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Liebster Award Saga Continues. 2015-03-08 10:16 PM.
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Thanks for the nomination j3w3l! I find these things kind of silly, but I guess it would be rude not to participate in the phenomenon that has taken over the MMO blogosphere lately. I’m such a perfectionist though it’s taken forever to put this together. :) Eleven quick facts about me: I’ve self-published a book on Amazon and sold over three copies. I used to write music and record songs in a home studio. I’ve had tons of dental work done. I secretly wish I could do slight-of-hand magic. My perfectly sane retirement plan is to become a best-selling author. This year I’m hoping to buy a house; I’ve been renting for three years. I hate talking about myself which makes job interviews painful. I used to have really long hair but I cut it short on my 40th birthday. My favorite pickle is the Mt. Olive Kosher Dill pickle. I don’t talk much but sometimes I can be annoyingly verbose. I can juggle up to four balls. Answers to j3w3l’s questions: 1,120 words.

NBI Talkback – GamerGate. 2015-05-11 12:00 AM.
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Slightly belated, but… How did GamerGate affect you? It actually didn’t affect me per se. I was a passive observer and it wasn’t discussed that much where I spent time on the Internet. I generally don’t read “hard-hitting” game journalism sites like RPS, Kotaku, and whatever others there are, and I definitely don’t venture into their comment sections. I think I only unfollowed one person on Twitter because of their relentless talk about GamerGate. 378 words.
NBI Talkback – Early Access. 2015-05-14 3:00 PM.
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Early Access and Kickstarter – Do you support unfinished games? This question is worded a little ambiguously, perhaps intentionally... what does "support" mean? I certainly support the development of new games, by which I mean that I always want people to try to make games. As for financially supporting unfinished games, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I've been refining my criteria (see below), but it depends on the situation. I have not supported any game projects on Kickstarter, however I have purchased about a half dozen Steam Early Access games. I have also "bought into beta" a few times too (ArcheAge and Landmark are the biggest examples). 704 words.

Blaugust Plans. 2015-06-14 3:00 PM.
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To hold myself accountable, I’m going to announce publicly that I’m going to try to participate in Belghast’s Blaugust this year. That means posting at least 31 times during the month of August (once a day). Fortunately for me, I’m sure I have at least 31 half-finished posts in my Drafts folder that I can choose from. So don’t be surprised if you see posts about very old topics that everyone’s long forgotten. :) 74 words.

The Great Blaugust Flame-Out. 2015-09-01 3:00 AM.
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I flamed out of Blaugust, so I guess I can now break my own self-imposed Blaugust rule, which was not to write about Blaugust. There was this one day that I hadn’t scheduled a post, and it was a long, terrible day at work, and when I got home I had to decide whether to try to find enough energy to write a post real quick or play a game instead, and of course that was a no-brainer so I didn’t get a post out that day. I suppose I could have written a make-up post but then there was another day where I had to make the same decision and then another and another and now it’s a different month and oh well. 240 words.

NBI 2016 – Thoughts On Blogging. 2016-06-02 11:17 PM.
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The first rule of blogging is not to blog about blogging. However, June is the Newbie Blogger Initiative here in the game blogging community, so this is the month where we throw out all the rules, talk about the craft of blogging, and try to recruit and encourage new bloggers. I technically started blogging in 1998, when I put some random notes up on my first ever web site, unless you count some Quake match updates I posted on the clan’s page in 1997. I didn’t really start blogging with any regularity though until about 2002 or 2003. The point is that I’ve been at this hobby for a while now, so I have at least a little sense of the landscape. 1,099 words.

Blaugust Reborn Is Happening. 2018-07-10 2:30 PM.
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Belghast is rebooting Blaugust, so head on over there for all the details (and here for more details). All the cool kids are doing it. I probably won’t be able to participate formally, but I’m sure I’ll post something during the month and I’ll cheer everyone on from the sidelines. This is a screenshot of a cryptic book from Secret World Legends, which is supposed to sort of vaguely remind one of the topic of blogging when one doesn’t have any better images around. 243 words.

Where Do I Fit In?. 2023-02-09 8:39 AM.
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To be brutally honest, the older I get, the less I feel like I fit in with other Internet gamers. 418 words.