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Ahoy there, mates! Get small and baton down those hatches because we are about to scratch the surface on one of my absolute favorite videogame genres: the u-boat simulator! Patience is the Key In the world of subsims, you’re the captain of a u-boat (another word for a German submarine) during WW2. Your job is to order your men around the Atlantic Ocean until you come across some enemy ships to sink. Your mission is…
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Superheroes and villains don’t come cheap. Besides having superpowers and mad skills, they must also possess immense wealth to fund their various causes, may it be for good or the other way around. But how much really is wealthy when talking about the caped crusaders and their archnemesis? From buying off private islands so they could have their own secret base to purchasing the most expensive technology offered, you’d wish to be one of the…
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I don’t know what it is about Christmas time that gets me in the horror mood. Maybe it’s all the joy? For some reason, December is the month where I bust out the horror movies, whip out a scary novel, or throw in a good horror game. So in honor of that strange tradition, I will be making at least one horror related post for the month of December, starting…now. Don’t stay out too late…
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The Primarch Challenge This week we finish our Rogal Dorn primarch challenge and look at the final results for Dorn vs the last of his brothers. The rules of the challenge are as follows. Dorn will fight each of his brother primarchs one on one throughout 10 different combats, as if they were participating in a challenge. In 5 of those combats Dorn will get the charge bonus. In the other 5 combats, Dorn’s opponent…
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The Primarch Challenge This week we continue to look at how Rogal Dorn measures up to his brother primarchs on the tabletop. In an effort to gain insight into which of his fellow primarchs Dorn can go the distance with and which ones land a quick TKO, we organized a brotherly brawl. The rules are as follows. Dorn will fight each of his brother primarchs one on one throughout 10 different combats, as if they…
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Last post, I talked a little bit about my frustration with how Rogal Dorn is measuring up to his brother primarchs on the tabletop. Yet, regardless of how well or poorly he does in game, I intend to use him as often as I can. I just need to learn how to use him effectively. That starts by knowing which of his brothers Dorn can best, and which ones he’d do well to avoid. The…
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I’ve long been familiar with the concept of a “Gamer Dad” and frankly, I hate it. There’s no beating around the bush here guys, at some point in your gaming dad life you need to make some pro-financial savvy stock market moves, acquire a map and somehow navigate wherever the hell your balls went. How I Want It I get it, you want to be hands on as much as possible when it comes to…
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The most exciting thing about getting into the Horus Heresy game is the option for fielding primarchs. For decades these epic heroes were simply myth and legend, having no tangible presence on the Warhammer 40K tabletop. With the release of the Horus Hersey primarchs are finally able to make a tabletop appearance. Fist and Foremost A dedicated Imperial Fists player, I was overjoyed at the prospect of fielding Rogal Dorn. Throughout the breadth of novels and…
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Recently, I stumbled across the idea of cognitive flexibility—and yet another reason to game. If you were excited, like I was, to learn that there is a game that helps you boost your resilience and overcome setbacks like depression and anxiety, then hold on to your pants! Researchers have found that gamers (specifically of first-person shooters like Call of Duty) have greater cognitive flexibility than non-gamers. Wut? Cognitive flexibility is the “mental ability to adjust thinking…
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Trying to Beat Goldeneye 007 over the Weekend Just recently, I stumbled upon my Nintendo 64 (N64) sitting in a box at my parent’s house. I grabbed it and my roommates and I set it up at our place. We dug out the games and scoured over them until we came upon the mother lode: Goldeneye 007. The memories came flooding back. All those days and nights wasting away my childhood trying to beat one…