Gaming update

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Since being unemployed (school holidays sort of stretched into this barren wasteland of joblessness) I've frustratedly wasted my hours playing old skool games and watching episodes of various series'. I mean, I wasn't frustrated at first, ecstatically throwing myself into frivolous activities and having a ball, but now it's like I sit at the

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Why are you jobless? What happened to your mind-numbing office job?
You're actually making constructive use of your free time! Tell me about this steam-powered bread-making process -- does one need to buy a steam...thing?

I know what you mean about gameplay - I'm usually not a fan of 3D games, especially when you're trying to run in one direction and you keep hitting some tiny thing in a corner so you can't turn - but seriously, once you get past that it's a really excellent game. Give it another chance!

The NeverhoOd is VERY puzzley - I mean, unlike Grim which is heavily plot, The NeverhoOd is just all puzzles, so if that's not your thing you might get a little frustrated...though it's not like you don't have hints and walkthroughs at hand nowadays!

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Wow, lucasarts. WHAT HAPPENEDD TO YOU NOW.

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I always wanted to play it! But my brother owned it, so I didn't want to buy another copy of it, because it seemed silly to have more than 2 of it in the house. Though he never let me play his games. And by now I think he's given it away or something.

I admit, I powered through the game at lightning speeds using online hints. I'm not a patient person, I like to finish games immediately! Yes yes, I admit, I'm the person who reads a quarter into a book, and then flips to the back to see what happens at the end.

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Or starts watching a movie on TV, and then during the ad breaks jumps on the net to read about what happens on Wikipedia >.>