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Takes some effort to stumble onto this channel.
Well, anyway...
Greetings, fellow wanderers of the web, ne'er-do-wells and nomad knights, femme fatales and leading ladies alike.
Welcome to Iron Crucible. A dark forge of streaming, painted occasionally by a pool of fiery light wrought of inspiration.
I'll be your host, known elsewhere on the internet--as Markus Vindictus.
Also here on streams, joining for commentary and whatnot, will be Helbereth. Whether he'll also be streaming anything at whatever point, will be up to him.
To have fun and try to laugh at my in-game mistakes, of which, rest assured, there shall be many.
It's also to be a celebration of video games here. Whichever among them are thought cool (by me or by others) or game-changing, so to speak. I'll choose a game to play from my collection, and then stumble through as normal.
And, no, it's not exclusively games that are open for discussion. Could be art, could be music, could be books or whatever suits people's fancy. Since a lot of the games I play involve some aspect of storytelling, it's a given that storytelling itself could become a topic.
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at roughly 7:00 p.m. EST.
Granted, this is an intended schedule, not to be confused with something written in stone. Some days may be missed. As well, I can't and won't rule out the possibility of a stream being broadcast on other days of the week.
#1: Be civil with fellow viewers and the host or hosts; remember, boomerangs return to their point of origin.
#2: Foul language is fine, verbally or textually celebrating Canadian geese can be viewed as eyebrow-raising behavior.
#3: Eating food while watching is okay, but if I can help it I'll avoid eating anything messy on stream; this isn't ASMR and I like to keep my keyboard and controller grease-free.
#4: For students. No matter if you're in public school, home education, or college, do your homework before watching; not getting it done, and done right, only hurts yourself.
At last, Fallout 3 is done. Yes, I skipped a couple of major DLC. And, I'm sure there's a dozen other side-quests for me to wander into across the Capital Wasteland. However, the main story is finished. The stage is set to let the water flow.
The new title is chosen. I've played it but once before, a newer title than Fallout 3 but by no means a recent release.
While many indie titles slip into the morass of obscurity, this one (to me) brightly stands out.
Ghost of a Tale is a game I was introduced to one night a while back through a streamer.
No, it's not perfect. Frankly, what video game really is?
No, it has no voice acting. Some may view this as being a point against it. But, simultaneously, letting character dialogue remain strictly text encourages the audience to exercise a little theater of the mind.
First, it involves stealth and wise item use. Second, it involves a fascinating little yarn. A combination of smooth interactivity with storybook creativity.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is beaten. Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. For anyone familiar with the earlier titles in the series, it's a worthy entry. Keep in mind that it serves as a prequel. It's possible to play the other two prior titles first, while it also may work to play this one before the earlier entries. I don't really recommend playing the games out of order like that, however.
Other than that, I completed Thief: Gold (yet again), then started a new playthrough of Thief II: The Metal Age. Both titles are a fun challenge for anyone who enjoys stealth games.
Later on, and for the first time on PC, I started and completed Mass Effect--and did so three times in succession.
And, Halo 4 rests perhaps indefinitely on the back burner. Honestly, I now understand why many players of it, solid fans of the series, were griping. I don't know that I'll go back, but maybe sometime in the future I'll reconsider.
I've been at the video game player thing for a while. By while, I mean decades. Fan of many, master of few.
Started in the '80s with the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 400/800, and later a NES. With the '90s came SNES, N64, then PlayStation. As the 2000's rolled in, PlayStation 2 arrived, shortly followed by Nintendo GameCube. Late in the platform's lifespan, in 2011, I went for a PlayStation 3.
Even nowadays I'm introduced to titles that are new to me. Of late I mostly play stuff on PC.
The following lists of titles are but a snippet.
Atari:
Pole Position
Miner 2049er
NES:
Kid Icarus
Castlevania
SNES:
Mortal Kombat II
Chrono Trigger
N64:
Wave Race 64
Turok - Dinosaur Hunter
PlayStation:
Grandia
Parasite Eve II
PlayStation 2:
Onimusha
Silent Hill 2
GameCube:
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil 4
Playstation 3:
Metal Gear Solid 4
Mass Effect Trilogy
...And beyond.
Outside of video games, I've also interest in movies, whether science fiction, fantasy epics, action, westerns, historical fiction, comedy, every once in a while a drama. As for books, I've got a number of those, too, most of which are of the fantasy or science fiction varieties.
Yakuza 0
Metro 2033 Redux
Kerbal Space Program
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
Shadowrun Returns
Alien: Isolation
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall - Unity
Fallout 3