Monthly Archives: February 2015

I guess I can’t really get away from Destiny.

Last night, I watched my housemates try to clear the “Eye of a Gatelord” mission in Destiny on their PS4s. They couldn’t. Maybe they’re just not good at shooters in general. Maybe I’m just too good at the game.

The PS4 controller is certainly an improvement on the PS3 controller for two reasons:

  1. I don’t feel like I’m going to break the damn thing while using it and,
  2. the thumbsticks on those things is a vast improvement over the previous generation.

But, I picked it up and without too much fuss–or dropping the boss battle for that matter, and cleared it no problem. It’s amazing what you can do when you can circle-strafe.

So, when I woke up this morning to a bit of a snow day, I pushed a change for a client and then fired up the Xbox One… to play some Destiny.

I played through the Heroic Daily on “The Black Garden” at 30 and the Heroic Weekly on “Valus Tu’arc” at 30.

And that was it.

I suppose I could’ve gone on to play my other two characters, but there’s a point where the addiction and compulsion would return and I’m not quite sure I’m ready to return to that level of constant disappointment.

Yet.

Ugh. I’m screwed to repeat this whole Destiny thing, aren’t I?

Sid Meier’s Starships is only $15? Seems like quite the steal.

A turn-based spaceship tactics simulator that draws on Beyond Earth’s improvements to the Civilization series while taking some mechanics clues of XCOM’s tactics? Certainly seems worth it, just based on the preview from Shacknews.

I wonder how the Starships connects to Beyond Earth, though. I might have to give both of these games a chance if the connection between them is strong enough.

The Mittani writer Ryan Vincent even compared the game’s development to Ace Patrol’s? I love that iOS title. Hopefully it keeps getting nice new updates for awhile after the initial release like Ace Patrol does.

#EVO2015 #HYPE #confirmed.

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Well, I’m going to Vegas in the middle of July to attend EVO 2015. That’s for sure. As for everything else, who knows? It’ll be my first time in Vegas. I’m sure it’ll be a fun time as the bad fighting-game player amongst the FGC masses. Maybe I’ll relax while I’m out of town.