Blaugust 2021
33 entries. 19,894 words.
2021-07
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Blogging Pep Talk.
2021-07-21.
Blaugust 2021 is coming soon! It’s fun! Do it! If you want. I’m not your mom.
- Writing
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Old Post Prompts.
2021-07-22.
Here’s a list of some old posts that I’m going to mine for topic ideas this Blaugust, which may or may not turn into a fruitful strategy.
- Writing
2021-08
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The First Day of Blaugust.
2021-08-01.
It’s the first day of Blaugust, and it’s a dreary one.
- Blog
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FFXV - Leviathan.
2021-08-02.
Final Fantasy XV is on my mind this morning.
- Gaming
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On Music Posts.
2021-08-03.
I have what I have to assume is an abnormal reaction to music posts.
- Blog
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Final Fantasy XIII.
2021-08-04.
I’m going to play Final Fantasy XIII next. That’s a 13. Those roman numerals are confusing.
- Gaming
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Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots.
2021-08-05.
I have roughly 15 minutes to think of, write, edit, illustrate, and publish a blog post this morning.
- Gaming
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A Two-Fawn Morning.
2021-08-06.
We interrupt this blog post creation for an unscheduled visit from some deer.
- Blog
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Todo List - Quest for the One Blog, Part 12.
2021-08-07.
Mainly so that I can remember this, here’s a list of the outstanding problems with the blog that need to be resolved someday.
- Development
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Status - Quest for the One Blog, Part 13.
2021-08-08.
A quick summary of the current status of the Quest for The One Blog.
- Development
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Final Fantasy Status Update.
2021-08-09.
It’s time for a brief Final Fantasy update.
- Gaming
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Like Pulling Teeth.
2021-08-10.
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.
- Blog
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Writing For Clarity.
2021-08-11.
Magi mentioned a topic in the Blaugust discord: “How do you personally get your opinions or thoughts across in a post?”
- Writing
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Bless Unleashed.
2021-08-12.
Bless Unleashed: I mean, it’s free.
- Gaming
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What's Up With That?.
2021-08-13.
I have the day off today, and I have to talk for a moment about the What Up With That SNL sketches.
- Blog
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FFXIV's Gandalf Moment.
2021-08-14.
The Stupid Face Boss in Final Fantasy XIII and The Gandalf Moment in Final Fantasy XIV.
- Gaming
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Pantheon Of Best Shadowbringers Moments So Far.
2021-08-15.
Yesterday I flippantly remarked, “Not exactly a deep meditation on the human condition,” about the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers story so far. But there was a conversation that my mind keeps returning to: A conversation between the Crystal Exarch and Lord Vauthry.
- Gaming
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FFXIV - How To Abandon A Main Scenario Quest, Kind Of.
2021-08-16.
I ran into a problem with Final Fantasy XIV and I thought I’d share the solution I came up with, because you certainly won’t find it anywhere on Reddit.
- Gaming
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Level Curves And Story Pacing.
2021-08-17.
I wish the arbitrary geometric leveling curve didn’t mess up story pacing.
- Gaming
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MMORPG Character Switcharoos.
2021-08-18.
Sometimes MMORPGs make you play a different character for narrative purposes and I don’t like it very much.
- Gaming
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FFXIV - Oracle of Light.
2021-08-19.
I spent last night in Final Fantasy XIV standing at the Neverending Storybook (not the actual name) refreshing my memory on story events from the very end of A Realm Reborn and the post-Heavensward stuff with The Word Of The Mother and the Warriors of Darkness.
- Gaming
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Friday Screenshots - FFXIV.
2021-08-20.
I was going to pull out one of seemingly hundreds of half-written posts to finish them, but then I realized I hate all of them! And now it’s evening. So here’s some screenshots. It’s from that game I’ve been playing. You know the one I mean.
- Gaming
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Saturday Screenshots - FFXIV.
2021-08-21.
Hey, writing blog posts every day isn’t that fun sometimes. Here’s some screenshots. From that same game again. Because they’re the only screenshots I took yesterday.
- Gaming
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Sunday Screenshots - FFXIV.
2021-08-22.
I didn’t even rename the screenshot files this time.
- Gaming
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Blogging Motivation: What's That?.
2021-08-23.
I think we’re supposed to be writing about how we bloggers stay motivated when blogging, but I think a much more relatable topic for the masses is how we definitely, positively don’t stay motivated.
- Writing
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FFXIV Needs A Limit Break.
2021-08-24.
I’m waking up to this news that Final Fantasy XIV has closed off all the North American Aether servers to new players indefinitely because they can’t handle the strain anymore.
- Gaming
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Best MMO Technology.
2021-08-25.
Yesterday I mentioned how much I worried that Final Fantasy XIV was staggering into their new expansion on duct tape and bailing wire, so I thought today I’d mention the MMORPGs that appear to have a much more solid technology base that I don’t have to worry about.
- Gaming
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Shadowbringers Done, Part 1.
2021-08-26.
I finished the first ending of Shadowbringers. The one before the long series of post-expansion patches.
- Gaming
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YouTube Data API.
2021-08-27.
YouTube’s API is a pain.
- Development
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Nuts To The Post-Shadowbringers Blues.
2021-08-28.
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.
- Gaming
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The Endgame Grind Decision Point.
2021-08-29.
Should I dive headlong into the vortex of Final Fantasy XIV endgame possibilities or should I detox and play something else?
- Gaming
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FFXIV - New Game Plus.
2021-08-30.
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.
- Gaming
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Blaugust 2021 Lessons Learned.
2021-08-31.
Well kids, what did we learn this month?
- Writing