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Concord and Live Service Games
Yup. We are talking about this again. Made a whole video about it, as well Concord was released in August 23, 2024, and as of me typing...
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STAN "Ray" HAZLIP III
Producer, Game Designer, Talker of things, Owner of Dog
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stan-hazlip
Nov 3, 20233 min read
Live Service Games were a trend after all
On October 30th, 2023, Bungie laid off 8% of it's workforce. This amounted to around 100 people that got a notice in the morning, via...
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stan-hazlip
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Yeah alright, let's talk about Untity
On a chill Tuesday, September 12, 2023 to be exact, Unity decided life was not interesting enough. They announced a new pricing scheme...
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stan-hazlip
Sep 2, 20232 min read
Let's talk about the Closure of Volition for a bit
When I was headhunted from Wargaming USA, the recruiter asked me to simply look at the cost of living of Champaign, Illinois versus...
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stan-hazlip
Jun 28, 20236 min read
Road trips actually suck and you've been tricked.
So the other week I went with my wife and two dogs to visit our in-laws. It’s important to note that we are a little less than 600 miles...
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stan-hazlip
Jun 12, 20233 min read
We are at an inflection point...
I have long said for the past decade that Virtual Reality goggles/headsets and Alternate Reality googles/headsets are a nowhere project....
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stan-hazlip
Apr 11, 20233 min read
I have played too much Xenoblade games...
I have been trying to get through Xenoblade Chronicles 1 since it came out for the Nintendo 3DS in 2015. I never got it for the Wii but I...
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stan-hazlip
Oct 22, 20221 min read
So I wrote a book!
Long ago, in my high school years, I concocted the idea of a post-apocalyptic Earth where comets or asteroids from deep space at reshaped...
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stan-hazlip
May 15, 20222 min read
Gundam, Universal Century Arc thoughts Part : Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
I started watching Zeta Gundam in late-2021 after researching how to catch up on all of the Gundam I had missed out on in the past...
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stan-hazlip
May 2, 20223 min read
Gundam, Universal Century Arc thoughts Part 1: Mobile Suit Gundam
So it has been a goal of mine for literally decades to catch up on what many consider to be the "mainline" Gundam series. This is more...
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stan-hazlip
Oct 25, 20212 min read
So what's with the long silence?
I know the maintenance of this website is purely as a blog of sorts, but it is also vanity. I mean, SOMEONE has to claim...
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stan-hazlip
Jun 22, 20191 min read
Megaman 10: Maybe the Best
If someone told me Megaman 10 was their favorite, I would fully agree with that person this is one of the best. It still brings over the...
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stan-hazlip
Nov 18, 20182 min read
Megaman 9, SO DAMN DIFFICULT
If you, the lovely reader, are curious about my playing of the all of the main line Megaman games, please understand the I simply do not...
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stan-hazlip
Nov 18, 20182 min read
Megaman 8, The Anniversary Game
The journey to play every single main title Megaman game is almost over, and I have crested the hill of 16 bit games and went into the...
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stan-hazlip
Nov 4, 20182 min read
Megaman 7: That final boss is a joke!!!
In my on-going journey to play and beat every Megaman game, I bought the Megaman Legacy Collection 2 on a lark. Of course, Megaman 7 was...
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stan-hazlip
Nov 4, 20182 min read
The Messenger, a Love Letter to Games
I recently completed The Messenger, an indie title currently on Steam and Nintendo Switch. This game, was a treat. It started off as a...
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stan-hazlip
Oct 5, 20186 min read
Final Fantasy VIII, the 16 Year Journey
This is going to be a long one, so here is the TL;DR : Final Fantasy VIII is a broken game that stands to be one of the worse in the...
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stan-hazlip
Aug 12, 20182 min read
We should Stop Buying Bad Switch Ports
I love the Nintendo Switch. It is honestly one of my favorite game systems in the past 20 years, with the GameBoy Advance being a close...
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stan-hazlip
Jul 22, 20182 min read
Nostalgia helped Megaman 6 for me.
Long ago, in the late 90's I think, my friend Kevin and I got Megaman 6 for the NES out of sheer boredom. I spent the night at his house...
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stan-hazlip
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Megaman 5, Comfortable
I wish I had more to say about Megaman 5, but it's very clearly a game where the franchise was just running on fumes. For clarity, this...
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