Florey and I have been playing this for a week, taking it very slow, as we don't really want to be spend ages fighting off hordes of monsters. Still, we have a small settlement going and slowly unlocking the mats and ingredients through exploration. A few troll encounters, and shed loads of skellies...

The Expanse - Season 5 This is my favourite TV series. Possibly ever. It's got the political machinations of the first few series of Game of Thrones mixed with an incredibly realistic feeling portrayal of interstellar warfare. It's tense, well acted and it looks great. I felt that season 4 was a bi...

It took a while, but Florey's new pc arrived this week! Final spec with slightly different from the original. Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING X570 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3800 AM4 WOF CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series H100i RGB Corsair DIMM 32 GB DDR4-3600 Kit 18 Veng. RGB PRO MSI 8GB D6 RTX 3070 Suprim 8G Fracta...

I felt like playing something shootery and RPGish so reinstalled Far Cry 5 yesterday to see if it had improved over time. Not really, it's probably one of the weakest of the series and just doesn't feel right. Too much effort went into trying to make it dark and edgy I think and not enough into mak...

I finally finished S5 of The Expanse - loved every minute of it!

After seeing a recent article on the BBC about a French show called "Dix Pour Cent", I'm giving that one a go ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4277922/ )

It's VERY french, but I'm finding it entertaining!

Alec Guinness, always found him to be a prick in everything he's in, not sure that's just acting. Nooooo! Don't hate on Alec Guinness! Although he didn't appreciate it in church once when instead of "peace be with you" i said "force be with you".... I was young. :oops: I don't think I hate anyone.....

I picked this up yesterday because of the following video. I've just dabbled a tiny bit in it. Not sure it'll be for me, but it looks like a lot of care and passion has gone into this, so I'm happy to support dev projects of the like. I'll probably spend some more time on it at the weekend. https://...

Monster Train Played a bunch and I think I'm over it now. Its just a clusterfuck of a game. If Slay The Spire is chess then Monster Train is hitting a chess board with a big squeaky hammer. Fun for a bit sure but for me no staying power. Inellegant. Well put. Slay the Spire is leagues ahead of it!

There's been quite some discussion in the news over the proposed Australian laws to make Google and social media companies like facebook pay news creators for articles they link to. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55226316 My head has been spinning for a week trying to work out the chicken ...

That is a really shit name for a game, sounds like something from a PS2 era bargain bin. I agree the name's not good, but the gameplay vids I've seen show a rich world with interesting animation. It remains to be seen if the gameplay and / or story are sufficiently detailed to make it a great game,...

The Expanse Season 5 I finally started this series, and, true to form, it's gripping, tense, political and mysterious in just the right quantities. The ever lingering threat of the race that killed the ring creators hangs nascent over the petty politics of the belters, martians and earthers, and yo...

I picked this up last weekend also, and spent some time on it :) As someone who really struggles with games like Elite which need a significant time investment and commitment, this is much more my style. I also love the more Descent like controls, and the callbacks to Freelancer (although this actua...

Century Age of Ashes I applied for an access to this dragon rider based pvp arena game and got accepted into the closed beta for this weekend. First impressions are... average, i guess. I like that the client is only about 5gb. I hate that the menu's are crawling with in game store stuff, but I gue...

Started two shows since my last post: The Americans 1980's cold war spy drama. It's nothing super special, but if you like that kind of thing it's a decent enough show. Lots of familiar faces in the cast. Lupin I watched the first couple of these. I like the casting. I like the production values. Na...

It's been a long time since I've had to really troubleshoot a problem like this. Thing is, if it was a drain issue, I'd expect the default behaviour to be a shutdown, and restart shortly thereafter, rather than a hard shut down with residual LEDs. At least that's what tends to happen with thermal is...