Not to long ago I mentioned a book called The New Death and others. It's filled with short stories that are somewhat inter connected and rather amusing with a fairytale like feel but darker.
So if you want a free copy from amazon here is the link http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Q8Q8DY
On a side not I find it difficult to be motivated to put any quality work into my blog ever since my Windows vista snippet tool stopped working. I tried making it re-install but that didn't fix it. It just wont let me save the image I snip.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Command and Conquer Tiberium Alliances.
EA games has released the beta latest Command and Conquer game using next generation graphics and gameplay. Well maybe not, that is instead they made a browser based game, you know free to play ecept we want all your money type.
Currently I have been trying out the beta and as far as browser based supposedly free to play games go it's not to bad. Resource production is easy to figure out. it has a simplified way of attacking people and sending in waves of units. And so far I have no been pressured into inviting people.
Other the ambient noise most of the sound effects are decent enough. Worst part so far is that you can only choose GDI and might never be able to change your choice on a specific server and also it looks as though all current players are in protected status.
So for now I must content myself attacking Forgotten Camps, which has been very easy. You can start and invite people into alliances and attacking is based on distance and the amount of command points you have. Basically it costs 10 points + 1-2 per tile away from your base to attack.
Seeing as how there are not many players yet I guess getting in now is a good chance to become either a top player or blogger/forum member about the game.
For example I'm not sure if you must destroy a defense HQ to get the supply crate from it or if Destroying the Construction yard and thus looting the camp will also get you that supply crate. I have asked on the forum and there are no websites discussing strategies for this game. So for now I am making sure to destroy the Defense HQ, hey I want my crate.
Currently I have been trying out the beta and as far as browser based supposedly free to play games go it's not to bad. Resource production is easy to figure out. it has a simplified way of attacking people and sending in waves of units. And so far I have no been pressured into inviting people.
Other the ambient noise most of the sound effects are decent enough. Worst part so far is that you can only choose GDI and might never be able to change your choice on a specific server and also it looks as though all current players are in protected status.
So for now I must content myself attacking Forgotten Camps, which has been very easy. You can start and invite people into alliances and attacking is based on distance and the amount of command points you have. Basically it costs 10 points + 1-2 per tile away from your base to attack.
Seeing as how there are not many players yet I guess getting in now is a good chance to become either a top player or blogger/forum member about the game.
For example I'm not sure if you must destroy a defense HQ to get the supply crate from it or if Destroying the Construction yard and thus looting the camp will also get you that supply crate. I have asked on the forum and there are no websites discussing strategies for this game. So for now I am making sure to destroy the Defense HQ, hey I want my crate.
Friday, March 9, 2012
First time playing ADOM, game log.
I quickly typed this in note pad while playing ADOM, to keep track of the events my charactor was going through. I don't know if I will continue to type these, I suppose it depends on if there is any interest reading them.
Artemis the orc ranger,
found here self amongst some hill on a road that led from the south west to the north east out of the valley.
Following the road she entered a small hamlet first scaring some children before
finding and chatting with the village elder.
He told her that they were attacked by monsters from a cave in the south east and that the village
carpenter had gone into the cave and not come out.
Within the village was a baby water dragon, a rather rude druid and a food shop
where Artemis bought an apple that quickly rotted.
She left the hamlet going south east into the forest
where she stopped and gathered a quick meal.
Upon finding and enetering the cave she found a door that when kicked opened
shot a blinding
light into her face both confusing and blinging her.
She spent a few seconds ramming herself into a wall before regaining her
sight and find a
mob of goblins shoving into the doorway
She had little trouble turning them, some rats and an orc in to a heap of bodies.
She found a longsword, a sling and some stones, ate the rats and had gained 2 levels
becoming ambiedextous and increasing her ability to dodge, and fight with weapons.
Wandering down a dark hallway she found a throwing club laying on the ground and
was thinking of ways to be better at attacking from behind.
