» GPT-5 vs GPT-4o: Naithin’s Roguelike Whirlwind Tour Critique (& Commenting on Commentaries)
08/12/25 06:26 (1 hour ago) from Why I Game
I don’t know who we have to blame for this post. Me for the mischievous idea spawned by a fun comment thread in my little vent post...
» Writing Every day
08/11/25 21:27 (10 hours ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
There is currently an interesting discussion on the Blaugust: Festival of Blogging Discord Server about writing every day. It can be quit...
» Skilling Those Crews
08/11/25 20:20 (11 hours ago) from Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog
» The Over and Under-Mining of The War Within’s Second Season
08/11/25 16:49 (14 hours ago) from Kaylriene
Season 2 of The War Within is in the books. How was it? The Raid Liberation of Undermine was, to me, interesting in both positive and neg...
» Solo RP: Thousand Year Old Vampire – Angel Fall – Part 11
08/11/25 15:23 (16 hours ago) from Why I Game
Previously, our vampire walks away from unrequited love into the wilderness, alone once more… Today we roll a 10 on a d10 (!) and a...
» Solo RP: Thousand Year Old Vampire – Angel Fall – Part 10
08/11/25 15:21 (16 hours ago) from Why I Game
Previously, our vampire picked up a servant / follower and learned to strike first and lethally, if necessary, in defence of both of them...
» EverQuest Online Anemoia
08/11/25 15:16 (16 hours ago) from Inventory Full
This morning I realized a lifelong ambition. Alright, not lifelong . Maybe a decade? I've had it for a while, anyway. As plenty of people...
» World of Tanks at Fifteen
08/11/25 15:15 (16 hours ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
I saw a headline over at Massively OP that World of Tanks was celebrating their 15th anniversary. I am long past “has it been THAT...
» World of Warcraft: Gettin’ foxy indeed
08/11/25 13:00 (18 hours ago) from Bio Break
One of the side benefits of leveling up a horde character after so long of not having any in WoW retail is that I’m finally able to...
» Most “free” stuff actually isn’t
08/11/25 08:55 (22 hours ago) from Mailvaltar
Well, hello there. It’s Introduce Yourself Week in Blaugustland, so: hi! I’m Mailvaltar, and I like, from time to time, to ra...
» Thinking Out Loud
08/10/25 21:41 (1 day ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
I was quite surprised by an unusually high number of participants in this year’s Blaugust: Festival of Blogging. The current count is 165...
» Second Chemo -- With love and kindness, WE got this!
08/10/25 15:57 (1 day ago) from The Friendly Necromancer
OK, y'all! I had my second chemo visit on Friday. My good friend, old coworker, KI Live co-star, and all-around amazing person, Leala Tur...
» Some Puppy Walking
08/10/25 15:38 (1 day ago) from Inventory Full
Beryl the dog is three and a half years old now, give or take. Since she was very first allowed to go out of the house, after her puppy s...
» TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2025 – Week Thirty-One sees Mafia: The Old Country Come Calling
08/10/25 15:15 (1 day ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
We rolled into this week expecting to see two titles launch… one of which was also a counter pick… so there was some anticipa...
» Introduce Yourself Week – What’s In A Name?
08/10/25 13:00 (1 day ago) from Nerd Girl Thoughts
Before I dive into today’s post, which is only very barely related to the theme of introducing oneself, I’m going to drop the...
» GPT-5 vs GPT-4o: Thinker vs Feeler
08/10/25 10:42 (1 day ago) from Why I Game
Briefly interrupting the TYOV series sequence to register this moment in time (we’ll see if I can get another post out before midni...
» Battlefield 6 Open Beta Part 2
08/09/25 20:49 (2 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
I spent several hours today trying Battlefield 6 during its first Open Beta weekend. Trying being an apt word as I experienced some techn...
» Not A Saggy, Old Cloth Cat Then?
08/09/25 19:11 (2 days ago) from Inventory Full
I wouldn't normally post today but since it's Blaugust and since Wilhelm at TAGN gave me the idea for a post where I barely have to do an...
» Why the AI Bubble Just Keeps Going
08/09/25 15:15 (2 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
There are basically two reasons why the AI bubble continues, why Wall Street continues to gush about stocks related to AI, why they malic...
» Solo RP: Thousand Year Old Vampire – Angel Fall – Part 9
08/09/25 13:05 (2 days ago) from Why I Game
Content warning: This post lightly touches on the historical slave trade in the Abbasid Caliphate and along the Silk Road. Nothing explic...
» My Musical History Part 5 -- Fountain AVM, Synthwave, and Industrial Re-born
08/09/25 02:58 (3 days ago) from The Friendly Necromancer
Hey all! I know Blaugust is going on, but I took inventory of everything going on in my life and came to the conclusion that I'm not part...
» Lilliput’s Workshop
08/08/25 23:10 (3 days ago) from Chasing Dings!
Do you like little wooden train sets and solving puzzles? Well, if you do, have I got a game for you... Related posts: FF3, Day 3: Fangs ...
» The Recluse Report - July/August
08/08/25 18:19 (3 days ago) from Endgame Viable
Sorry everyone. I’m still here, just very late. First let’s see what I wrote somewhere around the 24th of July, back when I t...
» It is Still Blaugust and Who Am I Even?
08/08/25 15:15 (3 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
I was re-listening to Jason Scott’s The Great Failure of Wikipedia presentation the other day… it is something of a nostalgic...
