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The start of something… Take 2

Posted on 31/07/2013 Written by Lufferov

Hello there! I’ve got myself a gaming blog… This might sound familiar, because I just started one of these on another blogging platform. The problem was it was rubbish (well the free version anyway). Therefore, I've decided to move it and so we find ourselves here now instead. So if you read my other post before then there's nothing new to be found past this point..... here!

You might already know that I’ve got a regular blog which can be found at http://lufferov.blogspot.com which I don’t update, so I figured why have just one blog doing nothing when I can have two!

Now I’m not really sure how this blog is going to pan out, it may be that I start with great enthusiasm and then let it languish as seems to be common practise. However, I will at least try to post something whenever I play a new game. Now that doesn’t mean there will be regular updates, sometimes I can go for weeks or months without playing anything at all.

The updated ugvm website at https://ugvm.org.uk has spurred me into action, adding my own voice to the blogroll seemed like a good idea seeing as I was involved in its construction.

Sometimes I’ll post my own reviews, interesting things that I’ve played or more likely bemoan things in a very “grumpy old git” kind of way. After all, I am a grumpy old git so you shouldn’t expect anything else from me.

As the title of this post says, this is the start of something… What that is has yet to be determined, and it’s possible this start might turn out to be the end too. Why not subscribe to my feed and if I have anything worthwhile saying you’ll hear about it and if I don’t, we’ll you’ll hear about that too!

Filed Under: Gaming Diary Tagged With: Gaming

Guess who?

Posted on 31/07/2013 Written by deKay Leave a Comment

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So Rudy asked me to visit him. I said yes, then dug holes around…

Posted on 31/07/2013 Written by deKay

So Rudy asked me to visit him. I said yes, then dug holes around him so he couldn’t make the appointment. Bwa-ha-haaaaa!

Filed Under: Gaming Diary Tagged With: ACNL

Having my morning coffee. Hope it’s OK after being sat in…

Posted on 31/07/2013 Written by deKay

Having my morning coffee. Hope it’s OK after being sat in my pocket for an hour.

Filed Under: Gaming Diary Tagged With: ACNL

Thomas was alone – I am a shape

Posted on 30/07/2013 Written by gospvg

I spent some time Sunday morning sorting some of my steam collection into two categories Ignore & Play.

The ignore included games I had already completed on the consoles like Bastion & Walking Dead. It also had a large collection of games that I had no interest in playing like Amnesia, The Ball & many more bundle games.

The play obviously had less games but these were titles that I was keen to enjoy like Hotline Miami, Kings Bounty, Dear Esther & Thomas was alone.

I did not really know what to expect having only seen a few screenshots & read some posts on UGVM about the game.

It's a puzzle game, which if you do not enjoy I suggest you go back to playing your generic shooter.

Mr Maker on Cbeebies has a section about shapes. Singing along to the annoying "I am a shape" (Youtube it). Your nightmares have come true, you are indeed a shape, a rectangle to be precise named Thomas.

Thomas sets off on an adventure meeting various shapes helping them reach the level portal to advance.

The game takes a leaf out of Bastion & has a narrator explaining each new character. Their thoughts on the surroundings & other shapes. Each shape has it's own unique skill in they can jump higher, go through small gaps or float. Claire is my favourite shape so far, she is a big blue square that can float on water. I'm enjoying the puzzles & the narration.

I tried initially with keyboard control but soon ended up plugging in a 360 controller which thankfully after a few button configs works perfectly.

I tried to play Penny Arcade Adventures but after a while got bored it reminded me quite a bit of Costume Quest without the adult humour obviously. Thomas was alone on the other hand feels fresh & interesting.

Filed Under: Gaming Diary Tagged With: PC, Steam, Thomas was alone

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