The hall went west along way and then turned south so aretmis back tracked
to a small room with walls made of solid obsidian where she found a light potion,
and was attacked by bats,
in the next room, one that showed the signs of many battles,
she found a leather cap that was better then her own.
The cave wrapped back west where she shot down a goblin skeleton and ?ate his frog legs?
Searching the room she found some gold coins and then moved back east, where she
used her crossbow to shot down a goblin and scare away a kobold.
Taking from them some gold coins another sling, an arrow and some rations.
Although seh thought these rooms might link back up to the lon hallway they did not,
although they shared a wall she was forced to walk clear back around.
Well she was doing so another goblin rock thrower attacked her
she killed it quickly and then ate his corpse.
Having got back through the hallway it lead to a small room with a passage(stairs) leading
deeper into the ground, however nothing more seamed to be down there.
Artemsi searched all the walls of the room then decided to leave the cave, she encountered more goblins and rats
and even a homculi on the way out, she gathered up all the stones the goblins
had thrown at her, and the homonuclusi's bones.
Upon arriving at the hamlet she found that the food shop, would only buy food.
And that the elder still wanted her to find the carpenter.
Maybe she had gone to the wrong cave.
For information on the game adom click here to go the official site.
Artemis the orc ranger,
found here self amongst some hill on a road that led from the south west to the north east out of the valley.
Following the road she entered a small hamlet first scaring some children before
finding and chatting with the village elder.
He told her that they were attacked by monsters from a cave in the south east and that the village
carpenter had gone into the cave and not come out.
Within the village was a baby water dragon, a rather rude druid and a food shop
where Artemis bought an apple that quickly rotted.
She left the hamlet going south east into the forest
where she stopped and gathered a quick meal.
Upon finding and enetering the cave she found a door that when kicked opened
shot a blinding
light into her face both confusing and blinging her.
She spent a few seconds ramming herself into a wall before regaining her
sight and find a
mob of goblins shoving into the doorway
She had little trouble turning them, some rats and an orc in to a heap of bodies.
She found a longsword, a sling and some stones, ate the rats and had gained 2 levels
becoming ambiedextous and increasing her ability to dodge, and fight with weapons.
Wandering down a dark hallway she found a throwing club laying on the ground and
was thinking of ways to be better at attacking from behind.
The hall went west along way and then turned south so aretmis back tracked
to a small room with walls made of solid obsidian where she found a light potion,
and was attacked by bats,
in the next room, one that showed the signs of many battles,
she found a leather cap that was better then her own.
The cave wrapped back west where she shot down a goblin skeleton and ?ate his frog legs?
Searching the room she found some gold coins and then moved back east, where she
used her crossbow to shot down a goblin and scare away a kobold.
Taking from them some gold coins another sling, an arrow and some rations.
Although seh thought these rooms might link back up to the lon hallway they did not,
although they shared a wall she was forced to walk clear back around.
Well she was doing so another goblin rock thrower attacked her
she killed it quickly and then ate his corpse.
Having got back through the hallway it lead to a small room with a passage(stairs) leading
deeper into the ground, however nothing more seamed to be down there.
Artemsi searched all the walls of the room then decided to leave the cave, she encountered more goblins and rats
and even a homculi on the way out, she gathered up all the stones the goblins
had thrown at her, and the homonuclusi's bones.
Upon arriving at the hamlet she found that the food shop, would only buy food.
And that the elder still wanted her to find the carpenter.
Maybe she had gone to the wrong cave.
For information on the game adom click here to go the official site.
Friday, February 17, 2012
League of Legends Charactors for Dungeons and Dragons Board Game.
The title is pretty self explanatory, it occurred to me that each d&d board game character starts with four powers and an innate power, each league of legends character has four abilities and an innate ability. They both basically have classes and run around killing things. Seams like an easy thing to convert any league of legends character into a d&d board game character.
