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January, 2021

  • 2021 Begins. 2021-01-01 12:00 AM.
    • Administration

    I have rebuilt Endgame Viable as a static site, which means massive changes for me, the developer, and some changes for you, the reader. First, it probably looks completely different. Second, there are some things that you won’t be able to do on the new site, at least not initially: Search for posts. Update: The workaround is to type “your search term site:endgameviable.com” into Google. Comment on posts. For comments, I wired up a somewhat janky private Remark42 server. Like posts. Unfortunately those were the major sacrifices I had to make in order to jump to a static site. I know there’s at least a couple of people out there who still like to comment on blog posts, and I hate to take away that feature, but Progress Demands Sacrifice, as they say. (I’m sure somebody, somewhere says that.) For the time being, you can ping me on Twitter at @endgameviable, or yell at me in the Blaugust Discord. 289 words.
  • Wasteland 2. 2021-01-04 8:00 AM.
    • RPG

    Over the winter holidays, I got into an isometric Baldur’s Gate-style RPG kick and played several games in that genre. The first was Wasteland 2, a post-apocalyptic RPG in the style of the original Fallout 1 and 2. 733 words.
  • Endgame Viable 2020 Awards. 2021-01-11 8:00 AM.
    • Consoles
    • Roundup
    • Steam

    I only bought one new game in 2020 so it will be very easy to pick my own personal Game of the Year for 2020. But I also talk about a few other noteworthy games I played during the year. 560 words.
  • Pillars of Eternity. 2021-01-18 9:00 AM.
    • RPG

    I tried out Pillars of Eternity next in The Great 2020 Holiday RPG Game Blitz, a game that I got for free on the Epic Game Store. 765 words.

February, 2021

  • Quest for the One Blog, Part 10. 2021-02-02 6:00 PM.
    • Development

    For completeness, I present this brainstorming session about merging two other kinds of content streams in with blog content, an unfinished draft from somewhere during a Lost Time Period of 2020. 779 words.

July, 2021

  • The Sound of Your Own Voice. 2021-07-06 11:08 AM.
    I saw a tweet the other day that reminded me of a topic of interest to me for decades, and I’m almost positive I’ve never written a blog post about this, so it’s finally something new to write about: The sound of your own recorded voice. 1,393 words.

August, 2021

  • The First Day of Blaugust. 2021-08-01 8:57 AM.
    • Blog

    It’s the first day of Blaugust, and it’s a dreary one. 654 words.
  • On Music Posts. 2021-08-03 8:47 AM.
    • Blog

    I have what I have to assume is an abnormal reaction to music posts. 416 words.
  • A Two-Fawn Morning. 2021-08-06 8:01 AM.
    • Blog

    We interrupt this blog post creation for an unscheduled visit from some deer. 265 words.
  • Like Pulling Teeth. 2021-08-10 8:48 AM.
    • Blog

    I would say that getting me to talk or write about myself is like pulling teeth, but I’ve had five or six teeth pulled in my lifetime (or more, I honestly don’t remember), and a ton of root canals, and a ton of dental work in general, so pulling teeth is no big deal to me. 235 words.
  • What's Up With That?. 2021-08-13 11:00 AM.
    • Blog

    I have the day off today, and I have to talk for a moment about the What Up With That SNL sketches. 191 words.

November, 2021

  • Wheel of Time - Season 1, Episodes 1 to 3. 2021-11-22 5:11 PM.
    • Television

    A Wheel of Time-length blog post to start a new series dissecting each episode of Wheel of Time. Until I lose interest, of course. It’s a lot of work to write these and it hurts my back. 3,679 words.
  • Wheel of Time - S1E4: The Dragon Reborn. 2021-11-28 11:33 AM.
    • Television

    Episode 4, The Dragon Reborn is the first great episode of the series. 2,504 words.

December, 2021