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Looking for the Hang Glider in Sons of the Forest?

I ran across the new Hang Glider in Sons of the Forest today quite by happenstance. I had saved my game the night before the first big update (where this item was added) on the far side of the mountain from my base. I was near where I thought I had the right key...

Sons of the Forest Early Tips

I have over 200 hours in play time in the survival game The Forest, so it should come as no surprise that I've picked up Sons of the Forest even though it is still early access. I got a rocky start in the game, partly because I could not figure out how the heck to...

Still Undecided About Dragonflight

As the title says, I still haven't made up my mind about long term play in WoW's latest expansion. I have allowed my sub to renew once, and I will probably let it renew again at the end of this month. For a little while it looked like I was done, but then I started...

WRUP December in Screenshots

A few new game updates this month have kept me cycling between games. Valheim put out Mistlands, and we've been playing on a small friends only server. Rather than start from scratch, we all built up to the point where we'd left off with Plains level gear. I found a...

Cautiously Optimistic about Dragonflight

Today is the launch of WoW's newest game expansion, Dragonflight. After looking at the changes made by the company, not only to their internal culture and equity, but also to their game philosophy, my hubby and I bought the expansion and played through some of the...

Owning Your Domain and Your Content

I've mentioned this a few times in a few places, but I really believe that if you are committed to being connected to people through social spaces, you need to start with your own self-hosted website. There is an entire content ownership initiative called the IndieWeb...

Blaugust 2022 Wrap up Week – Lessons Learned

Aug 30, 2022

Considering how much I've put off writing this post, I think my number one lesson learned is that I don't like evaluating my experiences or deciding what lessons I have learned. Regardless, there are a few things I can take away from my participation in Blaugust...

Lack of Motivation to Play

Aug 26, 2022

In this week of discussing motivation, I want to talk a little bit about being de-motivated. I read an article today on Massively OP talking about how Blizzard can't really control the factors that might draw past dedicated WoW raiders back into the game. I'm...

Staying Motivated Going Into Blaugust2022 Week 4

Aug 22, 2022

Blaugust Week 4 is here, and I haven't posted every day, in fact, once I decided not to post every day, my frequency has dropped off quite a bit. I still want to stay motivated to participate and write, but I've set more realistic goals going into the final stretch of...

More About Music – VAs With Amazing Singing Voices

Aug 17, 2022

Today I'm going to write a bit about Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, the Daughter of the Sea, and Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical which was originally called Chorus when I backed it on Fig. Backing Summerfall Studios and their RP musical was a no brainer for me,...

Creative Appreciation Week – Blaugust 2022 Week 3

Aug 15, 2022

Welcome to week 3 of Blaugust 2022. For this week's writing prompt, which gains us the Creative Appreciation Blaugchievement, I'm talking about game music, and specifically about a podcast that celebrates it called Battle Bards. Creative Appreciation – This one...

Popular Games I Can’t Finish – It’s not you, it’s me

Aug 12, 2022

There are quite a few games in my various game service libraries that I've never finished. Even more that I own but haven't installed yet, but that's a whole other problem. Today I'm going to talk about games that I started to play but never finished. Many of these...

Backdating and Scheduling Posts in WordPress

Aug 11, 2022

I was going to leave a few gaps in my Blaugust posts because there will be days when I can't post. However, I don't HAVE to do that thanks to a lovely little feature in WordPress that allows you to set a specific publish date on your posts. Today is the 14th, I have...

Sad Abandoned Blogs – The 8bitkitchen Edition

Aug 10, 2022

As I've read several of the bios and about pages of other Blaugust participants, I've noticed that quite a few of us have dabbled in more than one blog. I thought I'd share one of my favorite, though sadly abandoned, past collaborative efforts. A little blast...

Origin Stories – Books That Shaped Me

Aug 9, 2022

I was actually going to skip posting today, but several authors on Twitter are talking about Book Lover's Day and books that shaped their love of reading, and I had to chime in with at least something. I've been an avid reader for most of my life. When I was young my...