I love XCOM 2 and have got pretty good at it over the years. All that experience didn’t make winning at Long War 2 (a semi-official full-conversion mod for the game) any easier though. Lots of failure and knuckle-biting near misses meant it’s taken me a while to win a campaign. There were loads of things I’d wish I’d known before I started that would either have made it easier or made some of the choices I was making clearer. So here’s a dump of all my hard-won experience; it might help you survive a few months longer…. Continue reading “XCOM 2: Long War 2 Guide and Tips (Spoiler-Free)”
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Getting Started with TitanFall 2 Multiplayer
TitanFall 2 is a brilliant FPS that I loved playing for the campaign. The multiplayer modes are great too but can take a bit of adjusting to. It’s strongly tied to movement with loads of tricks and quirks for doing awesomely cool things. Unfortunately what that meant for me starting out was I got killed repeatedly by other people doing awesomely cool things while I flailed about randomly.
So here’s a few tips in how to get started, do decently in games and not just be a slightly more-animated target dummy. Continue reading “Getting Started with TitanFall 2 Multiplayer”
How to Play X-Wing (If you’re not on my team)
We had a great LAN party last weekend. though in the end it was more of a LANBG (Local Area Network and Board Game) party. One of the games we played was the FFG’s X-Wing miniatures game. It looks fantastic and I’d got a few pieces on E-Bay to try out.
Previously I’d played a couple of partial games with my daughter (which she won; clearly shields are OP) but everyone was up for big 6-7 player game to really kick the tyres on it.
The game was great and I picked up some great tips about how you definitely should play (as long as you’re playing against me that is). Continue reading “How to Play X-Wing (If you’re not on my team)”
An Englishman in California, Day 18: Blizzard HQ, Home
Our revels now are ended; home again today. California has been fantastic and we’re sad to go but we have time for one more cool visit on the way to the airport…
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An Englishman in California, Day 17: Disneyland, The Magic Kingdom
A bitter-sweet day today; our last full day in California but we get to go to The Magic Kingdom!
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An Englishman in California, Day 16: Disneyland, Downtown Disney
We were all a bit tired today; probably the frenetic pace catching up with us. So, a day of shopping was in order 🙂 Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 16: Disneyland, Downtown Disney”
An Englishman in California, Day 15: Disneyland, California Adventure
Woohoo! Another surprise announcement for the girls; we were ending our holiday in Disneyland. And so, it begins…. Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 15: Disneyland, California Adventure”
