Tech & Hobbies
My digital playground where I ramble about games I've played, gadgets I've tried, hobbies I enjoy, and all things tech. No jargon, just honest thoughts and experiences.
game thoughts
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People Like Japanese Games Because They're... JAPANESE?!
game thoughtsTruly shocked at this revelation!
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King's Bounty: Crossworlds short review
game thoughtsMy review of King's Bounty: Crossworlds starts with a mistake: playing the wrong game first. My short breakdown of this classic RPG, a gem full of charm and brilliant ideas, but also burdened by a frustrating difficulty spike and a meta that punishes creativity.
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon review
game thoughtsTainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a buggy, janky, and deeply flawed open-world RPG. It's also the most fun I've had with a game this year so far and an absolute must-play for anyone who misses the ambitious, broken magic of games like Oblivion.
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Wow, Capcom is so generous with MHWilds!
game thoughtsEver wondered what it takes for a multi-billion dollar company like Capcom to finally notice their flagship game is a complete dumpster fire? It's not the abysmal PC performance, the "Overwhelmingly Negative" Steam reviews, or even a biblical 98% drop in players for Monster Hunter Wilds. No, it took a quarterly sales report so catastrophic it couldn't be ignored. Now, after months of silence, they're suddenly rushing out an "early" update and pretending it's a generous gift for the fans. Don't buy the PR spin. Lets take a look into the hard data, the cynical marketing, and the blatant gaslighting behind Capcom's bungled response to the Monster Hunter Wilds backlash.
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Final Fantasy XVI and its (Nonexistent) Cultural Impact
game thoughtsAn autopsy of Final Fantasy 16's nonexistent cultural impact. This isn't a review but a deep dive into why FF16 flopped commercially, vanished from memory, and how its entire philosophy was exposed as a failure by the success of Baldur's Gate 3.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Short Review
game thoughtsMy short review after completing the game on HC all negative perks mode.
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MHWilds: Too little, too late
game thoughtsIs the latest Monster Hunter Wilds update enough to save the game? The numbers from the Steam player count say no. Despite a new endgame grind and a 20% off sale in August 2025, Capcom's response to the disastrous PC performance and shallow gameplay is too little, too late.
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Space Marines 2 short review
game thoughtsMy short review of Space Marines 2 - it was 'mid' from the start.
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Robocop: Rogue City
game thoughtsWith the upcoming expansion Robocop: Unfinished Business, I finally got around to playing Rogue City.
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Mortal Sin short review
game thoughtsMy short review of the indie game Mortal Sin, in late stage Early Access, after 18 hours.
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King's Bounty: Warrior of the North - Ice & Fire short review
game thoughtsAfter enjoying Crossworlds, I was fatigued by King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Ice and Fire expansion just a few hours in. Lets take a look at why the game disrespects your time and fails to innovate.
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Monster Hunter: Wildly Disappointing
game thoughtsThoughts from a long time player on Monster Hunter Wilds' disastrous Overwhelmingly Negative recent reviews and the 95%+ player drops on Steam.
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Disciples: Liberation short review
game thoughtsDesperate for a Heroes of Might & Magic fix? Don't get your hopes up yet. Disciples: Liberation looks the part with its grim-dark world, but it's crippled by baffling design choices seemingly born from mobile gaming. My short review covers the atrocious UI, the piss-take of a real-time resource system, and how the combat turns into a mind-numbing chore. A true test of patience, even on sale.
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Age of Mythology: Retold short review
game thoughtsA one year look into Age of Mythology Retold, from a new comer to the series.
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RIP Arkane Studios, I'll miss them...I guess?
game thoughtsEveryone blames Redfall for the fall of Arkane Studios, but the truth is, the studio was dying long before. Lets take a look back at Arkane's entire history, from the breakout success of Dishonored to the commercial failures of Dishonored 2 and Prey.
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tech talks
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FF14: A Decade of Underinvestment - Square Enix's latest Financial Report
tech talksLets dissect why FF14 has performed poorly in Square Enix's latest financial report Q1 26.
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OpenAI's Paper on Hallucinations
tech talksOpenAI's newest research paper on how and why LLMs hallucinates.
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The UK's race to the bottom
tech talksThe "loicense" meme is no longer a joke in the UK. Sold as a law to "protect the children," the Online Safety Act has become a nightmare of state-level censorship and surveillance. From needing an ID for gaming to threatening Wikipedia, this is how the UK's insane overreach is fundamentally breaking the internet for everyone.
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Microsoft backtracking on The Outer Worlds 2 pricing
tech talksMicrosoft tried to charge a ridiculous $80/£70 for The Outer Worlds 2, and with what transpired in recent months; not surprising they're backtracking.
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What's Going On with The Sims 4's New Expansion Monetisation?
tech talksConfused by the constant stream of expensive Sims 4 DLC? So am I. EA is releasing another full-priced £35 expansion less than three months after the last one. Here's a quick look at their new, aggressive monetisation plan and why it's a worrying sign for the franchise.
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Nano Banana: Massive Hypes, Nano Satisfaction
tech talksThe much hyped image edit model, gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview aka nano banana has been released for a few days, my verdicts after playing around with it.
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Money Hunter: Capcom's Wild Monetisation
tech talksCapcom says they're "disappointed" with Monster Hunter Wilds' sales, despite selling 10 million copies. Their disappointment was never about the game sales...it's about their ridiculously aggressive microtransactions. Lets take a look at this insanity.
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Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement
tech talksAnthropic, the 'ethical' B Corp, just settled a lawsuit for $1.5 billion after being caught pirating books to train its Claude LLM. So much for being the good guys.
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Fired by Microsoft? There's an AI for That
tech talksMicrosoft is firing thousands while Phil Spencer boasts about success. The truth? Game Pass growth has stalled, their '62% revenue growth' is a financial illusion built on the Activision deal, and the core Xbox business is stagnant. Lets take a look into this shitshow.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages of Pricing
tech talksOut of the pure goodness of their hearts, Microsoft has put their £70 blockbuster on sale after just two months. I checked the Steam stats to see how this "generous" QuakeCon celebration is going for Doom: The Dark Ages.
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1 week of GPT5
tech talksOne week after its release, GPT-5 has sparked more backlash than excitement. Hyped as a leap forward, it instead delivered small coding and enterprise tweaks, recycled marketing claims, and the same core limitations.
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Capcom's President on MH:Wilds tanked sales
tech talksAfter a record-breaking launch, Monster Hunter Wilds' player base collapsed. Now, Capcom's president is blaming... the PS5's price tag. Sound familiar?
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