Too show what I mean I threw this together rather quickly. It's not perfect of course and his stats are based off the Dragon Born Fighters, for AC and Damage to start. But I think for a quick conversion it holds the flavor of Jax rather well.Also, I did try to turn some of his abilities effects into multiple abilities, and the template I used was made by chromaticdragon who wanted the characters to be able to level upto level 5.
Too show what I mean I threw this together rather quickly. It's not perfect of course and his stats are based off the Dragon Born Fighters, for AC and Damage to start. But I think for a quick conversion it holds the flavor of Jax rather well.Also, I did try to turn some of his abilities effects into multiple abilities, and the template I used was made by chromaticdragon who wanted the characters to be able to level upto level 5.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Glad to be an A:!
A: I don't like government and don't want it.
B: What? You don't like roads, or fire departments or police. Who are you going to call if a guy breaks into your house.
A: Which one of those were made by the government?
B: They are all made by tax payers money
A: So the citizens built them then. At most all your saying is we need a treasurer, what do we need congress for.
B: Well what if a foreign country invades, and who are going to call about the robber.
A: You mean what if a foreign Government invades, I just said I wish we didn't have governments, and if someone is robbing me I'm going to kick his ass if I can. If he robbed me when I wasn't home then the police won't find him anyway, just fill out paper work.
B: Well what if your shot, then who are you going to call.
A: The ambulance which charges you an arm and a leg and is not payed for by taxes.
B: Well who is going to make sure we don't all starve.
A: Community ran efforts like the food bank, and besides the government sucks at running a budget and feeding people.
B: Well who is going to deal with criminals?
A: How about a jury of his peers?
B: That's mob rule
A: Your right and thats a form of democracy. Well criminals would be dealt with differently in each community.
B: See so we need government.
A: no that's more like we need team work within the local area, we still don't need anyone in Washington DC.
B: Who would maintain the roads?
A: Construction workers.
B: Their not going to do it for free.
A: if the local community wants roads then they will find a way to have roads. Without any need for congress men, presidents, or supreme courts.
B: It would be anarchy!
A: It would be freedom!
B: The criminals would take over everything.
A: maybe in some areas in other areas the fathers and brothers of the town would stop them as would the local religious congregations.
B: Then the church would become government.
A: If that happened I wouldn't want that government either, but each of us should have freedom from being ruled by state, church or corporation.
B: Your dumb and your lucky to live in the land of the free so you should be arrested for talking like that.
A: *smacks forehead.
A: Which one of those were made by the government?
B: They are all made by tax payers money
A: So the citizens built them then. At most all your saying is we need a treasurer, what do we need congress for.
B: Well what if a foreign country invades, and who are going to call about the robber.
A: You mean what if a foreign Government invades, I just said I wish we didn't have governments, and if someone is robbing me I'm going to kick his ass if I can. If he robbed me when I wasn't home then the police won't find him anyway, just fill out paper work.
B: Well what if your shot, then who are you going to call.
A: The ambulance which charges you an arm and a leg and is not payed for by taxes.
B: Well who is going to make sure we don't all starve.
A: Community ran efforts like the food bank, and besides the government sucks at running a budget and feeding people.
B: Well who is going to deal with criminals?
A: How about a jury of his peers?
B: That's mob rule
A: Your right and thats a form of democracy. Well criminals would be dealt with differently in each community.
B: See so we need government.
A: no that's more like we need team work within the local area, we still don't need anyone in Washington DC.
B: Who would maintain the roads?
A: Construction workers.
B: Their not going to do it for free.
A: if the local community wants roads then they will find a way to have roads. Without any need for congress men, presidents, or supreme courts.
B: It would be anarchy!
A: It would be freedom!
B: The criminals would take over everything.
A: maybe in some areas in other areas the fathers and brothers of the town would stop them as would the local religious congregations.
B: Then the church would become government.
A: If that happened I wouldn't want that government either, but each of us should have freedom from being ruled by state, church or corporation.
B: Your dumb and your lucky to live in the land of the free so you should be arrested for talking like that.
A: *smacks forehead.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Zeus: Master of Olympus
Kinda long name that doesn't tell you much about the game other then the setting.
