Category Archives: Computers and IT

What the Car?

Computers and IT, Games10/10, 3d, kids, puzzle, single player

What the Car? is – just like its older sibling ‘What the Golf?‘ – is simply hilarious (and I repeat myself on purpose). In some cases even ridiculous, yet extreme fun to play (I think).

In its core a racing game, one has to steer a wide variety of ‘cars’ through mazes and landscapes to beat the time and find hidden items on (almost) all tracks.

Once again, definitely a recommendation for a some entertaining minutes (or hours, if you’re after achievements) in between. Enjoy …

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 35/35

SC25 in St. Louis

24 November 2025Computers and IT, GeoCaching, Munich Quantum Valley, Quantum Science, Travelling, United StatesSascha

Last week, I took part in the “International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis” for the fourth time*, representing Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) and showcasing its activities at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) booth.

* after SC22 in Dallas, SC23 in Denver, and SC24 in Atlanta

El Hijo

Computers and IT, Gamesisometric, kids, puzzle, single player

El Hijo – A Wild West Tale [German] is an isometric-view, real-time tactics stealth game, especially suited for kids, where you have to help a little boy to find his mother unseen by various opponents/villains.

It’s been a fun little distraction/adventure .. to calm down after/between nerve-wrecking platformers ;)

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 16/22

Hollow Knight

Computers and IT, Games10/10, 2d, adventure, jump-n-run, kids, platform, puzzle, single player

Hollow Knight is a beautiful and, in parts, ridiculously hard 2D platform action-adventure game in which players must guide the main character, the Knight, through a maze of underground worlds and districts, fighting numerous bosses along the way.

The game is extremely captivating and addictive, but also frustrating at times due to the high number of failures. It also brought back nice memories of the Ori games as well as Unbound: Worlds Apart. I’m not sure how to achieve things like finishing the game in under five hours, given that it took me over fifty hours to explore everything.

Anyway, I loved playing the game and I’m looking forward to playing part two at some point.

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 45/63

Vessel

Computers and IT, Games2d, jump-n-run, kids, platform, puzzle, single player

Vessel is a fun little puzzle-platform game where one has to guide the main character through various puzzles in a world bullied by so-called Fluros (in fact created by the main character himself).

The graphics is maybe not the greatest, but I had lots of fun with the gameplay / skills of the character and the puzzles, so you might want to give it a go …