Wow, what happened to my reading habit? I can blame Twitter, Facebook and video games. I just haven't set aside much time to sit down and read. I've even fallen off with the list I use to track what I'm reading. Time to get back on that.
Tag: video games
video game cliches
You I've recently gone back to a very old (2001) video game on my PS2 called Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. It's fun for a while but gets pretty repetitive in only a short while. So what cliche's are there? You start off with nothing but a rusty dagger and no money, like some transient drifter.… Continue reading video game cliches
Your cheatin’ heart
Last night as a way of "relaxing" I decided to put in a little track time with GT4 (a racing simulator for the Playstation). The air quotes started to settle around my relaxing experience pretty early on. I started a race and quickly found myself falling behind my computer-controlled competitors. It wasn't that I lost… Continue reading Your cheatin’ heart
How I spent my past few weeks.
I've been engaged in a long quest to free a land from the scourge of pixelated evil. It's been hard on my thumbs, and earned many eye rolls from my wife. And I'm still not done. I want to do some writing, but I guess I just haven't wanted it enough to actually put away… Continue reading How I spent my past few weeks.
The year of meh
I'm reading friends' new year/end of the year posts and figure I should do the same, but writing-wise it was an underwhelming year. I read a lot, watched more, and gamed on the PS2. But the words that I did manage to get down never really came together. I have a self-imposed deadline on the first of Feb… Continue reading The year of meh
Meet Diablo, one of my obsessions
I know that there are a few of you who have asked why I haven't updated the site in a while. Well, I could say that I've been lazy, but here is the cause. Yes, that's right, I've been bingeing on computer games. Conquering animated sprites and multicolored pixels and saving electronically rendered worlds has… Continue reading Meet Diablo, one of my obsessions
Dispatches from Obscurity 