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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...

WoW Class Mounts

Oct 1, 2018

I know, it has been ages since I wrote anything on my blog. Wasting my time has prompted me to share a PSA with you: Breaching the Tomb is not an account-wide achievement toward unlocking your class mount. I know I haven't had a lot of things to say for quite a while...

Extra Life 2017

Nov 3, 2017

I know, this blog place has been abandoned. I apologize for only popping in here for random requests. However, for any of you still paying attention here, I want to invite you to support Extra Life this year. If you haven't donated yet, (I know there are many gamers...

Extra Life – Come Have Fun

Nov 4, 2016

This is my first year of gaming for Extra Life. Unholy Alliance/Wookiee Mistake have done a great job organizing a fun day for us in SWTOR. Come support our team! http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=widgets.250x250minimal&participantID=240243

Romance As a Game Motivation

Jun 6, 2016

Today's post is brought to you by the hopeless romantic in me, who will replay games if they do a great job of making me fall in love with the characters. Here are a few images that speak for themselves. Enjoy. 🙂

Playing Game Characters Against My Nature

May 21, 2016

I admit it, in the dark side/light side equation, I'm pretty far into the light side of things by nature. The characters I relate to the most in games, books and movies tend to be heroic and look out for others more than themselves. I think that is why I really like...

Strolling Rakata Prime

May 8, 2016

Today is a screen capture day. Some days I'm willing to re-run content just to take in the views. Rakata Prime is one of those places. I wish we'd had more to do than just one brief visit. I'd love to explore its ship graveyard. Like ruined Taris, there are towering...

Goals, Motivations, and Achievements

May 1, 2016

I'm sure there are studies about this topic but I'm still drinking my coffee and feeling lazy this morning. Maybe I'll find and link some later. For now, I'm just happy to be sticking to my guns about blogging again on a regular basis. I've played my female Sith...

Blogging When the Gaming is Meh

Apr 22, 2016

Hello there you few brave souls who have stuck with me through the *crickets* and sounds of silence my blog has become. I recently realized how much I've missed blogging, so I made a commitment to start writing again. I'm taking an hour a week to see how much I can...

SWTOR Companion Recruitment – A Kindly Old Monster (Dr. Lokin)

Nov 13, 2015

If you haven't played through to the end of chapter 9 in Knights of the Fallen Empire in SWTOR yet, you may want to hold off on reading this. I'll assume that anyone who is reading further is actually working on recruiting new companions for the alliance against the...