So I've been playing a lot of No Man's sky like most of you have. It was super interesting at first, but once I got the loop of the game down, it really started to just feel like this slog, where discovering a new planet felt like driving to work.

That is not to say I didn't have enjoyment getting to see those new planets. It's the whole reason I decided to buy the game, even while knowing exactly what I was getting myself into. However, I misjudged how long I could keep it up.

A few options came up, I could return the game, but I really didn't want to give up the exploration aspect of the game. I was just sitting there thinking I could return it, but also thinking about seeing what kind of planet would be in the next star system over.

So I came to my next and final option, cheating. I don't like cheating on the first run through of a game. I want to experience it as it was intended. After beating it though, all bets are off. I'll mod/cheat the hell out of anything if it'll let me. Now anyway, I decide to search for some trainers, and sure enough there were a few already out there. I downloaded one. I felt real dirty.

It was the usual collection of stuff, your infinite health and ammo or whatever. Then got to the game specific stuff, like what I think is unlimited resource stacks, no radiation, and stuff that basically made the game an entirely care free walking simulator. I didn't want that. I didn't like mining for stuff, but I do like upgrading my multi-tool and then getting to use it and have it feel like a whole new weapon. So infinite resources and no damage/radiation where out.

What really caught my eye though were those fat ass ships coming in and out of port on the space stations. I came across one that had 30 inventory slots. That may as well be infinite the early game. I had to have it, sadly it cost 3.5 million units. I was only sitting at about 600,000 at the time so that wasn't happening. However, what also wasn't happening was me flying back and forth to the damn space station to dump my shit constantly. That was no fun. It had to change.

Infinite money here we go! I activated it, and my money slowly started to crawl up faster and faster, until it stopped at 99,999,999. Here is where I decided that instead of infinite money, I just gave my self one of those EA time booster packs and deactivated the cheat. I was able to buy two more ships which now I sit at 43 inventory slots, and a newer hyper-drive (that I was close to building anyway) that really lets me jump around.

Again I felt super dirty doing this, but I stared at my gigantic inventory, and my god it was beautiful. I stopped there because I simply didn't have enough money to buy the next ship, which cost upwards around 50,000,000 creds. So now I got a space truck and it can hold a lot of stuff. To be honest I'm not moving any faster to the center of the galaxy or anything like that. I just now get to spend way more time focusing on exploring and finding shit rather than keeping and eye out for a trading post or hoping a shelter has a marketplace just so you can free up one or two slots of inventory. Of course this always happens right before you find a kick ass upgrade that requires 200 of the thing you just sold all of. Now that is all in the past, and space is super fun again.

So yeah, whatever. I'm sure some of you are offended I cheated, and you wouldn't be wrong. I offended myself in doing so, but I don't care. I do care that that the game is super fun for me again, and I offer this as a suggestion to those who are in the same boat I was. People who want to explore but not worry about resource management or constantly hitting roadblocks (self imposed I guess) because you are just short a mineral or two for an upgrade. Sure that's a large part of the game, but that part sucks.

Oh yeah and did I mention there are cheats for infinite jet pack and super speed?

Those are preeeeety neat. Just be careful or you might end up in less than savory predicaments:

tl:dr Inventory cheats/mods are always awesome.

 
I'm sure most of you well versed in the world of valve have heard of the project Black Mesa. For those not in the know, Black Mesa is essentially a complete overhaul of Half Life 1 utilizing the wonderfully current and shiny source engine that we all know and love.
 
 Now this project has been going on for what seems like an eternity, same as Half Life Episode 3. It kind of makes me think that there is some crazy connection between the release of this mod and Episode 3. After watching this trailer again and again I still couldn't help but get excited to play this game every time.
 
  

 There are a lot of complaints out there about how the friendly AI in Halo Reach is garbage and how you have to do all the shooting (playing the game) as of late.
 
I suppose this could be a problem as it is with some other games out there, but for whatever reason, I have not noticed this behavior with the rest of the noble six squad in my current push to get through the campaign on heroic. Most people say the AI doesn't really shoot at anything and really isn't any help, but I disagree. There have been many instances where another squad mate, or a group of marines, have really saved my ass. 
 
Take that one mission "Nightfall" where at the end you're defending that spot with Jun or whoever when they drop two hunters on you along with some cloaked dudes. The cloaked ones were easy enough to deal with, but fuck those hunters all the way to hell. Eventually I was able to lure those godforsaken creatures over by Jun where he immediately began firing on the things. They were distracted, and I saw that as a chance to go to town. Unfortunately, one hunter turned towards me and picked me as a suitable target. It was go time, and I had to get some distance between that other hunter, so I lured the one that I was dealing with further away which took a little time.