Hi! I’m an old reclusive Gen-X software developer who writes 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. :)
The One With The Eclipse - April 2024 Part 1
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A day late because yesterday was tax day and of course, being me, a person who usually doesn’t know what day or month it is, with a particular blind spot for any kind of administrative task, I only do my taxes on or after tax day. Gaming Syp said there was a Guild Wars 3 pseudo-announcment? If there was such a thing, I don’t see it being anything but a software refresh. (1525 words.)
Pause for Badgerfriends - March 2024 Part 2
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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. (3134 words.)
Nobody To Play With: Badgerfriends, Pt 1 of Possibly Just The 1
1,417 words.
The first episode of a highly experimental solo D&D campaign. (1417 words.)
Spring? - March 2024 Part 1
1,786 words.
Elden Ring DLC, Lords of the Fallen, Nioh, Sons of the Forest. YouTube wrecking my videos. Keeping up with the Actual Plays. (1786 words.)
Leap Day - February 2024 Part 2
4,646 words.
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. (4646 words.)
Toxic Bosses - February 2024 Part 1
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Steam Next. Toxic bosses in Lies of P and Nioh. Hellpoint. Dimension 20. New computer glasses. (1808 words.)
Grumpasaurus Rex - January 2024 Part 2
3,456 words.
Searching for a game to enjoy. Lies of P, Alan Wake, Palworld, Enshrouded. Voicemeeter Banana. Fantasy High Junior Year. Røde PodMic USB. (3456 words.)
Start of Year - January 2024 Part 1
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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. (1911 words.)
Baldur's Gate 3 Completed
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I’ve become one of the roughly 17% of Baldur’s Gate 3 Steam players to complete the game. Now I can finally read what other people posted about it. (3157 words.)
End Of Year - December 2023 Part 2
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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. (2424 words.)
Cold - December 2023 Part 1
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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. (2035 words.)
Next.js - November 2023 Part 2
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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. (2536 words.)
Trying Commentbox
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Out of nowhere I decided to try a new comment hosting solution, and it was easy. (276 words.)
The Sudden Urge To Rebuild The Site
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Brainstorming from back in May about new blog site ideas. (1470 words.)
Autumn Leaves - November 2023 Part 1
2,395 words.
Snowrunner, voting, blog work, audiobooks, and more. Well, not much more than that, really. (2395 words.)