Top of Mind

92 entries. 171,088 words.

September, 2022

• What's Top of Mind. 2022-09-17 9:15 AM.
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  A new blog post series idea. 426 words.
• Reading Fail 2022 - Top of Mind. 2022-09-20 6:06 PM.
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  I recently hinted that I was starting a new, innovative series of blog posts about nothing. I immediately abandoned that plan and decided to work on videos instead. 322 words.
• Cataclysm DDA Video Production. 2022-09-26 8:25 AM.
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  Not playing many games because I’m too busy making game videos. 614 words.

October, 2022

• PC Gaming Wasteland. 2022-10-16 10:11 AM.
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  Browsing my Steam library yet again this morning looking for something–anything–that might be fun to play on this Sunday where I have a lot of free time. 309 words.

November, 2022

• Twitter Firestorm - Top of Mind. 2022-11-05 8:32 AM.
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  I suppose the social pressure is mounting to the point where I have to say something about Twitter. 733 words.
• Mid-November Bullets - Top of Mind. 2022-11-14 10:18 AM.
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  I’m all about throwing old traditions out the window because they don’t make sense anymore, so I present: The Mid-Month Update. 329 words.

December, 2022

• December 2022 Bullets - Top of Mind. 2022-12-04 9:37 AM.
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  Status report for the beginning of December. 565 words.
• Mid-December 2022 Bullets - Top of Mind. 2022-12-15 8:36 AM.
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  It’s the exciting summary of my currently non-gaming life through the midpoint of December. 537 words.

January, 2023

• January 2023 Bullets. 2023-01-01 8:23 AM.
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  It’s a new year, whoopie. Nothing particularly noteworthy to report. 747 words.
• Mid-January Top of Mind 2023. 2023-01-16 7:10 PM.
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  An unexpectedly stressful start to the work year and a return to some gaming, instead of doing anything productive. 629 words.

February, 2023

• February Top of Mind 2023. 2023-02-01 9:36 AM.
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  It’s a new month and the year is already 8% complete. 1,143 words.
• A Busy Month - February, 2023. 2023-02-13 7:58 AM.
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  It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Also I need a better title for these kitchen sink posts. 1,671 words.
• Chaos and Uncertainty - February 2023. 2023-02-28 9:58 AM.
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  Sass mode activate! 1,226 words.

March, 2023

• Ignorance Is Strength - March 2023. 2023-03-15 8:00 AM.
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  It was so warm in February that flowers bloomed early and covered my car with pollen. But today we cower in fear of the Ides of March. 1,906 words.
• Gen-Z Sleeper Agents - March 2023. 2023-03-31 8:00 AM.
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  It’s been a somewhat uneventful couple of weeks of mundane daily routine. 2,312 words.

April, 2023

• Taskmaster 15 Is Risen! - April 2023. 2023-04-15 9:30 AM.
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  April did, in fact, begin with showers. By which I mean rain. 2,568 words.
• Nineteen For Me - April 2023. 2023-04-30 9:20 AM.
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  I successfully filed my taxes on the last day again. And did them wrong. 928 words.

May, 2023

• The Cliff - May 2023. 2023-05-15 8:15 AM.
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  Redfall flops, Party-based RPGs, Baldur’s Gate videos, Kubernetes, and the news. A relatively uneventful time slice of life. 1,861 words.
• Data Loss - May 2023. 2023-05-31 8:25 AM.
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  Party-based RPGs, ChatGPT-powered Twitch embeds, and catastrophic NAS failures. 2,026 words.

June, 2023

• Not Quite "New Car" Expensive - June 2023. 2023-06-15 3:42 PM.
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  Solasta campaign finished, Phoenix Point started, a data recovery attempt, Unraid, the dentist, and more, or less. 2,981 words.
• Based On A True Story - June 2023. 2023-06-30 5:00 PM.
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  Not much gaming, data recovery failure, and a lot of trashy true crime docudramas. 2,241 words.

