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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...

Pixel Places I’d Love to Visit The Bonus, Bonus Round – #NBI2015Safari

May 30, 2015

Well, Murf threw open the floodgates today and since there is one category left that I haven't used, Landscapes, I figured I'd add a shot for it. This one was amazingly hard to narrow down to one choice. In the end, I picked a game I hadn't featured yet and an...

Pixel Places I’d Love to Visit The Bonus Round – #NBI2015Safari

May 30, 2015

I know, I've already done 4 screen shots, but we have an extra Saturday this month, so I am going for the bonus round. Today's choice is Epic Achievements and mine is not exactly... traditional. However, I felt pretty epic at the end of this, like I'd fed the masses...

Pixel Places I’d Love to Visit Part 4 – #NBI2015Safari

May 23, 2015

This week I am picking the Hero/Villain option for my screen shot. Yesterday, BioWare celebrated 20 years since they were established in 1995. There were many tweets reminiscing about their games, stories, and fun times. I had been toying with the idea of doing a hero...

The NBI Talkback Challenge: What Made Me A Gamer?

May 17, 2015

I think I will bite for this week's talkback challenge. I also think I'm going to limit this to talking about becoming an online/computer gamer, rather than a gamer in general. I'm pretty old school when it comes to gaming. I've been playing tabletop games for longer...

Pixel Places I’d Love to Visit Part 3 – #NBI2015Safari

May 16, 2015

It is week three of my NBI 2015 Screen Shot Safari. The safari themes I have left are: Landscape, Selfie, Epic Achievement, Heroes or Villains. You would think these are the easiest to do but they aren't. With amazing game graphics these days, settling on a single...

Pixel Places I’d Love to Visit Part Two – #NBI2015Safari

May 9, 2015

Week two of the NBI 2015 Safari, and I am reaching back to old memories and screen shots again. This one is of Rift, a game with many wide open vistas and beautiful places. I managed to catch five Earth Rifts active during an event. They almost look inviting from...

SWTOR Tip: How to Not Get 12 Times XP

May 5, 2015

Shaddoe at MassivelyOP shared a tip today in his Hyperspace Beacon post that I found extremely helpful, so I thought I'd pass it along. Edit: Update. This module has been changed and is no longer necessary. The Gree White Acute Module vendor is gone now. I've seen a...

Pixel Places I’d Love to Visit ( #NBI2015Safari )

May 2, 2015

Murf Versus (@ctmurfy) had a fun idea for the Newbie Blogger Initiative this year to help us generate some content. Check out his post for the #NBI2015Safari details. Frankly, limiting myself to 4 themes and 4 screenshots will be the biggest challenge. Here are the...

Newbie Blogger Initiative (NBI) 2015 Is A Go

May 1, 2015

If any of you who follow my blog have been considering starting your own, the time is now! Today is the day! Seize the... you get the drift. Throughout the month of May, the Newbie Blogger Initiative will be active to help new game bloggers get started, pair them with...