So, unfortunately for my academic career, I've got a lot of gaming done these past months. (Yeah, sorry about the lack of content). I picked up Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition, and ran through that once - and played a few skirmishes. Love it, but it's not really a game you can finish per se. On the other hand, I did finally finish Runaway: A Road Adventure and Homeworld 2.

I really enjoyed Runaway: A Road Adventure (the first Runaway game - there's a new one out). The fourth (last) chapter could have been a lot better because you really didn't need to do anything in it. You sorta solve one or two (really easy) puzzles and then - quite literally - watch the rest of it. It was still fun though and I'd absolutely recommend it to any old-school adventure gamers (the pixel hunts still suck though!). To warn y'all it is kinda campy and the humor can sometimes make you groan, but I thought that was part of the charm! And the cartoony graphics were fun to watch. The cliched damsel in distress was easy on the eyes too!

Homeworld 2 was absolutely awesome! While not quite as "epic" in terms of it's story , as compared to the first one (one of my all time favorite games), it was still fantastic. Let me clarify that statement. The game was still epic - you have to save your race against an all-powerful foe - but it still didn't compare to the first one. Hell, nothing I've played really has... except maybe FF7 (remember Aeris's death?). But yeah, absolutely incredible. The last mission could have been a nail-biting, harrowing, fast-paced scene from a science fiction movie. Seriously... for a while there I had 1 capital ship, 6 interceptors (who were getting chewed up), and two manufacturing ships. SO damn good. Admitedly, I'm a big fan of the series (Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm, and Homeworld 2)... I mean seriously... the first game marked a paradigm shift from fighters to capital ships! BIG FRIGGEN CAPITAL SHIPS! Mmmm.

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Anyway... good hunting, all.