My wife is trying to tell me something but I shush her because she is interrupting a midgame cutscene that it is reminiscent of Aerith’s death in FFVII (though she…
Category: Gaming
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You Part 2: The DotA Life
In case you have not read my previous post, let me just say that DotA is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Valve certainly thinks so. When the company released the compendium for The…
Backloggery Beatdown: Papers, Please
In between rounds of DotA 2 and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, I decided that my fill my “other” gaming time with games that would not occupy a significant amount…
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You: Confessions of a Video Game Addict [on DotA (2)]
In January 2013, after a nine game losing streak in solo ranked DotA 2 matches or so (because I lost count and would rather not remember) I told my wife…
PTBN’s E3 2014 Report
Welcome to Place to Be Nation’s official E3 2014 Report! We are going to first take a look at the big three (Microsoft, Sony,, and Nintendo) and what they announced during…
Leedzie’s Loopholes: Fallout New Vegas Lonesome Road Bug Bypass
(Warning: Spoilers and in-game jargon ahead.) I’ve never been one for RPGs. For me, having to deal with so many stats for so many different people and objects tends to…
Backloggery Beatdown: Gone Home
SPOILER WARNING for those unfamiliar with Backloggery Beatdown. These are not so much reviews as they apotheoses of my passion that is gaming. Gone Home hosts a narrative that readers…
Backloggery Beatdown: Spec Ops: The Line
SPOILER ALERT! If you have not played Spec Ops: The Line, TURN NOW WHILE YOU SILL CAN! It would be a great disservice to Yager Development’s efforts if I were…
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Delivers
Previously, I wrote about how Blizzard took its first step in the reclamation process of its underperforming franchise by admitting that it had a problem. This was a confession expressed…
(Almost) Everything is Awesome (about Lego City)
I confess in advance that I am slightly cheating on this “clandestine” edition of Backloggery Beatdown. I had completed the “story” element of Lego City sometime ago, but I’m feeling inspired…
