Category Archives: Games

Thoughts on Adr1ft with the Oculus Rift.

Posted on June 25, 2016 by diziet

I want to write some thoughts on the referendum, on the other hand I’m scared; so I’m going to sit on that for some time.  Possibly permanently, restraint of tongue and pen.  To salve the itch to write something down … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on VR following EGX Rezzed.

Posted on April 9, 2016 by diziet

I’ve been left thinking about VR a lot following a few demos I got to try at EGX Rezzed. Firstly VR seems to form more lasting/real memories for me than normal video games. Distinct impressions of having “done” something rather … Continue reading →

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Good to see Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii U

Posted on January 29, 2015 by diziet

Thanks to a post by Lewie P over on Savy Gamer I found these save files which help greatly with unlocking some content on these old games now the systems that supported it are long gone. So if anyone else … Continue reading →

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CEX stock monitoring

Posted on April 18, 2014 by diziet

It’s been ages since I posted anything, I’ve been playing with all sorts of stuff, like Cocos2D and SpriteKit… as well as wicked little things like this DIY Gamer kit. Maybe I’ll do some more long form ish posts soon … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on The Secret World (Work in Progress)

Posted on September 1, 2012 by diziet

Thoughts on The Secret World ============================ Around the birth of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) there was a game called Ultima Online, an online variation of the popular Ultima series of RPGs. Ultima Online had, to this day, … Continue reading →

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Wow it’s been sometime huh? Here’s a brief rundown…

Posted on August 27, 2012 by diziet

It’s all been rather hectic. Lots has been happening and unhappening. The most obvious being that the box that runs this website went a bit mental as the hard disks succumbed to age; and I’ve been too busy to fix … Continue reading →

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Diablo 3 – Launch Day Blues

Posted on May 15, 2012 by diziet

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Backing up Steam with CWRsync

Posted on May 13, 2012 by diziet

This may or may not be of use to other people, and seeing as I’ve not written a blog post for ages, I thought I’d post it here. Before demolishing my PC last year and building a new one once … Continue reading →

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Why Fable 3’s 360 bugs piss me off but New Vegas’s PC ones didn’t.

Posted on November 15, 2010 by diziet

A lot of it, possibly, can be attributed to the platform. On the PC I could, as far as possible, do things about the problems that vexed me. Although I never had a problem with slow down I did install … Continue reading →

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Progress doesn’t always feel like progress.

Posted on November 4, 2010 by diziet

So many changes have been made, which doesn’t always feel like you’re getting anywhere. I’ve made it so that Recipes sent in any form are transmitted as JPEG’s at 50% quality, it seems you can set the quality level of … Continue reading →

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