If you are returning after many years, welcome back!
Please attempt to log in to your old username if possible and reset the password. If you do not have access to your old email please use the contact form.

All sorts of games.

Wetrix
HYDRO THUNDER
Wave Race: Blue Storm
XmasEye 007 (Goldneye Mod)
How the Gruntch Stole Christmas (Banjo-Kazooie mod)

I probably forgot some other games, its all on my YouTube Channel!

F-Zero X

This was probably the highlight, I came up with the "Zoda Stream" pun and HAD to do it! (Zoda is a character in F-Zero X)

I revisited Aeon's End, the cooperative deckbuilder that's often hailed as one of the genre's finest.

A few years back, my wife and I picked up the physical version, eager to dive into a new co-op board game after playing a lot of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, which we love.

Our initial experience of Aeon's End was brutal. Even the starter boss felt like we were trying to take down a raid boss with starter gear. The game earned its reputation as the "Dark Souls of deckbuilders," but our experience seemed extreme even by those standards. We eventually shelved it, chalking it up as too punishing for our tastes.

Fast forward to present day - I spotted the digital version on sale for $3 and decided to give it another shot, mainly to see if we had been playing it correctly. Turns out, this was pretty enlightening. The digital implementation revealed that we had been inadvertently making the game harder than intended (apparently this is a common rookie mistake, according to veterans). The rules are written in such a way that it's easy for this to happen.

While I can now consistently defeat the first boss, something became clear: even with the correct rules and a more manageable difficulty curve, the game just doesn't click. I don't find it fun.

I think there's something to be said about how digital adaptations can serve as learning tools for complex board games. They remove the rules overhead and let you focus on pure strategy.

So, yeah. Not playing this one anymore. I should sell my physical copy.