Fornite LEGO – First Impressions
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Fornite LEGO – First Impressions

Fortnite is launching several new game modes with the advent of Chapter 5. The impression I've gotten is that these are supposed to be more or less permanent fixtures like Battle Royale and Save the World. The first of which to drop was LEGO Fortnite. This one kind of feels like the largest one because it includes LEGO Mini figure versions of many many skins and completely new gameplay in large worlds. Not all of the skins have LEGO versions, but they seem to plan to add them all over time. If you already own a particular skin, then you…
My Computing Journey – Part 2 – Franklin PC-8000
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My Computing Journey – Part 2 – Franklin PC-8000

Welcome to part 2 of my history with computers. Let's start getting to a much more robust part of my computer using history. The Commodore 64 certainly was the seed, but this machine was what really catapulted my interest. It's the first "Real PC" I used growing up. Technically, like the Commodore and the next chapter, this computer belonged to my parents, but my friends and I used it a lot for quite a few things, beyond just gaming. Though we did use it for gaming. Gaming Visually, it was actually kind of a downgrade from the Commodore. The C64…
My Computing Journey – Part 1 – Commodore 64
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My Computing Journey – Part 1 – Commodore 64

I often offhand mention the idea of "I've used computers my whole life" but I am not sure I've ever really gone into a lot of detail on what exactly that means. (I probably have but my memory is pretty shit these days). I've decided it might be fun to do a sort of, reminiscing series on the various "key computer points" in my life. Maybe that's not quite the right way to put it, but basically, the eras' surrounding specific computers in my life and what I remember about my time using them. I'm considering doing something similar for…
Arduboy FX
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Arduboy FX

I recently picked up a neat little device called an Arduboy FX. It was a bit of an impulse buy after someone posted about getting one on Threads. It turns out it's not actually particularly new, the community goes back quite a few years, but it's still pretty cool none the less, and I am happy with my experience with it. So what is it? It's a small credit card sized handheld based on the Arduino. On a related note, it's "credit card sized" in footprint, not so much in thickness. I wouldn't trust putting this in a wallet at…
Review – Hogwarts Legacy (PC)
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Review – Hogwarts Legacy (PC)

(Note, this is long.... like, rally long.... 5000 words long....) Hogwarts Legacy is a game with a lot of controversy surrounding it. I'll probably mention it a bit, but I really don't plan to delve too deep into the topic, if I did it would be part of a separate, larger post. Well, the main controversy involving Rowling's stupidity online, among other things. The other, less critical controversies around the game itself I'll get a bit more into. I also want to put out two things, up front. One, I received this game from an online raffle, I didn't buy…
What I’ve Been Playing – Better Late than Never Edition
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What I’ve Been Playing – Better Late than Never Edition

So I meant to be way more regular on these things but I've kind of failed at that. Two reasons mostly, I suppose. One, often I decide I want to do a full write up on something instead of a brief write up in one of these posts. Two, mostly I have just been playing Fortnite. I actually want to go on a bit of a tangent regarding Fortnite and Sky, Children of the Light, and paid seasonal passes. I posted a series of posts on Sky: CotL recently. I'd been meaning to write them all out for a while,…
Benn Venn Game Boy Cart Dumper
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Benn Venn Game Boy Cart Dumper

Another device I've been wanting to get for a while was a Game Boy Card ripper. There are a few varieties of these, but I went with the Benn Venn Joey Jr. The key feature here, is the ability to copy off Saved files. I can get ROMs anywhere, what I really want is to preserve my old Save Files. This device does Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advanced titles. The most important title worked right off the bat. My original Pokemon Blue is not preserved forever with my original Charizard. There are ways to get these…