Hi! I’m an old reclusive Gen-X software developer who writes twice a month about games or projects I’m working on or what’s happening in the world. Not AI-generated since 2012, despite what ZeroGPT says. Except the images. All the images are AI-generated now because it’s way too much of a hassle to find images for blog posts.
The Recluse Report - May 2025 Part 2
4,607 words.
Very bad health news, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 roller coaster, first look at Elden Ring: Nightrein, a bunch of movies and miscellania. (4607 words.)
The Recluse Report - May 2025 Part 1
4,026 words.
New Gaming PC, Oblivion Remaster, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Last Of Us season 2 woes, new season of Taskmaster, disaster content, medical updates (4026 words.)
The Recluse Report - April 2025 Part 2
2,227 words.
The Quarry, The Devil in Me, Oblivion Remaster, Failed HDR Recordings, Last of Us, Wheel of Time, Black Mirror, initial ENT results. (2227 words.)
The Recluse Report - April 2025 Part 1
1,149 words.
Suddenly Resident Evil Village, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, HDR video recording, Cursor, and coughing. (1149 words.)
Microblogging Journal through 4/14/2025
1,352 words.
Twenty-two microblogging bits from ActivityPub. (1352 words.)
The Recluse Report - March 2025 Part 2
1,352 words.
Monster Hunter World, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Door Dash, Revenge of the Car Battery. (1352 words.)
The Importance of the Backup Mic - Game Videos
1,242 words.
A backup microphone track can save you from the headache and wasted time of a ruined game video recording. (1242 words.)
The Recluse Report - March 2025 Part 1
1,436 words.
Monster Hunter Wilds, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, a new mattress, and a dead car battery. (1436 words.)
Monster Hunter Wilds
1,662 words.
It’s getting better, but it’s still not quite a “main game” for me. (1662 words.)
Microblogging Journal through 3/3/2025
992 words.
Twenty-two microblogging bits from ActivityPub. (992 words.)
The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 2
2,029 words.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 finished, Avowed started, some media production changes, television and movies, video script updates, a minor rant on the day job, soups, and an update from the inmate-led asylum. (2029 words.)
VFR and CFR - Game Video Production
2,405 words.
The exciting world of variable and constant frame rates in video files. (2405 words.)
The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 1
1,590 words.
Not much gaming, but a lot of television. (1590 words.)
But Why? - Game Video Production - Part 1 of ?
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Some reflections on why I started recording game videos and what I get out of it. (1390 words.)
The Recluse Report - January 2024 Part 2
1,785 words.
Three games I’m looking forward to, watching anime movies and westerns, the Washington hype train crashes, and a hurricane of news that’s impossible to track. (1785 words.)
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