July, 2023

• The Coming Blaugust - July 2023. 2023-07-15 10:00 AM.
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  Blaugust 2023, a little Pathfinder, setting up an ActivityPub server, what I’ve been watching, and a little more. 1,522 words.
• The Imminent Blaugust - July 2023. 2023-07-31 8:00 AM.
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  Blaugust 2023, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, blog site updates and microblogging, a nutritional reset, and more, in the summer heat. 2,606 words.

August, 2023

• Nothing But Baldur's Gate 3 - August 2023. 2023-08-15 8:45 AM.
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  There’s nothing else in the world for me right now except Baldur’s Gate 3. (No spoilers, though.) 1,346 words.
• Vacation - August 2023. 2023-08-31 11:25 AM.
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  Blaugust retrospective, Baldur’s Gate 3, videos, vacation, and more. A fairly bland and uninspired effort. 1,368 words.

September, 2023

• Autumn Approaches - September 2023. 2023-09-15 10:45 AM.
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  A hastily-written scrawl about the last couple weeks. 1,057 words.
• Stupid Title - September 2023. 2023-09-30 6:00 PM.
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  Tiring of Baldur’s Gate 3, Wheel of Time, and more. 1,866 words.

October, 2023

• Movie Binge - October 2023 Part 1. 2023-10-15 8:10 PM.
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  A birthday, and a whole lot of horror movies. 384 words.
• Halloween - October 2023 Part 2. 2023-10-31 11:15 AM.
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  No games in October, just horror movies. 1,635 words.

November, 2023

• Autumn Leaves - November 2023 Part 1. 2023-11-15 9:45 AM.
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  Snowrunner, voting, blog work, audiobooks, and more. Well, not much more than that, really. 2,395 words.
• Next.js - November 2023 Part 2. 2023-11-30 10:00 AM.
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  World of Warcraft did a thing. New Next.js and AWS blog development. Dev vlogs. Lower Decks. Fairy Tale. Thanksgiving vacation. A work presentation. Jupyter. 2,536 words.

December, 2023

• Cold - December 2023 Part 1. 2023-12-15 10:30 AM.
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  It’s cold. Monster Hunter games. Devlogs. Doctor Who and Indiana Jones. Next.js development. Slow time at work. Dentist and poison ivy. 2,035 words.
• End Of Year - December 2023 Part 2. 2023-12-31 10:00 AM.
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  Oops the year’s over already. The return of Baldur’s Gate 3. Best year for gaming? YouTube stats declining. Trapped in British quiz shows again. 2,424 words.

January, 2024

• Start of Year - January 2024 Part 1. 2024-01-15 10:00 AM.
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  The 2024th one. Baldur’s Gate 3 finished. Warhammer Rogue Trader started. Juggling CRPG videos. Taskmaster, New Zealand, Australia, and Guy Montgomery. A new cataract enters the ring. 1,911 words.
• Grumpasaurus Rex - January 2024 Part 2. 2024-01-31 11:45 AM.
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  Searching for a game to enjoy. Lies of P, Alan Wake, Palworld, Enshrouded. Voicemeeter Banana. Fantasy High Junior Year. Røde PodMic USB. 3,456 words.

February, 2024

• Toxic Bosses - February 2024 Part 1. 2024-02-15 12:30 PM.
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  Steam Next. Toxic bosses in Lies of P and Nioh. Hellpoint. Dimension 20. New computer glasses. 1,808 words.
• Leap Day - February 2024 Part 2. 2024-02-29 10:40 AM.
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  Last Epoch 1.0. Nightingale Early Access. Lies of P done. Lords of the Fallen in progress. Mitigating microphone noise with console tables. Making Let’s Play videos. Dimension 20. Java. 4,646 words.

