From Pixels to Pastries: A Hobbyist’s Chronicles
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A poor showing
So I have been rummaging in my various video game libraries to find something interesting to play and a game cropped up that suggested it would be done in about 3 hours. An FPS as well. The experience was an absolute example of what not to do with an ending. Spoilers ahead! The game in…
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Digging for vinyl
Call me a soulless old fart with no sense of whimsey or joy of discovery but I don’t like vinyl fairs. For those of you who don’t know; vinyl fairs are event usually held in something like a local town hall or church where sellers will rock up with crates of vinyl and look to…
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Backlog Maintenance
I am an analyst at heart and at work. This has its ups and downs; it earns me good money but I am prone to analysing things that a sane person would just not care about. Case in point, my gaming backlog. Bring out your dead! So my backlog is doing nothing but grow as…
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Insomnia #72!
I attended Insomnia 72 during the Easter weekend and I wanted to report back on the stuff I saw and something that annoyed me.
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Hobby changes
So my hobbies are in a bit of a mess right now and I am having a bit of an audit. Between being let down by suppliers or couriers and having to make decisions about my own priorities I need to straighten things out. Model building has hit a dead stop because my model orders…
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Learn from my mistake
Last year I made an investment into my personal setup to improve my monitors as the old ones were starting to have issues. I went from a mismatched pair of 1080p monitors to a matched pair of 1440p. This has been a great improvement for the productivity side of things. I was surprised that my…
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A likeable live service
Like a lot of people I have been throwing a load of time into Helldivers 2. The game has been a blast but it has suffered from some technical issues (Lord knows those poor servers are trying their best!) However I noticed something about the game that I surprised me; I’m enjoying a live service…
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Digital Ownership is coming with too many downsides
I have previously written about digital ownership with regard to manga and books. There have been recent statements in the video gaming space that has caused it to come front of mind again. The recent discussion was triggered by a Ubisoft Exec speaking with IGN about subscription models. Gameranx covered this on their news show…
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Music and History: Sabaton
When you look at various metal bands you find that they have some kind of theme or style. Ghost is all about a fictional church, Powerwolf has wolves, unsurprisingly. Sabaton has the history of warfare, heroic acts, people and stories within. That’s a pretty big thing to have as a gimmick of sorts but let…
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