I’m having a bit of trouble sleeping, so I’ve just been playing Diablo II… at long last. I tend to come to computer games a few years (decades?) after they were first released. I really am not a big computer game player. This is despite being a big gamer otherwise, and a computer programmer in real life. Well, occasional computer programmer. My work today was … Continue reading Diablo II
Oddities of oddities, we saw the 10th episode of Flashforward before you folk in the States did. And now the show is on hiatus until March… Is it dead? I hope not. The reasons for delaying it – to stop a horror run of preemptions – make sense, but the show, for all its intriguing ideas, has been rather hit and miss. In some ways, … Continue reading FlashForward
I’ve been updating my boardgame wishlist, adding in links to the MilSims pages for those games that are available, and putting OOP/not out yet on the games that aren’t. With a few of the games that are available, I can see very much why I haven’t got them yet. Middle Earth Quest, a game that sounds like a lot of fun, is currently aus$121.50 – … Continue reading Wishlists
I’ve now been in possession of my new laptop for a few months and, it seems, one of the primary reasons I bought it was to watch DVDs on it rather than on my television set. Hmm. It’s not like I’m doing this in a different room than the TV – it’s right there – but having a widescreen on the laptop does make some … Continue reading Why did I get my new laptop?
A nice surprise when I got home today – Operations Magazine Special Issue #2 arrived, carrying with it “Beyond the Beaches” – an ASL Starter Kit bonus pack with a new board and 3 scenarios. OMSI2 itself contained some new PanzerBlitz scenarios along with the IGS game “Bravery in the Sand’ which has a very nice review on BGG. I need to play some of … Continue reading New bits and pieces
I spent a fair bit of the weekend watching season 1 of Fringe, which I recently acquired on DVD. Fringe is a series that didn’t get much of a chance on Channel 9 in Australia before it wandered on to parts unknown. This isn’t entirely surprising, because the first few episodes of Fringe aren’t really very good. They feel slow, which is a cardinal sin … Continue reading Fringe, season 1
Eep. I’ve just had one of those action-packed weekends that really had just a bit too much action. Thursday, I went down to Melbourne to see my brother and his new house. He’s bought a small house in Hawthorn, where he is living with his wife and their two dogs. The weather was mostly fine – one pretty bad rain shower as I was leaving … Continue reading A big weekend
Well, a couple of ebay purchases have come through, and I’m now the proud owner of T1-4, The Temple of Elemental Evil again. I’m extremely happy. (My first copy got left behind when I moved from Melbourne – I dare say one of my friends may own it now). I’m also now the owner of T1, The Village of Hommlet (Yes, I know its included … Continue reading D&D
This weekend was a good one for gaming. Friday night saw our regular Star Wars Dawn of Defiance game resume. I’ve written up a mostly inaccurate session report on RPG Geek of what occurred, so you can read that if you’ve a mind to. Saturday saw a bizarre board game day where most of my gaming done was 2-player, even though we had about 8 … Continue reading Games, games, games
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