Here are the games I’m looking forward to in 2024. Note not all of these will be games released in 2024 but items I’m looking forward to playing that I know I won’t be able to get to in 2023. This is a fairly long list (never been a better… Continue Reading... "Looking ahead to My 2024 in Games"
The following are my favorite gaming experiences of 2023. These games may not have necessarily been released in 2023, but I played them in 2023 and enjoyed them tremendously! Honorable Mentions: Like a Dragon / Yakuza / Judgement Games Starting around October I binged on Yakuza-like games, finishing Yakuza 6,… Continue Reading... "Top 10 Best Games I Played in 2023"
The following are my favorite gaming experiences of 2020. These games may not have necessarily been released in 2020, but I played them in 2020 and enjoyed them tremendously! 2020 was a bit of a light year for games, but was the start of a new console generation. The year… Continue Reading... "Best Games I Played in 2020"
Nostalgia and growing up with video games Growing up playing video games creates such nostalgia for the systems played. Unfortunately, over time the consoles stop working, and life changes such as moves away from home may mean that you leave those older systems behind. What do you do if you… Continue Reading... "What is Game Emulation and Why Use It?"
The following are my favorite gaming experiences of 2022. These games may not have necessarily been released in 2022, but I played them in 2022 and enjoyed them tremendously! Looking at my 2022 list I think this is my year of CRPGs. I had to cut more than a few… Continue Reading... "Best Games I Played in 2022"
The following are my favorite gaming experiences of 2021. These games may not have necessarily been released in 2021, but I played them in 2021 and enjoyed them tremendously! Metroid Dread I honestly thought that the days of my enjoying a Metroid game were behind me. The magic of my… Continue Reading... "Best Games I Played in 2021"
Facebook renamed itself to Meta in October 2021. The following year Facebook doubled down on metaverse being the future of the company by investing $13.7 Billion on metaverse R&D in 2022 alone. Fall of 2022 Meta saw 11,000 positions cut. In March of 2023, the company announced the elimination of… Continue Reading... "What is the Metaverse?"
First Impressions The first time I was exposed to wireless internet was with my friend Paul. He was moving into a new house and showed me a Linksys router with 802.11b. At the time I didn’t have access to broadband internet as my family was out on 10 acres and… Continue Reading... "The Evolution of Wireless Security"
History of web ‘versions’ There are many different ways to look at the internet/world wide web history. Everything about the internet is founded on the concept of information accessibility, and freedom of sharing information. This post will review a high-level history and steer away from as much techno-jargon as possible… Continue Reading... "High-Level Understanding of Web 3.0"
What is compound interest? Benjamin Franklin said “Money makes money. And the money that money makes, makes money.” Outside of the egregious use of the words ‘makes’ and ‘money’ – this is the primary concept of compound interest. The concept can be deceptively easy to understand, deceptive in its true… Continue Reading... "Lesson Learned – Compound Interest"