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Looks much better! 🙂
Thought it might be worth throwing in a passing mention to the old LOTR TCG (not to be confused with the LOTR Card Game) in the off chance you had not seen it. There was quite an adverse reaction to the game at the time, hopefully The Players’ Council have made the game playing experience more palatable for the detractors.

Thanks. Will keep that in mind! 🙂

I suppose I could also replace the keycaps periodically but that’d get kind of annoying 😛

Went ahead and retired the three Dell monitors last year. Still have them in the closet but I don’t use them now as the panels had some color issues. Kind of miss 16:10 though.

Yeah, integrated drivers can sometimes be…[Read more]

Grease is always a problem, what was once tried here was to dip a hard med/small paintbrush into a cup containing hot water and a good squeeze of detergent concentrate, and holding the keyboard upside down, run the brush slowly around the keys. Solvents might be a bit risky. Keep keyboard upside down until dry, and clean up with a soft cloth…[Read more]

Yep, remember Merlin. Only caught the first couple of episodes, though, before school got in the way. Really need to rewatch it in full at some point. Interesting that they named the Lady of the Lake Freya. Freyja. Freyja was the Nordic deity of sex and foresight.

Saw The Nesting yesterday. As far as ghost stories go, it wasn’t bad but it also…[Read more]

What’t the best way to clean gunk and grime up from a keyboard? Due to my oily hands, things around the home get a bit grimy due to the dirt they pick up 🙁

After a year, the biggest complaint I have with the monitor I got is that its stand is too tall and it has limited ability to lower the screen. Minor thing and easily fixed (I have a spare…[Read more]

Just finished reading Redshirts and it’s a brilliant piece of meta-fiction. Highly recommended if you enjoy riffing on writing flaws (I do enjoy bad movies, after all). 🙂

Did some basic formatting of the first post. Still need to organize things by games and supply links to rule books, home pages, store locators, and the like but it’s progress!

Haven’t seen that one, did see the remake which, although not boasting a particularly intricate plotline, was memorable enough.
As a consequence, many of the innocent bystanders immediately dropped to the floor and egg-spired, no doubt. 😛

It’s easy to see what is wrong with Hollow Man, notably the wonky script and the implementation of Kevin…[Read more]

Okay, started adding some links to the fan formats. The post is beginning to get enough content to warrant proper formatting so I’ll put that on the to-do list 🙂

Windows at the moment. May try out gaming support on Linux at some point.

Yep, used to enjoy seeing their NMS posts over there. Starfield is on the wishlist but, from what I gather, it’s a completely different type of game. I’m sure I’ll try it out eventually 😛

Great!

You should probably go ahead and play it. A lot of folks over here rave…[Read more]

Playing that on Linux or Windows? As you know, Alt3rn1ty had some good tips at AFKMods, he has since moved to a better place, and they’re all playing Starfield. 😛
The VBForums account is back, just have to remember what had to be posted. 😛
In case the second childhood comes early, Untitled Goose Game invites with dinky theme and gameplay,…[Read more]

Trying to decide on a new electric razor is a bit of a pain. My old one from Philips broke after less than a year due to a lot of plastic in the construction (the foil got stuck in an angled position so was no longer safe). Too many options with too many price points. Looked online at reviews and the reviews lean towards the pricier models. 🙁

Started a new game in NMS (I really need to stay on a single game for more than a few weeks :P) and started in a system with an Earth-like planet. Going to explore it soon now that I need to return to the system and will likely toss a base on it. In another system, there’s a very mountainous desert world that I quite like the aesthetics of. I’ll…[Read more]

Yep, Scalzi does use some colorful language. Part of what gives his books their charm! 😀

Yeah, Star Wars reviews are all over the map. That’s not even taking into account the changes made with each subsequent release. Han shot first!

Then there’s the debate whether or not Star Wars is science fiction or space opera. Space opera is a subgenre of…[Read more]

An old classic:

Even though NMS keeps receiving ongoing support, I really wouldn’t mind if it got paid updates if it meant even bigger and better updates.

There was an incredible hype and promotional activity at the time of the original Star Wars film release. This mad it into a “crowd pleaser”, so fun for everyone really, however the urge to personally explore it further never did come to realization. The vollies from some critics rang clear and loud:

Star Wars is a junkyard of cinematic gimcracks…

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Not sure how RT works but I think it mostly pulls from older reviews so it can be a bit problematic when sentiments change.

Saw Death Race 2000 finally and it was fun. Weird film but fun 😛

Didn’t Egghead make a “die laughing” joke in that episode? I think so 😛

Change of plans! Crystal Wing is staying in the Blackwing deck! Was about to be backed in a corner yesterday so I used Small World to swap some cards out that ultimately let me bring out Crystal Wing, letting me clench the game. Still perfecting this deck but we’re getting closer!