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The Addoncalypse, Microsoft and Nintendo Had A Thing Sort Of, and What Do I Play When I Have Nothing to Play - The Cleanup 8/02/26

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It had been so disgustingly hot over the last few weeks it has made me glad to be at work in the air conditioning. To make me feel grateful to be at work, something truly wild must have happened. That is how exciting my life has been. One more thing before we get started: Fuck ICE, fuck the Trump administration and fuck the people who support them.   More Like Addoffs (I’m Sorry I Wrote That) I'd forsake the light for her For those who don’t know—and I assume that’s all of you—Blizzard has recently released its latest version of World of Warcraft, 12.0, in the lead‑up to the newest expansion, Midnight. However, as part of their new patch comes perhaps the biggest mechanical change since its launch: Blizzard has significantly restricted addons and how they plug into the game. A lot of this is going to change For the second time in its 20‑year history, World of Warcraft has suffered a cataclysmic event, but instead of an Old God–corrupted dragon aspect breaking out of their undergrou...
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What Father Gaben Brought Me For Christmas, What Games I've Been Playing and How A Man Breaks The Manbreaker - The Cleanup 10/01/26

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2026 has started like one of those drag racing cars that burst into flames at the starting block. I’m even somewhat impressed by how much of a fucking shitshow 2026 already is while not even clearing the two-week mark. Well, instead of dwelling on the present, let’s dwell on the past, shall we?   Steam Sale Haul With the end of the year means the end of the year Steam sale was upon us and as is with most PC gamers I got myself quite the little haul of games to fill out my already overstuff library of games. So here’s what I bought and some brief thoughts on why I bought it. Dragon Age Collection (Origins, 2, Inquisition) So I actually already own all of these games on different platforms but A) I don’t own them all on the same platform and B) this will allow me to play them on my Steam Deck. Now I am not the biggest Dragon Age fan, especially compared to the much better Mass Effect series, but I had played all of them and enjoyed… most of them. Inquisition ran out of steam well bef...
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The Game Awards, The Games At The Game Awards And The Games I Played On My New 5070ti - The Cleanup 17/12/25

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Gamer Christmas has come and gone and with nothing left in the year but weird ports and whatever HEART of CROWN Online is, it's time to not only reflect on the year gone by but what to expect in the coming year. With that said... Geoff Keighley's Gacha Game and Muppet Showcase Spectacular! Another year, another mildly embarrassing Game Awards show. I watch this stupid thing every year and it always disappoints, not just in announcements but also in how the awards are presented. If they aren’t just rapidly awarded in bulk on the pre-show, they’re given 30 seconds of speech time before being played off. Now, it wasn’t an absolute disaster like prior years, but it still had its cringe moments between Geoff implying physical relations with a pig puppet and the cast of Street Fighter clearly hitting the bar before presenting. Still, there were some announcements of note, and so I thought I’d give my… uh, thoughts on some of the biggest and more interesting reveals. Divinity Probably...
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Games of the Year List Archive (2010 - 2021)

Please note this is more or less copies directly from the old Giant Bomb lists and auto-formatted so there might be some oddness but this is essentially my Games of the Year lists in their entirety.   Game of the Year 2010 2010 is a very important year for me in regards to video games. It's really the first year I had a regular flow of money. Seeing how video games are my number 1 hobby naturally a nice big chunk of my paycheck went to that. So actually buying and playing more than 10 current video games this year I am actually capable of making a top 10 list for the year. Thinking about this list is really hard. Some of these games I loved but are completely absent from the list which breaks my heart but that just shows you how awesome 2010 was so let's get started. 1. Mass Effect 2 While I had high expectation for Dead Rising 2 that Dead Rising 2 met, Mass Effect 2 had high expectation and it completely blew it out of the water. When I was writing this list the first thing...
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