally! Let's play Dragon Age: Origins together and not be mad at me for being gone for so long https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud
I'm taking a break from the rapture to lead an inquisition.
Not a real inquisition. I don't have the resources for that.
I'm talking about Dragon Age: Inquisition. On Twitch. Come join me.
I will be restarting the stream in 10 minutes (so 8:40 PM EST)
Please come join me
I finally got Alita to agree with me and start working.
So tonight at 11:15 EST I will be streaming Cyberpunk 2077 on twitch. I know almost nothing about this game, but I love cyberpunk and William Gibson, so I'm ready to head into the Sprawl and see what's up.
I am heading out of town for a few days and will have very limited internet access.
So this will be my last stream until at least Monday.
Please join me for Diablo III, a.k.a. The Easiest Game Ever
I will be playing some more Diablo III on Twitch tonight at 10:00 EST
You should come watch
Please join me on Twitch for Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
I might be sick, but I'm still going to be streaming Diablo III on twitch.
Please join me! I'm so lonely!
Years after it came out, I have finally decided to check out Diablo III. I absolutely love Diablo II and will definitely rank it among my favorite games of all time. So let's hope III can live up to the ridiculously high standard I have set.
Final fantasy 3
On Super Nintendo
Who’s played before?
@anime-and-sometimes-other-stuff for more animation/cinema content.
We played a multiplayer hardcore realm during corona, where any time any person died we reset the world. Here's how we did!
An Ode to Star Wars: TIE Fighter
You are a member of the Imperial Navy. Your allegiance is to the Galactic Empire, whose leaders are two of the most feared men in the galaxy. You fly with fellow naval enlistees and officers in fighter squadrons. Your initial ships have no shields - two to five hits and you are done. You are asked to take out fighters that are faster, more well armed, and more protected than yours. Their mission-to-mission fighter numbers are greater than yours. Your side suffered a great loss a couple of years back, and you are part of an effort to gain the upper hand again. As you fight the Rebel Alliance, traitors, pirates, and defensive neutrals come into the mix, complicating your mission and further testing your abilities. This is a summation of one of the greatest PC games ever made, and one of my all-time favorite games in general - Star Wars: TIE Fighter. The mechanics of the game are a refinement to its excellent predecessor, Star Wars: X-Wing. A flight simulator focused on space combat, the player flies starfighters for the Empire, attacking ships and installations to gain advantage, inspecting cargo to capture or destroy, and escorting starships to their destinations. The controls are just as simple and complex as before, requiring nothing but a keyboard and joystick but demanding a strong multitasking ability. The graphics were a step up, representative of its time but of a quality that many modern games lack. The music utilizes the same iMuse system, changing music whenever specific events happen, usually when enemies or allies arrive. The sound effects are pure Star Wars, high quality and all. So what sets it apart from its predecessor, and why does it hold such high regard? First is the introduction of secondary and bonus objectives. If you wanted to win a mission, you only needed to complete the primary goals, but the game pushed you and actually rewarded you for going above and beyond the call of duty. You would get additional decoration for completing all secondary objectives and all bonus objectives, adding to the sense of accomplishment. Also, you could progress through the Secret Order of the Emperor, an additional achievement path that motivated completion. Most importantly, the secondary and bonus objectives would yield additional plot points only hinted at when pursuing the primary objectives. What was already a solid story becomes filled with twists and turns that make it one of the best Star Wars stories ever told, reinforcing the universe created. Second is the difficulty. In Star Wars: X-Wing, rival fighters were predominantly unshielded with low firepower. In Star Wars: TIE Fighter, you started out with those unshielded, low firepower fighters. You learned how to maneuver in those fighters. You learned how to fight in those fighters, You learned how to dominate in those fighters. Once you started getting ships with shields and firepower, you became an unstoppable force with the skills you learned in the weaker ships. The difficulty slowly escalated as the missions progressed, pushing your abilities to the limit. However, the challenge was always worth it, and getting through the missions became achievements unto themselves - the mark of a true classic game. Maybe the most significant mark it made, and what really set it apart from most games, is its expansion of a well-known story to profound depth, becoming a comment on war in general. As a Star Wars fan, I followed the story how it was always presented - from the point of view of the Rebel Alliance, primarily our hero Luke. The Rebels want justice, equality, and fairness; the Empire wants nothing but power and domination. The Rebels are compassionate, giving, and always on defense. The Empire are cold, emotionless, and always on offense. The story's foundation was on a basic struggle of good versus evil. Star Wars: TIE Fighter changed that. The music mechanics may be the same, but the approach is novel. A triumphant fanfare related to the "Imperial March" is used for the allies. For the Rebel Alliance, the "Rebel Fanfare" from the films is made more ominous, establishing not only that they are the enemy but that they should be feared just as much as you are. The opening cutscene of the game lays out the struggle from the Imperial point of view - the Rebel Alliance is an organized uprising that represents anarchy, and the Empire wants to restore peace and order. You weren't shooting Rebels down out of sheer ironic joy. You're protecting the order the Empire established and helping bring peace back to the galaxy. You didn't just deal with Rebels. Two traitors made up significant plot points - one defecting to the Rebels, and one entirely working on his own. Star Wars: X-Wing had one traitor storyline, but never as plotted out as the two traitor storylines in Star Wars: TIE Fighter. There were also pirates and neutral parties that came into the mix, moreso than before. These moments establish something upon which not even the Star Wars movies touched - the nature of war. There is never something as simple as good or evil in war. In the simplest wars, there are only two factions. In most wars, however, there are several faction with which to deal. No matter the faction, you serve something greater than yourself. You may have personal gain from it, but none of it matters if you neglect to serve your faction. Depending on the viewpoint, you are the hero in one side's eyes and the villain in another side's eyes. In the end, it depends solely on which side you are. Any other Star Wars game that dabbles in the antagonist's viewpoint does so with kid gloves. Never has a Star Wars game fully immersed a player into the opposing side as much as Star Wars: TIE Fighter did, and this immersion and respect of the craft is something that elevates the game to something unforgettable, something classic yet modern, something of a masterpiece. The flight simulator genre may be in its twilight years, but the impact can be felt across other genres and games, most successfully in the real-time strategy classic StarCraft. Star Wars: TIE Fighter is deserving of its stature in the top echelon of gaming and remains one of my all-time favorite games.
I’m gonna try streaming some Minecraft later
When I get the little ones to bed I’m gonna try streaming some Minecraft. I have a paid survival server setup w/ Fabric and some mods.
The other night I ran through the nether and portaled into an arctic biome. I made a house, died, and corpse walked back to the arctic house. It wasn’t as far as I expected so I kept pushing north then got lost and found a broken portal that I rebuilt.
If anyone knows how to make a map of the server any help would be appreciated.
pls just let me play the game. this is on medium settings. i'm going to have to go full low. 😭
i hate that every game on steam that releases in now marked "early access"
if i am PAYING you for the game, it is not early access. it's a full game. if it's early access, it's a beta and i should not have to pay you $40 for an unfinished product.