Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Tipa There was a week that went by without me sending in my Nationstates moves, but I’ve been keeping up with it lately. My nation, Dryroot, recently passed 500 million people, which makes it a superpower. Well, here’s how it stands. And ignore that bit about being the third most corrupt government in the region; there … Read more
I have been playing too much Oblivion lately. And I didn’t feed my cat last night before bed – he’d shared my chicken at supper, I didn’t want to confuse his tummy too much. And he has been sick with a horrid skin infection to boot. So maybe that explains the dream. Things were ticking … Read more
Yes, and my apologies to my friends in EQ1, EQ2 and WoW, but I have been Obliviated. I went to Fry’s for a coax cable, got involved in a little Guitar Hero dueling, and bought Oblivion. Yes, I know it’s popular and everyone is playing it… and for once, I wanted to be part of … Read more
Kinda bugs me when people insist they cannot play the original EverQuest because of “the horrible graphics”. Sure, seven years ago, the graphics were blocky – but that was seven years ago. Things have changed quite a lot. This shot, killing some treants in the new Prophecy of Ro zone of Taka’hiz… (or whatever…), wouldn’t … Read more
My struggle to remember to watch TV continues. Last night, I installed MythTV on my Linux box, Baphomet. MythTV is an open source, free software solution to give Tivo-like capability to computers of all sorts. I don’t have a video capture card yet, but I went ahead and installed it anyway. Brought up the program … Read more