March, 2024

• Spring? - March 2024 Part 1. 2024-03-15 2:35 PM.
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  Elden Ring DLC, Lords of the Fallen, Nioh, Sons of the Forest. YouTube wrecking my videos. Keeping up with the Actual Plays. 1,786 words.
• Pause for Badgerfriends - March 2024 Part 2. 2024-03-31 9:00 AM.
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  A pause on video games because of a sudden side project. Editing D&D combat. A cool program called Sound Show. Mid-tier Actual Play Show Reviews. 3,134 words.

April, 2024

• The One With The Eclipse - April 2024 Part 1. 2024-04-16 9:30 AM.
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  Dragon’s Dogma 2, videos, Fallout, an eclipse, and some other stuff. 1,525 words.
• Pathfinder? - April 2024 Part 2. 2024-04-30 8:00 PM.
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  A hastily-written scrawl with some vague remarks about games, Pathfinder, and the Glass Cannon Network. 1,693 words.

May, 2024

• May - May 2024 Part 1. 2024-05-15 11:00 AM.
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  Social media retreat, replacing coffee with tea, a little gaming, actual play shows, and that’s about it, really. At least I refrained from talking about TTRPGs this time. 1,711 words.

June, 2024

• Broken Slack - May 2024 Part 2. 2024-06-01 7:15 PM.
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  Busy hands games. More about Glass Cannon shows than you probably care about. Dune and Planet of the Apes. Broken Slack. 2,188 words.
• Summer Is Here - June 2023 Part 1. 2024-06-15 8:45 PM.
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  The heat is on. It’s on the streets. And in my house. More about lexical selection errors and Hitler documentaries than you probably want. 1,593 words.
• Eliminate human tyranny! - June 2024 Part 2. 2024-06-30 8:00 PM.
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  The end of a hot June. A summer of MMO stuff apparently. Subtitling. A lot about The Three Body Problem. A couple of movies. 2,623 words.

July, 2024

• Elden Ring DLC - July 2024 Part 1. 2024-07-15 9:00 AM.
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  Finding a groove in the Elden Ring DLC. Fool Us, July 4 movies, Stainless Steel Rat audiobooks. 1,642 words.
• July 2024 Part 2. 2024-07-31 4:30 PM.
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  Blaugust, Elden Ring DLC, REAPER templates, television, movies, and audiobooks, the value of code coverage, and poison ivy. 2,276 words.

August, 2024

• Saturday Musing About Blaugust Systems. 2024-08-03 10:03 AM.
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  A return to the good old days of just typing whatever I’m thinking on a Saturday morning. Were they really good days? Read on to find out! What a cliffhanger! 1,119 words.
• August 2024 Part 1. 2024-08-15 12:15 PM.
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  Elden Ring DLC completed, a burst of Disney+ activity, Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks, changes at work. 2,299 words.
• The Recluse Report - August 2024 Part 2 [+audio]. 2024-08-31 9:00 AM.
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  A long one. Wrapping up Blaugust, RSS summaries, Elden Ring DLC done, Dragon’s Dogma 2, a busted PodMic, Reafir, Saturn’s Children, the dentist and insurance. 2,818 words.

September, 2024

• The Recluse Report - September 2024 Part 1. 2024-09-15 2:08 PM.
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  A brief foray into Dragon’s Dogma 2, video editing for video games, Antipodean game shows, writing a comment system, and casseroles. 1,150 words.
• The Recluse Report - September 2024 Part 2. 2024-09-30 7:30 PM.
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  A stuporous malaise, Wings of Pegasus, rebuilding my old music files, isolating vocals with AI. 1,689 words.

October, 2024

• The Recluse Report - October 2024 Part 1. 2024-10-16 10:30 AM.
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  Silent Hill 2, transferring 4-track and 8-track tapes, and other random tidbits of little consequence. 1,580 words.
• The Recluse Report - October 2024 Part 2. 2024-10-31 7:00 PM.
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  Halloween, Diwali, Silent Hill 2, mower troubles. 1,325 words.

