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[camwyn]

Sorry I haven't posted much lately, folks. I've had RL to deal with, and thanks to SEC regulations, a lot of stuff that goes on during the day is Stuff I Can't Talk About. Working on getting my passport, though, for whatever that's worth.

For those of you who liked the Camwyn Stinks At Videogames writeups, I'll be starting HL 2 Episode 1's writeup soon. I've also made stabs at my other three Xbox games so far. Bioshock I've played all the way through, Prince of Persia I've played for a little bit, and Stranglehold I've cleared one level and made it through two or three more missions beyond that. I'll be writing them all up as long as people like them, but I think I can safely say that so far Stranglehold is really my favorite. (Although I absolutely adore the Prince, and Stranglehold's control scheme left me screaming in frustration a few times.) I've downloaded some games from Steam as well, specifically HL: Blue Shift (yay, Barney!) and X-Com 2: Terror From The Deep. Blue Shift I might write up, because I love Barney Calhoun. X-Com 2 is for pure nostalgia value; I played it and its predecessor on my college computer, but it's not an especially narrative game, so any write up I might do for that would be rather different.

I'm considering one other game that I only know from several Half-Life fans' fanart, though. Can anyone here tell me anything about S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl?

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[hortorum.livejournal.com]

Speaking of narratives and gaming, you still up for 'Fading Suns' old chum?

[camwyn]

Gyah! I meant to pull that together- yes. Yes, I am, I need to get my main book out. *facepalm* I got caught up in reading Worlds of the Realm and forgot about, like, characters.

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

I would *love* to stt your take on Blue Shift. It's my favorite of all of them so far.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're okay.

[camwyn]

Okay, and going to DragonCon. Will I be seeing you while I'm there?

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO!!

Posted to my LJ just today with everywhere you can expect to find me.

Plus, I kind of would like a group dinner so I can celebrate my birthday amongst friends.

[ymfaery]

OMG X-COM 2. It's available for the Xbox? D:

[camwyn]

No, I downloaded it onto my PC. Sorry to get your hopes up.

[ymfaery]

Oh. You have a PC running an older version of Windows or something? There's a depressing number of old games that don't run well if at all on XP and especially Vista.

[camwyn]

I only tested X-Com 2 for a few seconds on XP. It looks as if it runs okay despite the chip speed. If it doesn't, I know where I can get my hands on an older computer.