Last night I took control of the last few western cities holding out on me and united China, completing that particular run at RTK8. The border cities of both remaining forces were difficult to take because they were easily defended and difficult to attack, with the way they could easily receive reinforcements but each had […]
I’m still engrossed in RTK8. Most recently I’ve been inching my way up the east coast of China, up into Yuan Tan’s territory, and back down into Ma Teng’s territory. I’ve taken two or three cities of Ma Teng’s, and I’m about to take his recently-relocated capital. I think I’ve executed too many officers who […]
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII has me in its iron grip, still sucking away hours at a time whenever I sit down to it. Nothing for years save Morrowind or other PC RPGs has been so addictive to me. I’ve finally figured out that this is the kind of console strategy game that I’m […]
I experienced my first non-quest death in Nightmare of Druaga tonight. It stung more than I’d expected it to, probably because I never thought I would actually be dumb enough to die and lose all my items. Admittedly, this death was pretty stupid: I was on floor B17 or so (out of 20) of the […]