November, 2024

• The Recluse Report - November 2024 Part 1. 2024-11-16 10:30 AM.
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  All is bleakness and despair, Supermassive games, leaves, Bluesky, election distraction, eh, that’s pretty much it. 1,290 words.
• The Recluse Report - November 2024 Part 2. 2024-11-30 2:54 PM.
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  Dark Pictures Anthology games, an assortment of random media consumption, a filling at the dentist. 1,360 words.

December, 2024

• The Recluse Report - December 2024 Part 1. 2024-12-15 10:30 AM.
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  Game announcements, the dream of AI-generated video descriptions realized, a week of watching movies, Fall of Casseroles wrapup, a shocking real estate development, and a lot of crazy news this month so far. 3,086 words.
• The Recluse Report - December 2024 Part 2. 2024-12-31 4:00 PM.
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  Football, Steam sale, refining AI-generated video descriptions, the woes of fixed-position mics, Squid Game, holiday work schedule, and pasta sauce. 2,012 words.

January, 2025

• The Recluse Report - January 2024 Part 2. 2025-01-31 6:30 PM.
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  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. 1,785 words.

February, 2025

• The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 1. 2025-02-15 6:33 PM.
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  Not much gaming, but a lot of television. 1,590 words.
• The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 2. 2025-02-28 9:41 AM.
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  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. 2,029 words.

March, 2025

• The Recluse Report - March 2025 Part 1. 2025-03-15 12:27 PM.
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  Monster Hunter Wilds, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, a new mattress, and a dead car battery. 1,436 words.

April, 2025

• The Recluse Report - March 2025 Part 2. 2025-04-03 8:00 AM.
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  Monster Hunter World, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Door Dash, Revenge of the Car Battery. 1,352 words.
• The Recluse Report - April 2025 Part 1. 2025-04-16 9:39 PM.
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  Suddenly Resident Evil Village, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, HDR video recording, Cursor, and coughing. 1,149 words.

May, 2025

• The Recluse Report - April 2025 Part 2. 2025-05-04 11:10 AM.
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  The Quarry, The Devil in Me, Oblivion Remaster, Failed HDR Recordings, Last of Us, Wheel of Time, Black Mirror, initial ENT results. 2,227 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2025 Part 1. 2025-05-16 1:30 PM.
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  New Gaming PC, Oblivion Remaster, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Last Of Us season 2 woes, new season of Taskmaster, disaster content, medical updates 4,026 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2025 Part 2. 2025-05-30 8:55 PM.
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  Very bad health news, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 roller coaster, first look at Elden Ring: Nightrein, a bunch of movies and miscellania. 4,610 words.

June, 2025

• The Recluse Report - June 2025 Part 1. 2025-06-16 1:40 PM.
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  Very short update. 521 words.

July, 2025

• The Recluse Report - June 2025 Part 2. 2025-07-02 6:05 PM.
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  Another too-serious medical update and some stuff I’ve watched lately. 1,842 words.
• The Recluse Report - July 2025 Part 1. 2025-07-16 8:31 PM.
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  A random cold has made my life a real misery this month so far. 1,083 words.

August, 2025

• The Recluse Report - July/August. 2025-08-08 2:19 PM.
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  I honestly don’t remember what I wrote in this post and I don’t want to hold up publishing to re-read it. 1,925 words.
• The Recluse Report - August 2025 Part 2. 2025-08-18 10:11 AM.
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  Good health news for a change, Death Stranding 2, Dune Awakening, TTRPG stuff, movies, home improvements. 2,498 words.

September, 2025

• The Recluse Report - September 2025 Part 1. 2025-09-16 4:15 PM.
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  I just can’t stop talking about cancer. Also games, movies and television, NFL football, and more. 2,446 words.

October, 2025

• The Recluse Report - September 2025 Part 2. 2025-10-01 2:20 PM.
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  More rambling about the ups and downs of cancer, lack of direction in gaming, some things I’ve watched. 2,241 words.
• The Recluse Report - October 2025 Part 1. 2025-10-16 4:45 PM.
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  A short one… Ghost of Yōtei, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, various shows, and surprisingly little about cancer. 1,079 words.
• The Recluse Report - October 2025 Part 2. 2025-10-31 3:00 PM.
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  Random gaming, splitting game audio, and an uneventful cancer update. 1,113 words.

