After giving it a couple of months to cool off at the request of the devs themselves, I pulled the trigger on Helldivers II yesterday. I have two thoughts. It’s the exact sort of stupid fun shooter that appeals immensely and would’ve gone over incredibly well. The visceral feel of explosions and the sell-dead ragdolling […]
February 22, 2024
Holy hell Balatro.
What a game, the quote from screenrant was right on the money. It’s a fucking time eater (shout out Slay the Spire). I sunk ten hours into it like it was nothing. Got one win and capped out at around 230k damage if I’m remembering right, made it to endless mode and two antes in […]
February 21, 2024
How far we have fallen.
I took an extra day off because my ankle wasn’t feeling right, and in hindsight it was the right call even if the scores aren’t good. Everything felt strong at the end. Gaming, Japanese, and work behind the more.
March 11, 2016
I’m probably bad at StarCraft, too.
So I saw the post yesterday on reddit on how Google’s AlphaGo AI beat a world-class Go player for the second consecutive time. This is a big deal given that Go has a rather intractable nature, it’s as much felt as analyzed at the top level. It also reminded me that I tried to learn […]