» Solo RP: Thousand Year Old Vampire – Angel Fall – Part 8
08/08/25 13:34 (3 days ago) from Why I Game
Content warning: This post lightly touches on the historical slave trade in the Abbasid Caliphate and along the Silk Road. Nothing explic...
» Rimworld: Laughs and love in the time of the plague
08/08/25 13:00 (3 days ago) from Bio Break
The seven colonists of this semi-desert outpost continue to enjoy relative peace and prosperity while quietly mourning the loss of a coup...
» We're Going To Need A Smaller Bag
08/08/25 11:55 (3 days ago) from Inventory Full
It's Friday! The traditional day of the Grab Bag. Or the music post. As it so happens, though, I don't have much in the bag to grab...
» Foots Cray Reuse and Recycling Centre
08/08/25 11:24 (3 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
Foots Cray Reuse and Recycling Centre is the fancy name of our local dump. A few decades ago, this was no more than a scrap yard. The rub...
» Music for The Elders
08/07/25 15:51 (4 days ago) from Scopique
What role does music -- both old and especially new -- play in my life now that I'm 51?
» What Is Your Favourite Bassline In A Song?
08/07/25 14:33 (4 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
I recently came up with a random writing prompt for the annual Blaugust: Festival of Blogging event. Namely, “what is your favourite bass...
» World of Warcraft Midnight Editions and Pricing Revealed with Early Access for Housing
08/07/25 14:15 (4 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
While we were all pretty much expecting to get an expansion announcement from Blizzard at Gamescon later this month (I even said that in ...
» Soda can tabs for charity? REALLY?
08/07/25 14:02 (4 days ago) from Chasing Dings!
Feels like a scam, but apparently this is real. Stupid, but real. Related posts: Blaugust 2022: Introduce Yourself week Not Gonna Lose My...
» I Was Supposed to Play A Game Last Night
08/07/25 13:00 (4 days ago) from Nerd Girl Thoughts
I was supposed to play a game last night. I didn’t have anything specific in mind, but I feel like if I’m not playing anythin...
» I Couldn't Possibly Comment
08/07/25 12:07 (4 days ago) from Inventory Full
A couple of consecutive posts by Naithin at Time To Loot had me leaving comments, hinting I might have to write reply posts o...
» Caves of Qud: The Life and Times of the Mighty Marsh Taur
08/07/25 11:00 (4 days ago) from Many Welps
See that guy over there, bitten to death by a wet giant centipede? Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here. ...
» Solo RP: Thousand Year Old Vampire – Angel Fall – Part 7
08/07/25 10:45 (4 days ago) from Why I Game
Previously, our vampire leaves highbrow academic circles and the world of cloistered books behind… For today’s prompt, we rol...
» La Brute: Battles Royale and Warring Guilds
08/06/25 23:44 (5 days ago) from Chasing Dings!
Beneath this seeming auto battler is a surprisingly deep strategy game... Related posts: La Brute: You should totally join my clan Dune A...
» Ogu and the Secret Forest and Sable
08/06/25 22:53 (5 days ago) from JVT Workshop
» My First PC
08/06/25 17:21 (5 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
30 years ago, in early 1995, I bought my first PC, a second hand Compaq Prolinea 4/33. It had an Intel 486 DX processor, 340MB HDD, 4MB R...
» Spinning Ishtars Around the Clock in EVE Online – Tales from the Forsaken Hub
08/06/25 15:15 (5 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
If there is one truth about null sec, it is that no matter the time, day or night, somebody out there is sitting in an Ishtar, semi-AFK, ...
» It Changes Nothing : Phrolova Said So, So It Must Be True
08/06/25 15:15 (5 days ago) from Inventory Full
Every post I write these days seems to begin with me talking about some " plan " or other that's either fallen apart or been abandoned or...
» Guild Wars 2: A week with Eerie Emily
08/06/25 13:00 (5 days ago) from Bio Break
For the first week of my August videogame safari, I’m heading back to Guild Wars 2 after *too much* time away. And I could tell it ...
» Emergency Utility
08/06/25 12:16 (5 days ago) from Scopique
I had a dream about solving an issue and when I woke up and tried the solution in the real world, it worked perfectly.
» Solo RP: Thousand Year Old Vampire – Angel Fall – Part 6
08/06/25 10:29 (5 days ago) from Why I Game
Previously, our vampire accidentally killed a mortal friend and turns him into a vampire in her anguished struggle to make some manner of...
» Two Point Hospital and Legion TD2
08/06/25 01:34 (6 days ago) from JVT Workshop
» Battlefield 6 Open Beta
08/05/25 18:40 (6 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
I was reading through my RSS feed this morning and found a post by Heartless Gamer, regarding how Battlefield 6 requires Secure Boot enab...
» Running Blaugust on a Second Blog
08/05/25 15:15 (6 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
I have two blogs, something usually overlooked no matter how often I mention it. As I have generally put it, this is the “words...
» Final Reading List on Day 5 of Blaugust 2025
08/05/25 13:05 (6 days ago) from Beyond Tannhauser Gate
Day 5 of Blaugust features the conclusion of my AI reading list battle. 37 books and series went in, 7 came out. Actually, I think I̵...
» International Play Your Vectrex Day is November 1!
08/05/25 12:00 (6 days ago) from Chasing Dings!
The world comes together for just one day each year to enjoy a forgotten 1980s home arcade classic -- the GCE Vectrex. Also, a new Vectre...
» The Horror! The Horror!
08/05/25 11:32 (6 days ago) from Inventory Full
What would it take to get me to resubscribe to Netflix , which I put on pause two months ago? Yeah, that'll do it. That's the first...