November, 2025

• Strays, Witchers, and the Mundane March of Cancer Care - November 2025 Part 1. 2025-11-17 8:38 AM.
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  Not much PC gaming, PS5 samples, some shows and movies, cancer update (it’s the same), and cataract surgery upcoming. 1,528 words.

December, 2025

• Farsighted Again: Healing While Streaming - November 2025 Part 2. 2025-12-01 12:11 PM.
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  Cataract surgery successful, Stars Reach unimpressive, watching a lot of television while my eye heals. 2,020 words.
• CRPGs, Uploads, and Teeth - December 2025 Part 1. 2025-12-15 12:00 PM.
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  Garages, CRPGs, uploading old videos, shows and movies, cancer coasting, and upcoming teeth extraction. 1,782 words.
• Games and Stuff - December 2025 Part 2. 2025-12-31 7:20 PM.
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  Dabbling with Ashes of Creation, ARC Raiders, Final Fantasy XIV. Some movies and television. Getting two teeth pulled, and Christmas chemotherapy. 2,945 words.

January, 2026

• The Recluse Report - January 2026 Part 1. 2026-01-16 11:41 AM.
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  A quick scrawl about Final Fantasy XIV, in-ear monitors, and the day job. 1,047 words.
• MMORPGs and a Polar Vortex - January 2026 Part 2. 2026-01-31 5:01 PM.
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  The Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker trial The Dark Inside, World of Warcraft Catch-up Experience and Shadowlands, a new brain MRI, and a sudden burst of political commentary you surely won’t want to miss. 4,204 words.

February, 2026

• The Recluse Report - February 2026 Part 1. 2026-02-17 4:51 PM.
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  Continuing on an MMORPG kick, the Superbowl, cold snap finally letting up, and a mysterious stray dog. 2,364 words.

March, 2026

• The Recluse Report - February 2025 Part 2. 2026-03-01 6:38 PM.
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  World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, video subtitles, sketchy hip MRI results, SOTU. 1,669 words.
• The Recluse Report - March 2026 Part 1. 2026-03-15 9:22 PM.
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  Midnight, Endwalker, Nioh 3, X-Plane 12, videos, Pilot Debrief, etc. 2,364 words.
• The Recluse Report - March 2026 Part 2. 2026-03-31 6:59 PM.
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  Resident Evil 4, Nioh 3, WoW Midnight, Firefly Season 2, Mentour Pilot, the Suffering of Dave, UFL, Artemis II, old man rambling about the government. 3,059 words.

April, 2026

• The Recluse Report - April 2026 Part 1. 2026-04-16 3:29 PM.
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  A tiny bit more Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and a crazy unexpected chemo reaction. 1,087 words.

May, 2026

• The Recluse Report - April 2026 Part 2. 2026-05-01 11:22 AM.
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  A long one about trying some tactical RPGs, Pathfinder: Kingmaker continued, NotebookLM for video transcripts, some shows, and other random news. 5,846 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2026 Part 1. 2026-05-16 6:39 AM.
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  Evercold announced, Battle Brothers rabbit hole, and AI at work. 1,175 words.
• The Recluse Report - May 2026 Part 2. 2026-05-31 9:36 PM.
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  Little gaming, starting an archival digitization of World War 1 diaries, Marbles is back, and a lousy 10-pound-losing chemo cycle. 2,386 words.

June, 2026

• The Recluse Report - June 2026 Part 1. 2026-06-20 7:48 AM.
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  summary 1,320 words.

July, 2026

• The Recluse Report - June 2026 Part 2. 2026-07-02 4:26 PM.
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  New MacBook, a couple blog posts I’ve seen, Genealogy stuff. 2,372 words.