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Initial Review: Grimmwood beta ( Skip intro, jump to menu ) Grimmwood Looking for something completely different? Grimmwood – an MMO, available on Steam – might be the answer. And yes, the answer is firmly ‘might’ as it’s the ultimate ‘Marmite’ of games. You will like it, or you will hate it! However, in reading […]
Balrum is a basic single player RPG, not dissimilar to Runescape. You have the option of being an archer, mage or warrior, can build and customise a dwelling, complete with farm management of crops, pigs, chickens, giant spiders(!), and cows. You also have other options such as alchemy, swordsmithing, armourer, etc, but skills come as […]
It’s funny the things that go through your head, in the shower. I was thinking about an essay on ecological validity when, for no reason, a question scenario for The Chase pops into my head and I remembered a game of postal chess I had over 30 years ago. The friend I was playing had […]
Introduction Horseplay (©1987, 1989, 2011) Horseplay is a board game I developed in the 80’s with the intention of turning it into magazine puzzles, computer games and even a television game show. It is a blend of Scrabble®, chess, draughts and even far older games like Chaturanga, an Indian version of chess for four players. […]
Have been playing Eve Online for about three months now, so don’t expect definitive advice, this in more notes for me and a 101 for new players. First off, and I cannot emphasize this enough, this is a very long haul game. If you aren’t prepared to spend months – years (very literally years!) – […]
Rough guide to mining asteroids in Eve Online for minerals. The best places to look. I’ll do something proper another day, think of this as handy notes for myself and you. HIGH SEC Veldspar 1.0 Tritanium 100% Scordite 1.0 Tritanium 66.7%, pyerite 33.3% (Scordite is best pyerite) Pyroxeres (Amarr, Caldari 0.9) Tritanium 81.8%, pyerite 5.7%, […]
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