Cheat Code, Sweet Cheat Code
From the "Admission of Suck File"--- I'm having a blast playing Oblivion with the combat AI disabled (in "sitting duck mode", as GameFAQs put it).  Killing is my business and business is good! Still For Want of a Project
So many games, so little time, and even less consistency.  Since I kind of burned out on Oblivion (due in extremely large part to sucking hard at it, although that may have more to do with my... For Want of a Project
Been playing Hearts of Iron 2 and Gary Grigsby's World at War and thinking, "I gotta find some friends who play MP co-op.  The AI is way too predictable." Program Note
I just got a new computer---and decided to scrap the data on the old drive rather than try to import it.  Time to start fresh...and play Oblivion. To Latvia AND BEYOND! Update #2: From No Money to a Brand New Boat!
Played through the first hour or so of my P3 game, covering the spring and early summer of 1300 (I'm through to about the beginning of August.)  Decided to use a custom difficulty level, dialing... To Latvia AND BEYOND! Update #1: Introduction and Setting
I'm going to be starting a game of Patrician III  shortly and playing the first couple hours' worth of my new setup tonight.  My character, Arturs Lidmanis (note spiffy Latvian name), will be... Thoughts While Playing My 578th Game of ESPN College Hoops 2K5...
I own a game for just about every major sport on my PlayStation2.  I picked up most of them in a fit of disposable income in the spring and summer of 2004, plus a couple of the ESPN 2K5 games for... The Sims 2 Experiment Update #9
Minor corrections in light of events (doesn't the Sims always lead to these sorts of things when you try to plan the game out?) The Romance Failure State sim (more on this next week) is going to... The Mystery of Gamespot Leveling Up
This time yesterday I was LV15, with 98.64% on that little meter thingy.  Today I'm LV16, 66.8%.  Daily rises are usually 3-5% depending on what, if anything, I've contributed, so I wonder why the... Sims 2 Experiment Update #8 *GAMEPLAY SPOILERS*
*Brian Bender is at the Church of the Great and Glorious SimuLord, at the confession booth.  The priest is listening to his confessional.* Bless me Father, for I have sinned.  I committed... Sims 2 Experiment Update #7
Brian and Amy have reached the high-water marks of their careers---Brian has been temporarily installed in Business because the damn computer won't pop up a Science job for him---this is going to... Bienvenido a Tropico! Update #1
Bit of a false start last night, as I'm still trying to get the settings right for an island that isn't too unwieldy, since creating an island that can hold a couple thousand pop sounds good in... Sims 2 Experiment Project Status Announcement
Decided on a little bit of a gaming change-of-pace to prevent burnout yesterday and today---played through an entire New World CTW campaign in Rise of Nations, as the Maya, and with a little help... Sims 2 Experiment Update #6
Some fun facts about Amy Bender (yes, they're married now---yesterday was devoted to putting the two of them through college, where Brian pulled a 3.9 thanks to the glitch that occasionally... Sims 2 Experiment Update #5
Brian is now a student at Lab Rat Academy.  He's got Amy living with him, and by "living" I mean "they're finally young adults, and that $7,500 in scholarship money he earned means they got a... Next Project: Bienvenido a Tropico! Coming Saturday 10/7/06
***PRESS RELEASE*** From SimuLord Industries, makers of Gamespot Blogging Tycoon and the smash hit "Sims 2 Experiment" comes an announcement of the next big addition to the lineup, "Bienvenido a... Sims 2 Experiment Update #4
Halfway through his teen years and Brian's coming along nicely.  Not only has he racked up the skill points (I decided to give him the Knowledge aspiration, at least for his youth---all that... Sims 2 Experiment Update #3
Brian Bender is here! The boy was born during last night's session and quickly developed a strong attachment to both of his parents---Marisa taught him to walk and talk and Malachi taught him to... Sims 2 Experiment Update #2
Quick update, since a video card calamity led to a few days without the use of my PC (which, as you'd imagine, was a crushing blow to my emotional stability until the UPS guy showed up): Malachi... Sims 2 Experiment
Program note: I'm now officially making the Gamespot blog the home for news on all gaming-related fronts (and separating those posts out from anything that's still available on the main...