Tagged: Blapril

A Day of Impressions and Busted Barriers

I tried three different games today. Three that were new to me, and each utterly different from the others. Two of them I can’t even talk about terribly much yet, though I will tell...

Blapril 2020 in the Rear View

Alright, not quite in the rear view. We still have until Saturday, and I’ll certainly be aiming to keep up the cadence of daily posts until then. Within the timeframe of Blapril (March 29th...

Around the World in 80 Turns

Maybe not strictly true within the context of the game. After all, while In our Civilisation VI Blogger Succession Game we do in fact have an exploring ship — we haven’t yet settled anywhere...

Fixing The Comments by Removing ‘Luv

A bit of a short one today. Recently Quietschisto brought to my attention a problem that I am now certain has existed a long time. Probably since very shortly after setting up last year...

Humble Choice: May 2020

Alright, so I’m a little late on this one. The new choices came out a couple of days ago now but dangit I really wanted to get the top five most/least viewed posts out...

Top Five Least Viewed Posts

Every coin has its flip side, and so too does this. If we covered the top five most viewed posts yesterday, then it must be time to look now at the least viewed. Certainly...

Top Five Most Viewed Posts

If you watch closely, I’m going to perform a magic trick for you.

I’m going to turn a top five list into a commentary on motivation, and how to keep it.

The Value in Bla(pril/ugust)

Last night, Bhagpuss posted on the subject of the recent wave of expressions of exhaustion. I read it while I was out of the house so couldn’t respond in much detail at the time. Now, much of what Bhagpuss wrote — I agree with…

RNG vs. Player Agency

Luck. Probability. Random Number Generation (RNG). Love it or despise it, it’s been a part of gaming for decades. At its simplest and most extreme form the outcome is decided in entirety by the...