Tag 2024

Missed Opportunity

Er. Oops? The weekend has passed me by, along with the opportunity it presents. The opportunity I generally try to take advantage of every Blaugust with the first weekend to pass us by: Get ahead and start writing today for…

Respecting the Best, Forgetting the Rest

“Because they don’t deserve it,” would be my knee-jerk ‘Real Gamer™’-minded response to the question Krikket just posed: “Why can’t mobile games get any respect?“ By which I wouldn’t have meant to suggest that the people who play and enjoy…

Time to Loot Journal: July 2024

Today’s post posed something of a conundrum. Unlike the previous two days where I had no idea what I wanted to write — today there are two conflicting ideas. Although perhaps ‘ideas’ is a bit of a strong word. Two…

Shaking off the Ache

I can’t say for sure this is a universal truth. But I can tell you that my experience would suggest that writing is not like riding a bike. You can forget the rhythm, the cadence, and the motions to make…

Blaugust 2024 is Here!

You know what else is here though? 11 pm. Well- almost. And actually, that will have been and gone well before I’m done with this post, even taking it somewhat easy as I plan to. I still don’t really have…

Time to Loot Journal: May 2024

How is it June already? Why is it June already? I mean… I do typically feel that the first half of each year goes by quickly, but still… It is a time of fairly mixed feelings, too. Yesterday marked the…

Time to Loot Journal: April 2024

Gaming-wise, nothing quite grabbed me over April. I still sampled a fair number of things — although only half as many as last month — but none stuck with the same ferocity. Although I will say, that is only really…

Time to Loot Journal: March 2024

March had some heavy hitter titles come out toward the end of month. Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Horizon Forbidden West (PC) came out on the same day even. And yet… I had quite the month of sampling a wide range…