What is it?
Its a complex city builder. I'd say arguably more complex and rewarding then SimCity 4. Not more realistic I suppose, but where in SimCity for you need, water, electricity, education, health, safety, and access to jobs. In Zeus you need; food, water, jobs, fleece, olive oil, wine, armor, culture, appeal, maintenance, city watch, an army, tax collectors, probably more that I'm forgetting.
But in Zeus each one of things is handled logisticly as in too get fleece to your people you need to, Have a growers hut, buy sheep, both must be by a meadow, it takes workers, then it gets stored in a storehouse, then you need a vendor to come buy it and then too distribute it. Which means the vendor physically wanders the streets and sells to houses he passes by. And it keeps track of every unit of population and every unit of fleece produced.
Many items such as olive oil need to go through more steps to be made into their final product such as squishing the olives.
If your not careful you can crash your whole economy, sell too much food at a trading post and your houses are fed so they downgrade and your workers move away, literatly picking up their bags walking out of their houses and leaving. Luckily you have a bit of time to fix the problem, but if you don't fix it... Well now there's no workers for your Growing hut, which means no fleece, so now more people move away and soon nothing is being produced, no one is working the store houses and your vendors have moved away.
While all of this is going on your trying to build shrines to summon gods, fight foreign armies as well as mythical monsters, build hero halls to get people like Hercules on your side, compete in the Olympias, and finish missions to move onto your next episodes.
Each mission has multiple episodes and you keep your city and money from episode to episode.
So yeah, the name Zeus: Master of Olympus doesn't tell you anything about the game except it's setting. Unfortunately the game seams to no longer be supported. If you have a hard time "acquiring" the game. You can always try buying a used copy from amazon. Also somewhere on the internet is an official enhancement download / patch. Also an expansion pack called Poseidon master of Atlantis, which I have not tried.
I have been thinking of making a user guide for the game since the best I can find is usually old walk-throughs that have no pictures. I think there was a Prima Strategy guide available at some point.
The game has a small learning curve so make sure to play the tutorials, and if you liked this post/review make sure to share a link with your gaming friends.
Also feel free to add me on steam, username: heromedel
What is it?
Its a complex city builder. I'd say arguably more complex and rewarding then SimCity 4. Not more realistic I suppose, but where in SimCity for you need, water, electricity, education, health, safety, and access to jobs. In Zeus you need; food, water, jobs, fleece, olive oil, wine, armor, culture, appeal, maintenance, city watch, an army, tax collectors, probably more that I'm forgetting.
Many items such as olive oil need to go through more steps to be made into their final product such as squishing the olives.
If your not careful you can crash your whole economy, sell too much food at a trading post and your houses are fed so they downgrade and your workers move away, literatly picking up their bags walking out of their houses and leaving. Luckily you have a bit of time to fix the problem, but if you don't fix it... Well now there's no workers for your Growing hut, which means no fleece, so now more people move away and soon nothing is being produced, no one is working the store houses and your vendors have moved away.
While all of this is going on your trying to build shrines to summon gods, fight foreign armies as well as mythical monsters, build hero halls to get people like Hercules on your side, compete in the Olympias, and finish missions to move onto your next episodes.
Each mission has multiple episodes and you keep your city and money from episode to episode.
So yeah, the name Zeus: Master of Olympus doesn't tell you anything about the game except it's setting. Unfortunately the game seams to no longer be supported. If you have a hard time "acquiring" the game. You can always try buying a used copy from amazon. Also somewhere on the internet is an official enhancement download / patch. Also an expansion pack called Poseidon master of Atlantis, which I have not tried.
I have been thinking of making a user guide for the game since the best I can find is usually old walk-throughs that have no pictures. I think there was a Prima Strategy guide available at some point.
The game has a small learning curve so make sure to play the tutorials, and if you liked this post/review make sure to share a link with your gaming friends.
Also feel free to add me on steam, username: heromedel
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