2024-05-06T10:54:52+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com Ben PlaysGames contact@benplaysgames.com 2023-02-13T00:00:00+01:00 https://benplaysgames.com/aar/dysonsphereprogram.html Build the most efficient intergalactic factory, that’s the tagline Dyson Sphere Program (“DSP”) (Steam) throws at you before dumping you in a giant Mecha (“giant” as compared to the planets you’ll encounter) and throwing you into an admittedly beautiful universe. A somewhat helpful assistant will tell you that you are... 2020-06-08T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2020/06/08/a-better-tarkov-matching-system Oh look, who after almost a year decided to put a new blogpost up. And about Escape From Tarkov, to boot. Well, everyone’s talking about it, and so am I, obviously, and about a topic many people are complaining about: Matching. So here’s an idea: Instead of randomly dumping level... 2019-06-29T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/2019/06/29/after-action-report-light-fairytale-episode-1 I distinctly remember my most beloved JRPG I played as a kid. It’s Final Fantasy VII, and all the Final Fantasies after that were garbage. Don’t @ me. I was pretty sure nothing could revitalise the feeling of playing that game for the first time all those decades ago. I... 2019-04-04T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2019/04/04/regarding-that-epic-store-outrage Note: After proofreading, I feel the need to point it out: I’m expressly NOT including the topic of DRM in this post. That’s another topic altogether. Thank you. Everyone and their dog is currently outraged over Epic’s new gamestore, with Borderlands being the latest to fall victim to try and... 2018-02-16T00:00:00+01:00 https://benplaysgames.com/aar/2018/02/16/after-action-report-subnautica After your spaceship crashes, you survive in a lifepod that crash-waters in an ocean. Armed with your PDA, the lifepods fabricator and your wits, you set out to survive and return to civilisation. Granted, the only uncommon element in that recipe is that you’re in an ocean, but that makes... 2018-01-17T00:00:00+01:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2018/01/17/the-channel-has-pressed-pause I just got an E-Mail from YouTube which helped me make a decision that has been on my mind for a bit now: I need to put the YouTube channel on Pause for a bit. The reasons for that are both personal and directly YouTube related. For one thing, I’m... 2017-12-07T00:00:00+01:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2017/12/07/are-gamers-to-blame-for-buying-at-discounts The discussion around lootboxes has recently taken an interesting spin. Recently meaning: I read about it a few weeks ago and my opinion on the matter needed maturing until now. That spin is: Gamers are responsible for the existence of lootboxes that need buying for real money because they always... 2017-10-03T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2017/10/03/skip-boss-fight-yes-please There’s currently some discussion going around about this article on RPS: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/02/assassins-creed-origins-tourism-difficulty/ The gist is: Should games include an option to skip parts of the game (in this case, boss fights) so that people can progress in the game while not beating a particular boss? For me, the answer is... 2017-08-09T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2017/08/09/how-i-almost-became-a-stalker A while back, I almost became a stalker. I didn’t want to. I didn’t set out to. Plain terrible thinking led to me almost behaving in a very creepy way. What happened? Three streamers I admire mentioned on Twitter that they’ll meet up in the city I live in. They... 2017-07-23T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/aar/submerged.html Stranded in a submerged city, you try to keep your critically wounded little brother alive. Not the best situation to be in when creepy green monsters are afoot and algae-covered whales swim in your path. Luckily, you don’t have to fight any of those in Submerged (official site, Steam). The... 2017-06-20T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/aar/near-death.html Crashlanded near a deserted station in the Arctic, alone, you must find a way to get back to civilisation. Or the next inhabited station, at least. That’s what Near Death (official site, Steam) puts you into. As I’m writig these lines, the temperature creeps upwards to 35 degrees Celsius so... 2017-06-13T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/blog/2017/06/13/big-enough-for-spammers So, apparently I’m now running a channel that is just big enough for spammers to notice. I’m not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing, or simply just another step to be taken. Luckily, YouTube has filtered the spam posts out very well so far. I know I’m... 2017-06-04T00:00:00+02:00 https://benplaysgames.com/aar/perception.html Welcome to being blind. And trapped in an ever-changing mansion with a dark presence out to kill you dead. That’s the premise of Perception (official site, GOG.com, Steam). Being blind in a videogame is no fun, of course, so the games turns you into Deadpool, giving you the superpower of...