Introduction

I have loved PC games since the 1990s. I play regularly, although not for long as I have family comittments and other hobbies.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

My favourite action game as of 2025 is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (I have not been interested in the latest Black Ops games). I have also started playing Battlefield 6, but nothing beats the intense, fast-paced free-for-all matches in MWIII.

I created the montages below from game footage recorded over time, the first one being on the Shoot House map, which is my favourite. Creating these videos has given me some great DaVinci Resolve video editing experience. DaVinci Resolve is mostly free, professional editing software.

These are free-for-all games with human players. I have the ‘Gunslinger Ghost’ operator skin and my username / character name is The Gunslinger, after the novel by Stephen King.

I usually play for a bit on weekends while enjoying a beer(s). It does mean my reflexes and skill diminish progressively, but it’s all part of the fun.

Satisfactory

In 2022 I discovered Satisfactory (available on Steam), and was immediately addicted! This is a game that you can sink hundreds of hours into with no end in sight. While there is game progression that has a natural end, building factories and just about anything else you can think of is endless!

The game has a large modding community with some excellent mods. I did not use mods initially and did a lot of exploration on foot. I built a few factories to get started, but got to a point where I wanted to start building other cool stuff, not just factories, so started using mods mainly to get additional decorations, but soon got sucked in and before long I was flying around building all kinds of stuff!

I got to a point where I decidced I wanted to unlock all the building materials, trains etc. so I could build ‘the factory’, so built a temporary desert factory to produce all the materials and components. I paved out a few areas in preparation but have not built anything substantial yet.

The video below was assembled from scenes rendered by a mod called Ficsit-Cam, which essentially allows you to place keyframes in space on a timeline and render it frame-by-frame, allowing for smooth video playback. The video created showcases the various structures I have created, but pales in comparison to some of the amazing structures others have built!

I still plan to build large factories connected by trains in future and will get back to it at some point…

Hardware

As of January 2026 I have an NVidia RTX2070, which allows me to play most games at low to medium settings at quad HD. I would like to upgrade to an RTX 5070 or similar, but it mean repalcing my existing PC, which is a significant expense.

My PC spec is as follows:

History

When I was young, all we had were handheld games like the old Galaxy Invader 1000, Nintendo Game & Watch (Octopus, Donkey Kong), and console games like Atari Space Invaders, TV games – Pong, etc.

In high School we had a media Centre with a few ZX Spectrum 48K computers. I used to play Stock Exchange, Frogger, View to a Kill, Tornado Low Level (TLL) and others.

As limited as they were in those days, they were a lot of fun!

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