Anders

Not really game related, but here is also part of my vintage camera and vinyl collection, as well as the rest of my guitars and some signed posters by my favorite band

I decided to do a little photoshoot of my office today! My desk: The couch and TV-area: My CRT and retro consoles: The view from the couch All of the drawers are full of games. The TV is not really at an ideal angle, but my plan is to get a better mounting solution when I get around to swapping out the TV My handheld collection:

I'm currently playing Baldur's Gate 3. I haven't played the first two, and I really don't feel like I'm missing anything at all. It feels like a completely separate story, and although I'm sure there are some callbacks to previous games, there really are no references or characters that you won't recognize because you haven't played the others. I do however feel like the thing that helped me comprehend the game the best, was my previous experience with Dungeons & Dragons. It's absolutely not a requirement, but if you have played any D&D in the past, you will have a much easier time understanding the game's mechanics and world.

Oh yeah, a bunch. I used to buy a lot of bundles, like Humble Bundle, so my Steam library is filled with a lot of stuff I'm not really that interested in playing, but got through a bundle. I'm also a game collector, and have quite a few physical games in my collection that I have never played. Some of them, I absolutely do intend on playing, but there are quite a few that I will probably never play.

That's a sick car! I can imagine it must have felt amazing finally realizing your dream after 35 years My number one dream car is the DeLorean DMC-12. Can you guess what my favorite movie is? A few other on my dream wishlist include the Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari F40 and De Tomaso Pantera. Unfortunately all of these are super expensive sports cars, so I will never ever own any of them.

My fondest multiplayer memories are all couch co-o. Back in around 2012 og 13, I had recently moved into my first appartment. My girlfriend (now wife) was out of town for a weekend, so two of my friends came over and brought their Xbox 360s and an extra TV. I already had two TVs, so we set up three TVs and three Xboxes in my tiny living room and played Dead Island all night. Another time, probably also around 2013 or so, I was at a party at a friend's cabin, one of the same friends mentioned before. Diablo 3 had just come out for the 360, and we played 4 player couch co-op for hours. We made four characters, but would rotate out players. Great memories!

I just got a Pixel 9 Pro XL, and I'm really happy with it. That is, I was really happy with it, I don't actually have it anymore. There was an issue with the camera on my unit, so I had to return in. They didn't have a new one in stock, so I'm getting a new one later this week.

Besides gaming, obviously, I would have to say 3D printing. I got a 3D printer back in april after wanting one for years, and I absolutely love it. There are millions of 3D models you can download and print, but for me, the real fun has been learning som basic 3D modeling and designing my own things. So far I haven't really made anything that complicated, but It really is amazing to see a problem around your house, and a few hours of modeling and printing later, having the solution in your hand. Part of the hobby has also been collecting different kinds of 3D printing filament, which is the actual spools of plastic you use to print. There are a bunch of different materials that have different use cases, and thousands of different colors.

My favorite implementation of this feature is Ghost of Tsushima. If you swipe the touchpad on the PS4 controller, a gust of wind will blow in the direction of your next objective. Really intuitive, but at the same time subtle

Not really that strange, and I don't really know if I would necessarily call it merch, but my favorite piece of video game memorabilia that I own is probably my Playstation sign. I got it about 10 years ago when a local store that sold music, movies and games shut down. I asked the owner if he would sell it to me, but he actually gave it to me for free. It now sits right beneath my TV in my office/game room.

I'm definitely gonna play this game at some point, it sounds really fun. I listened to the latest episode of The Besties podcast this morning where they talked about it, and Russ Frushtick said it might be the best platforming game he's ever played, period. That's pretty high praise.

I remember picking up copy of City of Heroes at the closest store that sold games, which was about 20 minutes away, getting home, and then realizing it was an MMO. We had dial up, so there was no way I could play it. I was pretty bummed, but luckily I was able to go back to the store and exchange it for a copy of Knights of the Old Republic 2.

The best single deal I ever got was a few years ago when I picked up a Gameboy Advance with a copy of Super Street Fighter 2 in it for $4 at my local thrift store. The GBA was in great condition too, just needed a little bit of cleaning.

