Hi! This is the blog of a reclusive Gen-X software developer. I write twice a month about games or whatever else is going on. I was diagnosed with cancer in 2025.

FFXIV - Shadowbringers Story Summary [+audio]

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Similar to what I did with Stormblood, I wanted to write a brief high-level overview of the events of the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers expansion story, so I’ll remember it later. (1004 words.)

Feed Experiment [+audio]

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I’m experimenting with an idea I’ve had for a while, and that idea is to attach audio files to blog posts. (273 words.)

FFXIV - Contemporary Shadowbringers Reviews [+audio]

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Out of curiosity, I went looking to find some contemporary accounts of why Shadowbringers was The Greatest Final Fantasy Story Ever. Because it wasn’t clear to me. (1192 words.)

YouTube and Twitter APIs

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An automated YouTube upload script is now working. Hopefully. (465 words.)

FFXIV - New Game Plus

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I recently learned about New Game+ in Final Fantasy XIV, some time earlier in Blaugust, in the Blaugust Discord. I didn’t think it would work very well, but it actually does. (942 words.)

The Endgame Grind Decision Point

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Should I dive headlong into the vortex of Final Fantasy XIV endgame possibilities or should I detox and play something else? (534 words.)

Nuts To The Post-Shadowbringers Blues

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I started into the post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quest last night and got a whole two quests in before the game slammed a massive brick wall down in front of me. (1048 words.)

YouTube Data API

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YouTube’s API is a pain. (498 words.)

Shadowbringers Done, Part 1

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I finished the first ending of Shadowbringers. The one before the long series of post-expansion patches. (469 words.)