Blaugust 2024 – The End and What I Learned Week
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Blaugust 2024 – The End and What I Learned Week

I kind of let this one really fall off after a strong start. I've already kind of touched on the various whys of it all. Mostly just a combination of being busy and the usual lack of motivation. I can't say I learned anything new that varies from last year's wrap up. I wish I could be more positive. I'm still pining for the days of old I guess. Which also may be part of why I'm so jaded. I've been blogging for a long time. Like, a really long time. Since before Live Journal was a thing really, though…
On the Doing of the Things
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On the Doing of the Things

Long time no post, or, sort of, I have been posting on Lameazoid as part of Blaugust, but even that has sort of fallen apart completely. I wasn't planning to do the full 31 days, then it just started happening, but then it just... wasn't. I think mostly I have just still been in a weird funk lately and I was sort of shaking it for posting but not really. I have also been busy off and on with life stuff. My wife and daughter have rented a shop space. My daughter is opening a vintage shop in the front…
My Gaming Journey – Part 3 – 32/64bit Era
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My Gaming Journey – Part 3 – 32/64bit Era

This era of gaming is where things started to get a little more varied. This would essentially be the Playstation/Saturn/N64 era of gaming. Though I am not sure I have ever even seen a Saturn, much less played one. Playstation definitely dominated this era of games, but for my part, I stuck with Nintendo. I also started really pushing into PC gaming as well, but I covered all my PC history last year. The Nintendo 64 was the first console I bought with my own money. I was working by this time, and had plenty of free flowing cash. I…
Whoops, I Dropped the Blaugust Ball
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Whoops, I Dropped the Blaugust Ball

I'm skipping "Creator Appreciation Week" here for "Staying Motivated Week." There are no rules anyway, you can't stop me. Apparently I dropped the balloon Blaugust and have missed days. Which is fine, really. I mean it's 100% fine. I never intended to "post every day" to start with, it just sort of, started happening. My first "miss" was Saturday, which was a "What I've been playing" post. These are basically the only posts I can't pre write, and I was busy Saturday and tired, so I just, didn't. Plus it was just, "More Overwatch and Sky." My wife and daughter…
My Gaming Journey – Part 2 – 16bit Era and the Game Boy
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My Gaming Journey – Part 2 – 16bit Era and the Game Boy

The natural progression from the NES of course was right into the SNES.  I think the SNES may still be my favorite console, mostly for the graphics.  There is such a perfect simplicity to the sprits of the SNES.  It was just enough power and memory to make larger complex titles, but not overly complicate them.  I enjoy modern pixel graphics games, but they are always much higher resolution with so many more colors.  It's just not the same.  After the SNES, consoles became much more about polygons and 3D graphics. In case you didn't catch it, I had a…