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Life and Gaming Update in 2026

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:02:00 -0500

I didn’t post anything in 2025. Since starting this blog in 2011, I’ve rarely gone an entire year without writing something, so it feels strange to see a gap that long.
Games I Played in 2025

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Dishonored 2
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle

I played this on Xbox Game Pass, which I picked up for $1. I finished it in a few days without doing many side quests. The companion character was predictably annoying and dragged the experience down. The graphics were excellent, but the gameplay had issues and the weapon system felt clunky. Overall, it felt like a $5 game.

Infinite Backlog

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:24:00 -0500

As of Sunday September 17, 2023, I am looking at the games I own, and it is clear that I will not be able to finish or even play all of them in my lifetime. So I decided to make a list of games that I intend to finish or at least give my best shot.

I have 111 games listed in my backlog. It appears as if it will take 111 days of playtime to finish all these games. I am not sure how I am going to playthrough all these games, and also fit in Halo: Master Chief Collection, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, and the next Battlefield game.

How To Fix Middle Mouse Button To Give Orders - Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Steam)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:51:00 -0600

This is a fix for the middle mouse button not working when giving orders in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. I am using the Steam version for this, but I would imagine this fix will work on any PC version.

Navigate to the following location:

E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter\Settings

Open the following file in a text editor:

ctrl_set_def.xml

Change the following line:

<button id="hud_select" binding="2" device="mouse" group="misc"/>

To this:

<button id="hud_select" binding="2" device="mouse" group="tactics"/>

Save the file and start the game.

Here is a video showing this process.

DOOM Diary: Initial Thoughts

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:47:00 -0600

I put off playing Doom (2016) for many years because I wanted to have a machine powerful enough to play it. After finishing Gun yesterday, which was a thoroughly mediocre shooter, I was in the mood for something good. Considering that I am now fortunate enough to own a fantastic computer, I decided now is the time.

To this day, I avoided all media related to this game. After watching the gameplay reveal video many years ago, I decided this game needs to be experienced without any spoilers.

Must Play Games In 2017

Mon, 12 Dec 2016 05:35:00 -0600

I decided to make a list of games I want to play in 2017. I realized that I will never get to finish and play all the games I own. I have 210 games on Steam, I finished about 40 of those, so I got a long way to go. I combed through GOG, Origin, Uplay and Steam and came up with this list -

Alan Wake
Assassins Creed 3 - Got it for free on Uplay. Never played an Assassin’s Creed game before, and I am not sure how well received this game was. I hear good things about Black Flag…but there is not a whole lot of talk about this one.
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 1 Single Player
BioShock Infinite
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez 2 Bound in Blood
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Commandos 3 - I am not sure if I will get to finish this game. Its difficult, and the fact that resolution is restricted to 1024x768 adds to the difficulty. I would still like to finish this.
Commandos Strike Force - The last game in the Commandos series. I would like to finish this purely for nostalgia sake.
Company of Heroes 2
Crysis 3 - Purchased this on Origin for a very low price. Its a good game to test my GeForce GTX 1080
Dear Esther - The very first walking simulator…I’d like to see what they are all about.
Dishonored
Dying Light
Fallout New Vegas - I haven’t played a Fallout game in a very long time. I think New Vegas would be a good game to get back into the series.
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
Hard Reset
Max Payne 3
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Got it on Steam sale a few days ago.
Watch Dogs 2 - Got it free with my Samsung SSD
Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings - Finished The Witcher over the weekend. This game is next on the list.
Wolfenstein: The New Order - Picked it up on sale a few days ago

I want to make sure I don’t buy a whole lot of games in 2017. If at all I end up buying games, these are the ones on my watch list -

Valve: Three Surprises

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:57:00 -0500

So back in August, exactly a month ago, PC Gamer interviewed Valve Software at length. They talked about many things, but conspicuously absent was any mention of Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Yet again, I was disappointed.

However, Gabe Newell did say this during the interview:

Gabe Newell: Yeah. The average surprise is negative, not positive, and so if we’re going to surprise people we need to be conscious of that fact. Because we’re going to continue to surprise. We have three pretty big surprises in the next twelve months, at least.

Games To Look Forward To

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:30:00 -0500

I was disappointed that there was no update on Doom 4 at 2010 Quake Con and Rage was pushed to September 2011! That was a double dose of disappointment for me. I was hoping I would be able to play Rage this year along with Crysis 2.

Well, as things would turn out, Crysis 2 is pushed all the way to March 2011. I am not sure what I have to look forward to this year. There is the new Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: Black Ops. I am interested in seeing how they are going to perform, but I had absolutely no intention of playing them until they are available for under $10.