Tutorial: Achievements and Leaderboards with Google Play Services

~3 min read

I took today off to play Grand Theft Auto 5 and relax. After a few hours of play, and a few more hours of relaxing, I realized that I hadn’t written an article about Android in a while. I also haven’t updated The Grind in a while, which is a shame because it’s one of my favorite casual games and also one of my more popular ones.

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Review: Rogue Legacy

~3 min read
Tagged: game games steam

First and foremost, Rogue Legacy is an instant classic. I have literally put hundreds of generations worth of characters through the remorseless grind. I have died hundreds of times, spent millions of dollars, killed thousands of monsters. I have loved...

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Review: Doom II: Hell on Earth

~4 min read
Tagged: game games steam

Hell has returned to earth! The excellent post-credits scene from Doom sets us up for the action in Doom II. Back when Doom II was originally released, I was beyond excited to find out what happened after the events of the original Doom. The storyline, minimal though it was, had me hooked. Does it hold up now, 20 years later?

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Review: Volgarr the Viking

~3 min read
Tagged: game games steam

I just spent two straight weeks of playing Saints Row 4 (so good, so so good.) After fully completing the game, I had a few realizations. The first: I haven’t reviewed a game in a while. Second: There’s no need to number my reviews, as the spreadsheet is numbered and public. I’ll know how many reviews I’ve done via the spreadsheet, and the post titles will be shorter and easier to search for. Here’s the first of the ‘unnumbered’ reviews: Volgarr the Viking.

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Steam Game Review #7: Doom (1993)

~6 min read
Tagged: game games steam

The year was 1993. The game was Doom. I was but 12 years old. I had received the shareware diskette of Doom from a gaming magazine, and it was about to change my life. You see, I had never played...

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