blomvik

@blomvik@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your gaming highlights of 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I built a pc tower for the first time since '01 or '02, and the first game i played was Cyberpunk 2077. A lovely game with some genuinley great characters. I really love Judy.

  But that doesn’t hold a candle to Deus Ex, which i completed for the first time. What a great title. I must have played the first and part of the second level when it first came out, but the story was new to me.

  Also shout out to Drova, a really fun game with tons of nods to the Gothic series. Difficult, but not punishing.

  Cruelty Squad was so different. Looks like vaporware created in Duke3d engine, but plays like a modern shooter (kinda).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games to play while sick?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I replayed The Witcher 3 when i got sick earlier this year. Needed something that didn’t require too much thinking, and it worked for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When they announced the pre-order bonus, it seems clear that this might not be a good day one purchase. Will probably give it a look some time, but i should replay Troikas version first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar Just Fired Over 30 Employees From UK and Canada in an Attempt of Union-Busting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Never played RDR 2 because of their abuse of workers, and wasn’t planning on playing GTA. Please support smaller teams instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good Halloween Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How about Jack in the dark, the little game that shipped with the cd version of the two first Alone in the dark games?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Freight Manager – a new Ports of Call-inspired game - Spillhistorie.no⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved Ports of Call on Amiga, it was a great hot seat game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have Fallout New Vegas loaded up with the Viva New Vegas modlist, playing as a cowboy with no points put into stealth and going into repair, guns, meele and explosives instead. It’s a bit harder than normal New Vegas, but so fun and comforting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #22⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just built my first computer since 2001 with Endeavour as OS, and bought Cyberpunk and Robocop from GOG.

  Also just recently played through Drova and that’s the most fun I’ve had in a game recently. Not quite as good as Gothic 2, but well worth playing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do the organizing with categories/tags in game libraries that supports it; want to play, playing, beaten, given up, unbeatable.

  I also have something similar in Playnite, though I don’t love that program.

  I also love notebooks, I keep a notebook around for writing in during games, and I set up lists for each year with a column for bought games and one for played games. With this I can see what games I have played since 2016/17 or thereabout.

  I love statistics, and seeing when and for how long I played a game is fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am som enthralled by Drova, you should give the Myrtana: Archolos mod a try. Really liked it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s 5 movable stones, and only one missable. But very few stationary ones. If it’s nagging you enough, there’s some mods, one gives infinite stamina outside combat.

  And remember: Wolfs hunt in packs!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am playing Drove and really loving it. Most likely done with the first chapter. The Gothic inspiration is clear, but it plays entirely differently. Gonna join the Remnants as they were more playfully written.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #15⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Played the first demo of Gothic they released, an that felt very different from the original. Will have to check out the new one. But, for anyone interested, the original games are still great to play.

  I finally finished the Witcher 3 after 10 weeks and 160 hours, and have since moved to my computer for System Shock 2. Still early in the game, but it’s really different from Nightdives remake of SS1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite indie game?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t there still a demo? I bought it the minute I reached the end of the demo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #11⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  8 weeks into my Witcher 3 replay on the deck. Finished the campaign and well into Hearts of stone. Looking forward to the lush second DLC.

  Also played the Holy Gosh Darn, really funny game, and not to repetitive time loop gameplay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My gaming 'puter is running win 10, and the plan is to replace it with one running Manjaro. Will have to see when that happens, not upgrading to win 11.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favorite Racing Game Soundtrack?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Project Gotham Racing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Years of Struggling To Be Noticed, My Indie Game Was Covered By VICE⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Link to the Vice article: vice.com/…/illuminating-indie-games-v2-tense-clim…