Category Archives: PC Games

The rare instance when I post anything about PC games

NWN Cleric in OC ridiculously overpowered

10/10/2010 – 10:13 pm

Playing through the OC again with a cleric build. Tweaked it some as the OC maxes around level 16 or level 17. Decided on 14 STR, 10 DEX, 12 CON, 14 INT, 16 WIZ, 10 CHAR. Naturally a cleric build customized for casting is heavy on the WIZ. The purpose of 14 INT is the [...]

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Neverwinter Nights Diamond HotU rocks

5/27/2010 – 10:50 pm

It runs under GNU/Linux, so it must be pretty awesome. On my third time though Hordes of the Underdark, again as a cleric. That must be the most overpowered class in nwn. Based my third pass loosely on a cleric arcane archer build, but without the archer part. Keeping in mind HotU only takes you [...]

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Silent Hunter 5 DRM Requires Continuous Internet to Play

3/29/2010 – 1:46 pm

The just released Silent Hunter 5 — the long anticipated sequel to the buggy and disfunctional SH4 and SH3 titles — ships with a truly nasty copy protection sheme. Apparently, continuous authentication is required or the game disables itself, even during play. UBIsoft servers are already experiencing outages, preventing a game owner from playing his [...]

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