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6 Dec 2009

99 Steam Games

I have 99 steam games. That is significantly larger than I have physical games. There are two reasons for that:

  1. Steam offers me many, many deals, especially on older but still relevant games.
  2. Steam offers large packs of games at discounted prices.

I began using steam back in 2004 when they were throwing around Half-Life 2 with every video card, but before it came out you could play the older games. And a $10 upgrade got me Day of Defeat: Source and I could keep the back catalog. $10 for Half-Life and all associated mods PLUS a new game that I was waiting for? Sign me up. Read the rest of this entry »

6 December, 2009 at 22:45 by Michael Hartog

Tags: best, games, internet
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7 Apr 2009

Broken Picture Telephone

Remember that telephone game as a kid? One person would start a message and then whisper it to the next kid and eventually it would morph and change based on how they heard it? Now imagine doing it on the internet but instead of whispers you use text and pictures, alternating back and forth. That is exactly what Broken Picture Telephone is.
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7 April, 2009 at 19:19 by Michael Hartog

Tags: games, random
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24 Feb 2009

Recent Gaming Endeavours

And that title of course means what I’ve done recently in WoW.

I hit 75 last Sunday night and that felt good because now I finally have the shadowpriest ability that allows me to do massive AoE damage while still in shadowform. Since 65 I’ve increased my haste and SP considerably but I’ve dropped about 10% in crit chance. Now I get more consistent damage which is nice. Here is my Apocryphai’s stats if you want to check them out, I’m a Blood Elf Shadowpriest on Mug’Thol.
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24 February, 2009 at 23:14 by Michael Hartog

Tags: book, games, internet, WoW
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25 Oct 2008

Playing Colin McRae DiRT

I’ve been playing many games recently, take a look:

25 October, 2008 at 4:00 by Michael Hartog

Tags: DiRT, games, youtube
Posted in Computers, Gaming, Technology | 1 Comment »

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