Monthly Archives: August 2018
Gaming Nostalgia – Man Myth & Magic
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Ancient Egyptian RPG’ing – Yaquinto tries to tackle your tabletop.
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What’s Gus Playing – Arcanum, Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Our massively miniature munchkin of merriment mulls magickal masterpieces ~
Lloyd Sabin, 27 August 2018
This week my tale is a short and woeful one, with only a few piddling screenshots to show for it. You can’t win them all, right? So being done with Dishonored – Death of the Outsider, I find myself still in a steampunk mood. I have several choices on my HD to satiate such a mood, and Arcanum sounds like a great choice to me.
Steampunk tech and magic IN THE SAME GAME??
My history with Arcanum is much like the story that some guys have about The One Who Got Away…you know, the woman who you fell madly in love with but then ruined it some how and she left, forever. Or a giant fish of some kind that you just could not reel in, I guess. I’m babbling.
I first fired up Arcanum in 2001 when it first came out. I was so psyched. Steampunk tech and magic IN THE SAME GAME?? How did I get so lucky?
I think I ordered the boxed version of it from Amazon and immediately ripped the box apart to install it and then start playing. The intro blew me away. Orc-piloted Eindecker fighters shooting down a zeppelin! Armored knights blowing each other away with high-powered pistols! Refined orcs and elves and humans getting drunk together! This was setting up to be my greatest gaming experience ever!
And then the actual game began. After a few dialogue choices I was totally lost…even after reading through the manual. I got frustrated, not knowing what to do and eventually shelved the game…crestfallen and heartbroken.
Gaming Nostalgia – Air Warrior
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Another of GEnie’s online multiplayer games, this one dogfighting in WWI.
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What’s Gus Playing: Dishonored – Death of the Outsider, part 2
The second act of our secluded steampunk story spins silently ~
Lloyd Sabin, 20 August 2018
Continuing towards the end of Dishonored – Death of the Outsider, and total time spent in-game is approaching 20 hours. I told you I play my games slow.
I told you I play my games slow.
Each level appears to get slightly larger than the last, culminating in the final level (#5) which is made up of several massive mining buildings interconnected by tunnels. The creepy occult factor continues to rise as well, as I get closer to the eponymous Outsider, fighting through swaths of cultists and hellhounds just to get a chance at Him.
Screenshots are uncaptioned below, they speak for themselves as far as beauty and a haunting quality. Environments covered include the final moments in the large bank level (level 3), a conservatory (level 4), and the beginning of the final level I am in now, at a remote mining complex on an island to the north of Karnaca.
Enjoy, thanks for reading and see you next week…I should be moved on to a new game by then!
Dishonored screenshots with Gus
My First ConsimWorld Expo Experience
Who ventures into the desert in summer? Wargamers! ~
By Christian Snyder, 18 August 2018
A big thanks to Ric Van Dyke who took and provided the photos; he is a much better and more reliable photographer than I!
Even though ConsimWorld and its Expo are a staple of the wargaming hobby, (and have been for almost two decades) I hesitate to write this, as I feel like I am letting out the secret of one of the best Expos in Wargaming. Besides putting these words to paper, I have recounted this information dozens of times to family, friends, peers, anyone who I thought might be interested in knowing what ConsimWorld Expo was like. Additionally, in my first drafts, I tried listing all the designers, developers, and great people that I met. But in doing so, I would undoubtedly leave someone out, and instead, I would prefer to just focus on the ConsimWorld Expo experience. So other than a very few, I am omitting almost all names. First, I will explain what I thought ConsimWorld Expo was all about, then what my excited initial reaction was, and finally, the deep and great appreciation that I have for ConsimWorld Expo after some simple introspection. First and foremost, this was my first ConsimWorld Expo, my first board game expo, and my first true expo/con-anything. So maybe a grain of salt or two is required, but take a read, and see for yourself.
The Grand Ballroom of the Tempe Palms Hotel packed full of Wargamers
