I’ve always wanted an arcade machine in my home. But I could never really afford one, in terms of time and space. Recently I thought to myself, “I’m 42, I’m not getting any younger”. So I built an arcade setup using the things I already had in the home. Games The ROMs I have are all stored on my file server upstairs. I can get around a 3gbits/sec connection via my 10gbits/sec home network, so there is no performance ‘hit’ in streaming them off the network drive - it has similar speed and latency to a physical drive....
This is my new gaming blog, where I will write reviews of games I’ve played, game accessories I’ve bought, and anything else PC or console gaming-related that I can think of. It is using the same setup as my main https://davidcraddock.net blog - as in - it’s self-hosted, and uses the Hugo Go-based static blogging engine.
Time Crisis 2 is a light-gun shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. It was released in arcades in 1997, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2001. It is the second instalment in the Time Crisis series. The game features a two-player mode, where each player takes turns using a light gun to shoot enemies and reload. Players can duck behind cover to avoid enemy fire, and pop out to shoot enemies....
I pre-ordered Dragon Age: Veilguard, and started playing it as soon as it downloaded after release. First impressions? Quite positive! Some initial thoughts: I’ve been a long-time BioWare fan since Baldur’s Gate, but was massively disappointed with Mass Effect: Andromeda, so much so that I didn’t even bother playing Anthem. I do like the setting and the characterisations in the Dragon Age series, and thought it was worth pre-ordering this game just in case they didn’t totally mess it up....