DOOM
July 18, 2016 by Adam in Adam's Games
 I have fond memories of DOOM from back in the day. I used to haul my computer over to my friend's house to hook up our coax network and play multiplayer DOOM. Later when I was teaching at Omnitek, we pushed out the game to all the computers in the classroom and I'd play with the other instructors at lunch.
So, when the sequel was released, I was pleasantly surprised that it maintained that sense of crazy, chaotic fun. The start of the game immediately drops you into the demon-slaying action and it doesn't let up for any length of time. The best parts were the giant arena fights, facing wave after wave of enemies, running low on ammo and health and trying to survive until the end. I finished the shortish campaign today, enjoying it immensely.
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Firewatch
July 09, 2016 by Adam in Adam's Games
 I've been slowly working through my steam summer sale games. I got stuck at a giant robot demon in my Doom game, so I switched over to the indie game Firewatch. It was short and very story-driven - you play a troubled man who goes to man a fire watch tower for a summer. It's pretty good and the artistic style is very pretty. You get a disposable camera and see at the pictures you took at the end of the game when the credits roll.
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