Personally I don't read many physical books, I almost exclusively read on my Kindle, but my wife collects books. She has a lot more than we have room for in our current bookshelf, so I am planning on making some custom built in shelving in our living room. I guess that would kind of count as a library

I absolutely LOVE Vampire Survivors. According to Steam I have put about 35 hours into it, and considering I payed $3 for it, that's about $0,08 per hour of gameplay, pretty insane value for money if you ask me. It's a really simple game, gameplay wise, but as you progress and unlock more characters and weapons it gets slightly more complex to put together different builds. It's the perfect game to play if you have half an hour to kill, and when you finally get that awesome build it just feels so damn satisfying to mow down thousands of enemies. I highly recommend giving it a try.

It's honestly facinating how badly they managed to fuck this game up. They were just way too late to the party in my opinion, hero shooters just are not as relevant as they were when they started development of this game, and I definitely don't thing the poor launch of Overwatch 2 did them any favors. I do really feel bad for the development team though. Imagine dedicating 8 years of your life to a game that gets axed after only being on the market for 2 weeks. Must be pretty devastating.

The same thing I do most work days, get out of bed at 6AM and hop straight in the shower.

I've been playing video games for almost 30 years now, and I don't really know if I would say I'm good at any of them. If I had to choose one genre I'd say I'm decent at, it would have to be racing. Not necessarily realistic racing sims, but more arcade racers like Need For Speed, Forza Horizon and Mario Kart i tend to do pretty decent at. As for what I'm worst at, I'd have to say pretty much any Souls-like. I've never been any good at, or interested in super hard, punishing games that require lightning fast reflexes. I gave Elden Ring a fair shot, but I had to give up after a while

My wife got me a Logitech racing wheel for christmas, so my most engaging simulator experiences have been playing games like Forza Motorsport and F1 2022 on it. It really is a whole different world compared to playing with a controller.

Man, I strongly prefer soda from a can, to me it tastes better than both from plastic and from glass. I've never gotten the taste of aluminum from a can. I don't drink soda every day, but when I do, 9 times out of 10 it's Pepsi Max. I guess that's more or less what you would call Diet Pepsi in other countries. In my country, Pepsi Max is the most sold soda by a pretty large margin.

As a man in my thirties, I'm not gonna pretend like I know anything about when teenagers listen to, but there is absolutely no doubt that social media like Tiktok and Instagram has a massive impact on the music industry. A lot of the worlds most famous musicians would still be unknown nobodies if not for breaking through on social media. About two years ago now, I was scrolling through Instagram reels when I was served an ad for an indie artist, with a song I had never heard before. That song was My Kink Is Karma by Chappell Roan. I liked the sound of it, so I checked out some of her other songs, and absolutely loved them. She has an amazing voice, and writes really amazing lyrics. I followed her career and bought her album on vinyl when she released it last year, all the while she had a relatively small but dedicated fan base. Fast forward to february of 2024, she releases her latest single, Good Luck Babe, and it absolutely explodes on Tiktok. In a matter of a few month, she goes from counting her streams in the thousands, to counting them in the hundreds of millions. She's playing some of the biggest shows out there, and just a few weeks ago plays for the largest crowd that has ever been at Lollapalooza

The two upcoming games I am most excited for right now have to be Star Wars: Outlaws and Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, both coming out in august and september. Star Wars games have been very hit or miss in the past, so I'm gonna wait for some more reviews of Outlaws, but it looks promising. From the trailers, Space Marine 2 also looks very cool, but I will wait for reviews before I buy anything.

I'm playing as a Dwarven Tempest Cleric, and I'm really enjoying it. I mainly picked cleric because it's the only D&D class I've actually played in a D&D campaign, although I played as the Life domain instead of Tempest. For me, cleric is the perfect blend between heavily armored melee combat and spellcasting. Which companions do you usually have in your party? I've mainly been rocking with Lae'zel, Karlach and Gale, but I have been concidering swapping Gale for Wyll for a while, to test out a Warlock build instead.

I'm currently playing Baldur's Gate 3, and so far I would say that this game is the very definition of an epic RPG. The world is in depth and immersive, the characters are really fleshed out. I definitely think the game is bit easier to grasp if you are already familiar with how D&D works, but I don't think it's a requirement. I can absolutely see why it has gotten such high praise.

I watched Deadpool & Wolverine in theaters this weekend, and I had a really great time. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't watched it, but it had a lot of really great callbacks and references to the Marvel universe that I really enjoyed. Highly recommend watching it.