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Brian Still Hasn’t Beat Pools of Darkness, Part Five – Whoops! Brian Beat Pools of Darkness!
[Hey, this entry is part of a series. Read all about my Pools of Darkness experience here.] WELP I beat Pools of Darkness. But what happened to the blog series? Well, the short version is that, and I’m a little embarrassed to say, I got so into the game that I couldn’t keep up with […]
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Brian Still Hasn’t Beat Pools of Darkness, Part Four – Dragon’s Lair
We had a lot more trouble with the fire giant mage’s cave than I was expecting, so I decided it was once again time to leave the Realms in undeniable peril and spend some time irresponsibly leveling up. Nevermind the clouds of dragons ready to descend and level everything in sight—we headed west for experience […]
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Brian Still Hasn’t Beat Pools of Darkness, Part Three – Another Giant Mess
[Hey. This is part 3 in a series. You can find Part 1 here, and Part 2 here!] The last big sidequest I wanted to complete before accepting that box social invitation from the hill giant shaman involved…well, more giants. I can’t seem to get away from these guys. This time, we were investigating a […]
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Brian Still Hasn’t Beat Pools of Darkness, Part Two – Ignoring the Plight of the Realms for Some Sweet XP
[Hey. This is part 2 in a series. If you wanna read part 1, you can check that out here.] [Be forewarned: I’m real bad at remembering to take screenshots, so you may have to use your imagination until (and if) I get my act together. I stole some from MobyGames.com so you would at […]
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Brian Still Hasn’t Beat Pools of Darkness
It all started as an innocent computer game purchase from Babbage’s in 1993. It has grown into a monster that eludes me to this day. I have what practically amounts to a wrecked semi’s worth of video games at my disposal, and none of them have achieved White Whale status quite like Pools of Darkness. […]