28 Jun

Guild 2: Renaissance Game Diary (Part 6)

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With no one currently in the magistrate’s post, I’m tempted to stick Harold there even if it would be difficult to pull off because the King hates me and he’s a key elector. But I find that I can’t. Despite the position’s description saying that you need a citizen title, which everyone in the family […]

22 Jun

Guild 2: Renaissance Game Diary (Part 5)

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The rest of autumn 1424 was supposed to be a time for celebration. We’d just added a new business to our empire and Harold Kant comes of age. He becomes a fully controllable character and boringly ends up looking like an exact clone of his father. As Georg had taken to making and storing barrels […]

19 Jun

Guild 2: Renaissance Game Diary (Part 4)

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Georg starts Spring 1416 by engaging in a risk diversification exercise: he has another baby with Julia. This turns out to be a girl who the game names Clarissa. In the meantime Harold graduates from monastery school (with a certificate and everything) and later gets the option to start an apprenticeship. It costs 1,000 up […]

17 Jun

Guild 2: Renaissance Game Diary (Part 3)

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Julia gives birth later that same autumn and it’s a boy! Our Kant family has an heir! Actually I think your family dynasty continues on even through daughters. The game suggest Harold as the boy’s name and in a fit of laziness, I click “Accept”. Georg, having no idea when Julia’s water will actually break, […]

15 Jun

Guild 2: Renaissance Game Diary (Part 2)

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Shortly after the magical midnight that causes four years to pass in the blink of an eye, I notice that Georg has quite a lot of unspent experience points. Apparently achieving milestone events in life earns you XP and gaining the Yeoman title counts as a milestone. You need to spend those XP to gain […]

13 Jun

Guild 2: Renaissance Game Diary (Part 1)

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So I just got started playing Guild 2: Renaissance and have already run into some snags. It’s buggy for one and since it’s publisher JoWood Entertainment has gone into bankruptcy, support for it seems uncertain. Also, there is no in-game tutorial (I guess since it’s a standalone expansion, the developers simply assumed customers would already […]

10 Jun

Dead Space

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You really don’t want something that looks like this getting close to you. I wasn’t expecting much from Dead Space, thinking that it was more or less a generic shooter. This was a 2008 game so I mentally prepared myself for less than stellar graphics too. Indeed the game menus seemed to justify this: they […]

1 Jun

Dirt 3

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I get a real kick out of driving anachronistic cars, such as the Mini Cooper in rally events. Like half the gaming population of the planet, I’ve been playing D3 this week. Unfortunately mine is Dirt 3. I considered giving Diablo 3 a pass due its high price and its online only requirement but I […]

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