My new blog. Coming soon. Welcome to my new blog/web site. Guess it's a little of both. Or neither. I thought I would work on some content before going live and even then gradually publish entries. In addition to everything else I'm also trying to learn WordPress.
Better living through Scratch (Meta #8)
I'm not sure if this fits into my already ill-defined "meta" category but I'm going to go with it. Since my last meta, I actually started a new game which assuming I ever finish (looks like at least 100 hours for completion, probably more) I will post a review for. I also watched a couple … Continue reading Better living through Scratch (Meta #8)
Game Review: The Outer Worlds – PS4
Title The Outer Worlds Platform: PlayStation 4Genre:Action/adventure, first-person RPG, action, RPGDate completed:April 2020Information on game Summary review: A very good experience overall, if sometimes hard to follow.Graphics: Texture details is quite impressive. At least with my humble little 1080p TV. I did not notice any frame drops (also don't know the FPS it was running … Continue reading Game Review: The Outer Worlds – PS4
Game Review: Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Switch
Title The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Platform: Nintendo SwitchGenre:Action/adventure, RPG, Action RPGDate completed:April 2020Information on game Summary review: A very good experience overall. A worthy remake of a GameBoy classicGraphics: I really enjoyed the cartoonish aesthetic. I think it fits uniquely well to this game in particular.Music: Very impressive with surround sound system, audible … Continue reading Game Review: Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Switch
Severely Rutted (Meta #7)
The past two or three months I've felt like I was locked into week-after-week pattern. Going to work coming home, every day exactly the same with the most minimum of variation. And actually the weekends were largely the same: just a repeat every single time. I had been committed to finishing two TV shows (Starget … Continue reading Severely Rutted (Meta #7)
Game Review: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood – PS4
Title Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Platform: PlayStation 4Genre:Action/adventure, first-person shooter, actionDate completed:January 2020Information on game Summary review: A very good experience overall. Highly recommended.Graphics: Texture details is quite impressive. At least with my humble little 1080p TV. I did not notice any frame drops (also don't know the FPS it was running at, probably 30).Music: … Continue reading Game Review: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood – PS4
The Arcade Cab Project Part 2: Parts and components
This is a continuation the prior post about about the - as of now - hypothetical arcade cab project. I thought I should start listing some details of the "Mark I" as listed in part I. This project was largely inspired by a few posts on the /r/cade subreddit. It looked relatively easy and I … Continue reading The Arcade Cab Project Part 2: Parts and components
Extracting drivers from Windows
Since about 2014 (as I write this late-2019) I started buying these incredibly low-end and low-priced Intel Atom-based devices. There was something about a device running windows and coming in under $100 that never failed to fascinate me (actually I got a non-windows Atom device for around $45, as a novelty). Let me stop here … Continue reading Extracting drivers from Windows
The Arcade Cab Project (part 1)
I came up in the idea in 2014. And it's 2020. I'm still sort of working on it. Or thinking about working on it. That's the same, right? The form this cab would take and the plans around it have shifted and adapted over the past years. I assumed it would be much simpler than … Continue reading The Arcade Cab Project (part 1)
Windows Workstation 2019 (brainstorming)
This may as well be an "aspirational" (is that word? maybe) project since I don't know if it will work. Some of these sorts of things I do not so much because I think it will succeed or I'll finish it but as a way of learning something specific. I remember around 2005 or so … Continue reading Windows Workstation 2019 (brainstorming)
Game Review: Drake’s Fortune 4: A Thief’s End – PS4
Title Drake's Fortune 4: A Thief's End Platform: PlayStation 4Genre:Action/adventure, 3rd-person shooter, puzzle, actionDate completed:January 2020Information on game Summary review: A very good experience overall. Highly recommended.Graphics: Texture details is quite impressive, a showcase of what a PS4 could do (back when this game came out, anyway)Music: Very impressive with surround sound system, audible cues … Continue reading Game Review: Drake’s Fortune 4: A Thief’s End – PS4
