BlowMonkey's blog

I’m going to start blogging about indie games and lesser known games that I’ve found hopefully to inspire some people to check them out and maybe breaking that gaming funk a few of us seem to be in. I’m not sure how often I’ll put up a suggestions (about once a week seems to make sense to me – give you a chance to check out the suggested game.

Terraria (PC – coming to XBOX and PS3 in the next few months apparently).

Are games showing and telling too much?  I think so.

So in my quest to find more great free games (still playing lots of DF!!!) I found The Battle for Wesnoth.

So I picked up a book on how to play Dwarf Fortress.  Getting Started in Dwarf Fortress:  Learn to Play the Most Complex Video Game Ever Made.

http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Dwarf-Fortress-complex/dp/14493149...

So installed DF on my Mac my PC and my work computer for lunch time dwarfing.  I have three games on the go and I've started a couple of games over to get the start I wanted (i.e. I messed up a couple of games).   I love the Soundsense add-on for DF.  It is a very high quality soundtrack and audio track for DF that uses in game cues to trigger sounds for the game.  It is really well done.

So I've been lost in the Matrix for the last few days.  I'm like a god Neo - trying ot build and protect my dwarf kingdom in a sea of deadly ascii.

 X3: Terran Conflict

Welp despite having a lot of good supplies and weapons etc. as I mentioned previously I managed to fuck it up lol

I didn't play yesterday and when you don't play - your character still consumes water and food and when you get back on you need to get water and food pretty quickly.  Apparently I left myself no food before my last log out.....and I missed a day (busy yesterday) so when I got back in my food monitor was bright red and blinking and I was losing blood....uh oh.

Haven't recorded any videos this weekend or written any stories (and there are stories to tell) but here is an update on my latest character.

Went with live commentary this time - I think I prefer that and that is how I will do it from now on. 

* be sure to change it to 720p.....I put the link as HD but it didn't seem to work and is defaulting to 240p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E25RQjcrz8Q&hd=1

*ADDED VIDEO

Worth watching for the end of this video (even with low commentary)....actually I guess it is the Lee Enfailed part of the video lol