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Hello all,
Given recent occurrences in my life, I'll be able to have quite a bit more free time in the coming weeks, as well as a bit better cash flow.
With that in mind, along with attempting to get back into writing on eSports related topics (or contributing for an organization again, we'll see), I'm also looking to find some PC games to play, and some books to read. I am looking towards TL's diverse community to gather input and suggestions.
Outside of SC2, the only games I still have installed are: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Max Payne, Amnesia, and Sim City 4. I haven't completely kept up on playing/trying "newer" games, and don't really enjoy games that require excessive time commitments. I have always preferred FPS, but have become picky after being competitive with Counter-Strike all those years ago.
The bonus of SC2, and the other games I have installed is that they can be played sporadically quite easily. And another note, I'm not too keen on the whole MOBA scene and will steer clear of those games.
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As for books, I do enjoy non-fiction depending on the subject, especially in the physics vein. Hyperspace (and other Michio Kaku books), The Elegant Universe, etc... I'm also open to philosophical books/texts.
And with fiction, I'm a fan of Stephen King, as well as Michael Crichton, and some of John Sandford's novels among a lot of others. I wouldn't say they have to be of a certain genre (given how varied someone like King is), but anything along the lines of mystery/thriller that has a reasonable pace is probably down my alley.
Anyways, I could cram lots more information into this but I don't want to bore people. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask and I appreciate any and all future suggestions!!
- Matt
  
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DOTA2. Try Margaret Atwood for real speculative fiction.
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I would recommend Civ 5, dayZ, or saints row the third. for games.
For books. Maybe Dune (huge series but you can start with the 3 prequel novels by Frank herberts' son), game of thrones is the latest thing and pretty sweet.
I have spent a ton of time reading the dune novels myself, there are 6 main series books and about 10 written by the son of the author. Really good series to get into if you want to heavily invest in a series.
Saints row is a really good game for messing around in, similar to grand theft auto but way more outlandish and with a much bigger sense of humour about everything.
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Minecraft, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 are some games off the top of my head.
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There are a lot of threads on TL about stuff to waste your time on. Just search for books, movies or games and a dozen or so will immediately pop up.
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If you haven't played BW, give it a try...best game ever made. Also World of Tanks is pretty fun, worth a try I think.
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Civ 5, Minecraft, Portal 1 & 2, and get ready for MechWarrior:Online. Its probably too late to get a beta slot, but you never know...
Books: Dune is fantastic, but don't start with the prequels - the original Dune is the best and you should read that first!
Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton is a good mix of thriller and physics, and each book is long enough that it should keep you busy for a while.
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Blazinghand
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If you're into spy novels I'd try out Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. If you like fantasy I'd read The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie.
It's not exactly an FPS, but Skyrim is a first-person action RPG that I had a lot of fun playing and is an open-world style game. Worth checking out, imo.
EDIT: also, you should play Dwarf Fortress, it's just the best game.
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Dwarf Fortress: where losing is FUN!
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Blazinghand
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On July 26 2012 01:44 iGrok wrote:
Dwarf Fortress: where losing is FUN!
Here's a relevant comic explaining FUN in DF:
+ Show Spoiler +
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Few books I'd recommend
House of Leaves by Danielewski (just a really good read imo, print edition, color)
The Hammer by JK Parker (basic fiction)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (sci-fi, oldie but goodie)
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I will also say go play Dwarf fortress. Fucking amazing game.
Oh and also, you said you didn't like "MOBA" games, but thankfully DotA isn't a MOBA, it's a DOTA.
So go play dota 2 mmmk?
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Try playing some chess.
I started playing chess four years ago as an outlet for when I would burn out in SC. I found that chess strategy was hauntingly deep yet satisfyingly addictive, and it had an aspect of flair that SC didn't have. Chess gives you a never-ending amount of reading material, studying material, and playing time since it is such a universal game. I haven't looked back.
I know that there are some chess players on TL.
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Books: ender's game (fuck it, the entire ender's saga/series). watership down
games: dragon age origins, planescape torment,
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Tribes Ascend as a shooter. F2P so try it out at least.
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On July 26 2012 01:44 iGrok wrote:
Dwarf Fortress: where losing is FUN!
this!
it's amazing how much time you can burn playing DF keke
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Focus on useful things in real life
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