Monthly Archives: October 2014

BioShock Infinite: Buried at Sea

I finally played BioShock Infinite’s DLC. I waited until a Steam sale to get a deal on the season pass. (Grabbed it for $4.99 on a pricing error. Score!) Later I built a PC and played Clash in the Clouds for about five minutes. The Buried at Sea DLC — Chapters 1 and 2 — were the first thing I played start to finish on the new rig.

Chapter 1: Unkillable Big Daddies suck.

Chapter 2: Seeing events from different camera angles is neat, unless the last time you saw them was 18 months ago and you can’t remember anything.

Chapter 1 felt like it was taking too long so I saved and quit, then when I loaded it up I was done about ten minutes later.

Chapter 2 had just way too much story/exposition at the end that was cringe-inducing — in what I think was supposed to be a good way, but was really just exhausting.

When I was done with Chapter 2, I took some screenshots (the game looks fantastic on my 770) and uninstalled it.

I Built a PC!

I built a PC.

Pics and info: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/93Z8TW

PCPartPicker was invaluable in my research for parts. /r/buildapc was also useful.

About a month after I put it together, Nvidia announced new video cards. EVGA, the manufacturer of the video card I purchased for my PC, offers a step-up program. Because new cards were released close to my purchase date, I will be able to trade in my old card for a newer, more powerful version at greatly reduced cost. But I am in a queue for that.

I am more or less thrilled with the performance of the new machine.