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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Henry’s Chamomile BrewUp at the crack of dawn, but so are they. Bellowing all over the village with their fool’s tale, oh just how “Fortune favours the brave!”. Desperate to show off their knightly deeds, their lavish spoils, thirsting for thumbs-up from simple village folk. The daily grind of selling out one’s soul. These lords know little […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Arc of JonesNobody heard him sigh over the orchestra of crickets. As the tropical heat loosened its grip, he poured himself another, watching the liqueur catch the fleeting golden light of days gone. He vaguely sketched her it in his journal, hoping to dilute the memories of that one unattainable treasure. Her Its features haunted his dreams. […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Astro’s DelightWax your speeders and your premium spacesuits, dear intergalactic friends. You’re cordially invited to the Mothership for a triumphant celebration. Our plucky Bots have gone to the edge of infinity and beyond to retrieve the recipe. The beverage lost to time and our existential expanse. Let us now gather to share in its sweet delights […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Nightless NightHe finally broke the silence. It’s been a decade since we’d crossed into the Cauldron Lake area. Shadows were growing tall, he said. Deer sightings or some. I clenched my teeth and gripped the steering wheel tighter, its worn leather cover creaking under pressure. Small talk. Really? This fog isn’t remotely as thick as the […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Lilith’s Lament“By three they come. By three, thy bottle opens. By the liqueur of the thirsty, we call thee home. Hail, daughter of —” …Oh! Hello, officer. Eh… No public summons allowed after 10 p.m.? My bad, my bad. We’ll take our ritual party and this lovely chalice to the local inn. You see… A fascinating […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: The Colt-FashionedRise and shine your guns (again), darling. You’re back on this washed-out shore (again), reeking of Sunday blues and just enough willpower residue left on you. Again. Are you even trying to break the loop? Or are you content to rinse and repeat (again), going through the motions (again), reliving the hazy fragments of mundanity […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Grog of ThievesThe lust for adventure is a real wild beast to tame. We chain it in dusty attics and tuck it away into boxes. We feed it the same mundane dry food, hoping the beast will just settle. Like we have. But the faraway coasts keep on calling. Every keepsake is whispering about lands not yet […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Jin’s SaketiniLoyalty, honour, and a stiff upper lip. For centuries, nobody had conducted proper SWOT analyses of the Bushido code, nor did anyone set reasonable katana-slashing KPIs. Clearly, there’d been a lack of samurai entrepreneurism on Tsushima. Until Jin Sakai came along. The old ways came tumbling down, as the Mongols trembled in their cowhide boots. […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Decoctions of the GrassesI’m so done shoveling dung in Velen, mum. I’ve found the letter. It’s my ticket to becoming the talk of the town. Why wouldn’t I join the School of the Wolf? I know, I know. Slaying monsters and forging questionable alliances is not what you’d had in mind for me. But I’m destined to train […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Dirty WastelanderAin’t post-apocalyptic life just grand. Gambling away at New Vegas casinos, chugging irradiated beers, advocating for ghoul rights, scavenging for toasters… I’ve taken shady jobs, sure. Stole a thing or ten until I couldn’t fast travel. But baby, there’s no denying. I’ve crawled out to the fallout and rejoined society! So come down to my […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: All-Mother’s EmbraceNothing beats the thrill of the hunt. I’d tracked my prey for weeks, picking up on its earthly scent and losing it again in the valley of scattershot ideas. I’d kept chasing it as it grazed away my herb garden. Many dawns had passed. I’d paused. Nay, I let go completely. I held my breath […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Gorący’s Brew[INTERFACING] [Easy: Success] A new blog post appears. You catch a whiff of beetroot. Disco Elysium is one helluva game… it’s just disco, my absolute GOTY 2019. It’s a slow-cooker stew of hilarious writing, tabletop RPG mechanics, and political commentary. You play as Harry Du Bois, an addict detective trying to solve a murder he’s […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Lemnos SourFocus, boy. These runic inscriptions guard a recipe desired by every soul from Midgard to Helheim, dead or alive. They speak of an unearthly beverage that ignites courage, charisma and an occasional dad joke. Many have fallen in pursuit of the Lemnos Sour, pecked to death by Odin’s ravens for seeking its taste after 8 […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: Isabelle’s WhiskyThe bobber twitched and her heart sunk. Duh, it’s a sea bass. It’s always just a sea bass. It was meant to be a spring of true escapism. An end to all her consumerist impulses and the rat race. But now they come knocking. Reminding her about the loan and so, so many errands. And […]
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Continue reading →: Game Cocktails: The Final StrandI’ll say it. Quarantine. With so many of us hunkered down, relying on contactless deliveries, craving oxytocin and small talk… That one game kept cropping up in my head. DEATH STRANDING. Arguably the strangest and most beautiful gaming experience I’ve had in 2019. And now, inevitably, it has inspired me to mix a topical cocktail. […]
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