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Blaugust Continues – Sign Up Info and Background for 2026

I'm sure most of you who see my blog posts are already aware of the continuation of the August blogging festival fondly known as Blaugust, despite the loss of the original founder. I don't want this to be a cause for sadness, so I will only say this much. I'm sure...

Digital Neighbors – Saying Farewell to Belghast

Grief is a strange thing. Sometimes it is a gentle ache while others is hits hard and unexpectedly and tears flow. Sometimes it passes quickly, only to hit again over little remembrances even years later. I learned of the passing of Belghast (Mark Temple) a couple of...

Just a Little Nod to Blaugust 2025

It is Blaugust time, the August festival of blogging. This initiative was started many years ago by Belghast. For 2025, it is up and running again thanks to a wonderful community of bloggers who stepped up to help out. You can read a bit about the change in organizers...

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

Time Keeps on Slipping...It is a bit shocking to realize that I didn't blog at all in 2024. How did I let an entire year go by without writing anything at all?! Life Goes OnHave a cute dog pic as an apology No, I didn't spend my year curled up on a blanket, although...

Gaming Into the End of 2023

My pace of blog posts has certainly slowed toward the end of this year. I've been playing games, just nothing that inspires tips and tricks posts, or exciting experiences to talk about. As we end the year, I thought I'd at least wrap up with a few thoughts about what...

Starfield is Just a Good Not Great Game

Starfield is a pretty good game and one I can enjoy, but it is ONLY a pretty good game. It has missed the mark of being a great game. I came to the realization that they structured the game expecting us to play it again on a New Game plus mode, but I don't think I'll...

Blaugust 2023 Welcomes New and Old

Jul 31, 2023

Welcome to the August blogging madness fondly known (for 10 years now!) as Blaugust. So far this year we have 76 signed up to participate with 32 who are doing Blaugust for the first time. Everyone is welcome to join at any point during the month of August. How often...

Saving the list of 2022 Blaugustians

Jul 28, 2023

Blaugust 2022 Blogroll Instead of just replacing my blogroll with the latest year, I thought that this year I would keep the list to refer back to later. Enjoy some very active and great bloggers, many of whom come back each year. If you would like the details...

More Game Backlog Thoughts

Jul 18, 2023

Time flies, right? I had been trying to post at least monthly but May and June just slipped through my fingers. During that time I finished playing Cyberpunk 2077 and really enjoyed it. I will eventually go back and play through different endings and will most likely...

Getting Into My Game Library Backlog Starting With Cyberpunk 2077

Apr 27, 2023

It feels a bit weird to say/admit, but I'm not paying a monthly sub for any MMO right now. It has been a while since I could say that. While I have occasional bouts of FOMO, it gets easier each day to just put those games aside. It helps that I have a pretty big...

End of An Era Or Is It a Saga?

Mar 31, 2023

It has been several days since I last logged in to Star Wars the Old Republic after allowing my subscription to expire at the end of March. For a while now I had been logging in regularly to do a few daily "chores," but not really playing the game. When they announced...

Looking for the Hang Glider in Sons of the Forest?

Mar 9, 2023

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

Feb 26, 2023

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

Jan 21, 2023

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

Dec 23, 2022

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...