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We’re in something of an odd place in games right now. A tremendous amount of games are announced, but very few have release windows. Not helping the situation is Grand Theft Auto 6 is announced with no release window, which is terrifying other studios to not announce release windows. Games…

This was certainly a year I played A LOT of games, but didn’t finish hardly any for various reasons. This year I experimented with home streaming beyond steam link. While steam link is very impressive technology, Moonlight with Sunshine is a vastly superior experience both from a fidelity and game…

Amazon Prime’s video game anthology shorts series directed by Deadpool director Tim Miller, the first half was just released yesterday as of this writing. I was able to watch it and have thoughts I wanted to share. Overall, I was very impressed with the anthology, though only the first 8…

I’ve had the opportunity to watch The Game Awards every year over the last 10 years. I’ve enjoyed watching it steadily improve over the years and I look forward to it every year. Frankly, I detest the discourse of ‘the video game community’ snobbishly lobbing potshots at one of the…

Late last month I had written about my journey playing through the Dragon Age franchise this year. Now that I’ve rolled credits on the fourth installment of the franchise, I have a few thoughts I wanted to share. I’m a bit taken aback by the severe ups and downs of…

Credit Cards Most people don’t spend a lot of time considering how credit cards work (debit cards are different and tie directly to your bank’s checking account), it’s either just a handy thing that allows people to buy items quickly and easily or the most anti-consumer monstrous vampire to an…

My History with Dragon Age I’ve been a huge fan of medieval-type fantasy since I was a few years old. In the 1980s, I fell in love with the campy He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series. Nothing has captured my imagination and given me the feeling that…

The year is zooming by, as most years seem to do now! Here are a few items that have happened so far this year:

I haven’t seriously done New Year’s resolutions for a few years. Now it’s 2024, let’s give it a whirl! For the year of 2024, I will: 2. Read 20 books – This is the standard goal, I’m pleased with the yearly results so I don’t see a huge reason to…

Ever played a game that you liked, or wanted to like but struggled so much with either the mechanics or choices in combination with mechanics that you ended up walking away? This has happened to me more than I am comfortable with and wanted to list out my current gaming…