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Devils, Joe Abercrombie
I’m past half of the book, and only now I have collected my thoughts to write anything. It’s basically Suicide Squad set in a almost-Europe, where Punic wars were won by Carthageans, so the priests are female and wear a wheel instead of a cross. The squad consists of a vampire, a female werewolf, and…
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Kilkerran 12
I’d be honest, I mostly bought this whisky because it was limited stock, and it was limited stock because it’s Cambletown. Still, here we are. It smells like Irish whisky, what others call “toast”, and what I call “corn”. Tastes nothing like Irish, though. There’s a surprising amount of sweetness for a whisky that’s only…
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Drifter
Completed Drifter. It’s a good length of a game, not too short, not too long, you finish it before mechanics start getting on your nerves. Theme-wise, it’s all over the place: conspiracies, ghosts, monsters, time travel. Turns out it’s Zero Escape most of all, though: death allowing consciousness to travel back in time. There are…
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Tacticus
Got Jaeger from Blessed Requisition. In the past I wanted him for the Octarius Mirror, but I’ve completed that campaign without him anyway. Unlocked Commander Farsight from his Legendary Release Event. I can hardly believe it, as it’s the first Legendary Release Event I managed to beat, and it’s only 2nd out of 3. Unlocked…
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Redbreast 12
Since I already had it in the taster set, I decided to refresh my memory. It’s oily, and has almost corn-like quality. I guess that’s the unmalted barley popping. Suprised me how I finished a bottle of this years ago without noticing.
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Kasteel Donker
Not the rarest of beers, but since I haven’t had it in years, worth mentioning. It is sweet, molasses or demerara sugar, which is amazing for the first few sips. The problem is that it’s not very complex, unlike Imperial Stouts. The last sip is very much like the first. But it does give lightness…
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Drifter
I expected something set in 1920s, maybe. Instead, it’s modern days, 1999, to be exact. Story resembles Condemned the most: the guy was a runaway as a kid, divorced after losing his son, returns to his hometown to attend mother’s funeral. Discovers that homeless people are going crazy, and some specops dudes killing them, while…
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Shredder’s Revenge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were never my favorite. Neither are beat’em’ups in general. But I can’t deny the quality. It’s very straightforward in how it presents advantages of different characters on the basis of range/speed/damage. The enemies are clearly color coded. And the first level is such a flex, with ninjas goofing in the background.…
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Evil Islands
Completed Evil Islands. The only good thing from Act 3 is that you can get a really good spear from one of the companions early. Otherwise, it’s the same critfest, if not worse. Either you crit and kill your enemy, or they crit you. My guess is that authors wanted it to be a stealthy…
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Japanese Whisky Advent Calendar
It’s almost July, and Japanese Whisky Advent Calendar is selling for 175GBP, which is below 250GBP, but above 160GBP I paid for it.
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Master of Malt Secret Speyside 15 Father’s Day Edition
I wrote recently about independent bottlings and also about Olorosum bottling from Master of Malt. They released a Father’s Day bottling, and a decently priced tasting set that included it, so I decided to give it a try. And it’s a good one. Berry&Rudd Speyside 12 level. Malty sweet, with that tart oaky finish, and…
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Evil Islands
I’d thought I’ll never reach that point, but finally I can take on a blue troll. It takes time, as I can only can deal damage with crits. But at least I can outheal troll’s damage. Unicorns are even worse, since I don’t have a defence from their lightning, and they can be hit only…
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HifiMan Edition XS
A few years ago, everyone praised HifiMan Edition XS for their sound, but they cost 500GBP, so I bought Sundara for 180GBP instead. Now XS cost 180GBP, so I had to buy them. Strangely I prefer Sundara headband. And not only me, as there are even mods that let you glue your own. Otherwise, they…
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Evil Islands
Due to the XP splitting I resort to leaving my companions back in town before completing quests, to get all the XP. Speaking of companions, the knight is great because he has some enchanted armor you can get from him. The game has an actually solid upgrade system, which is just isn’t explained well. You…
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Razer Kitsune
I started playing fighting games in early 2000s, and one of my first games was Garou Mark of the Wolves on Neo Geo emulator. Of course I played on PC, so I used keyboard. Later, with Xbox 360, I think, I got a gamepad. And that’s when I discovered that keyboard controls were superior to…
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Tacticus
Completed Indomitus Mirror Elite, with two G3 characters. No need to level Necrons anymore. Completed Octarius Mirror Elite. Only Saim Han Elite remains. The problem is I still have only 3 out of 5 Eldar characters, so I’ll have to level them a lot in order to complete the campaign, which I don’t want to…
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Evil Islands
The writing is very much edgy early 2000s, the closest I can think of is probably Gothic series. The hero is a bit of a scoundrel, despite being amnesiac, accepting his role only because otherwise he’d be lynched, and looking for any way to escape. While the villagers try to screw him, the Elder by…
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Evil Islands
I almost dropped the game when the only quest I had was getting the gold back from the caravan. It’s guarded by overpowered skeletons, which spot you from afar. But at some point I just got lucky with their random patrolling. The quest with the ambush provided full set of better armour, which did help…
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Advent Calendar
15th bottle is Starward Ginger Beer Cask, from Australia. The ginger comes through very strongly. I might not be a fan, but I can understand the appeal. Not for ~100GBP, though, no way. 16th is Tullamore DEW 14 years, and Irish one, bottled at a weird 41.6%. It has nice warmth, but even compared to…
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Evil Islands
I think I even bought the original game back in the day, but never managed to progress far. It’s supposed to be a fantasy RPG, but it actually feels more like espionage stealth: you can crawl, target enemy limbs, characters leave tracks, and if they step into pool of blood those will be bloody, but…