Stardew Valley – On the Bus to the Desert… and Death

I guess you do not technically die in Stardew Valley… but the fact that combat and loss are part of the game remains an aspect I did not expect.  But more on that in a bit. Having passed thro…

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The End of Electronic Arts is at Hand

The deal is done.  Capital management, unfettered capitalism, and political corruption has won again.  Electronic Arts has been acquired by the Saudis in a completely economically non-viable deal t…

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The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson

Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.

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Planet Crafter – Rovers, Rockets, and Jet Packs, Plus More on Save Sync

I will say this; Planet Crafter moves along at a brisk pace.  It is also good about laying out the next objective for you and giving you a way to see how fast you are progressing. Unlike Valheim, w…

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AIR Astero from the Tutorial

The new tutorial gives you one of the best looking ships in the game… then blows it up and gives you a crappy corvette

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Reflections on Monopoly

In one of those Repo Man lattice of coincidence moment, I was suddenly hit with a couple of unrelated posts about Monopoly the other day, which is the sort of thing that makes you think… at l…

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LOTRO Announces Features of the Wolves of Mordor Expansion

But they didn’t actually announce the expansion itself, which seems odd.  They have two posts up covering features of the upcoming Wolves of Mordor expansion, as well as having given MMORPG.c…

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More Venture Mining

Sometimes the asteroid belts just look so vast I have to take a screen shot

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TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2026 – Week Thirty-One and the Halo Effect

We’re now past week thirty-one, where we had just a single title ship.  But it was a pick AND a counter pick, so at least it had double the impact. But before we get to how that played out, w…

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Blaugust 2026 Begins! Do I Remember How to Blaugust?

Here it is, Blaugust.  And of course I remember how to Blaugust!  I have been living the Blaugust lifestyle year round since 2020. “What does the ‘Blaugust lifestyle’ even mean?&#…

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July 2026 in Review

The Site This month I am going to bring up Warp Point, a site that is attempting to bring back web site inter-connectivity of yore.  The About section sums the project up as: Warp Point is both a d…

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Flaming AIR Fleet

From the new tutorial, AIR starts out with damaged ships

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Ross Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a Correspondent

Mr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists.

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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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Stardew Valley – A New Farm Layout for Spring

As we wrapped up winter of the first year in Stardew Valley, we had a plan for our approach to the new year… which is to say my daughter had a plan and I was kind of tagging along, ready to h…

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Planet Crafter and Save Sync

When did I even buy Planet Crafter?  Why did I buy it?  Steam says I bought it back in November of 2025, purchasing it when I grabbed Forza Horizon 5, which had been marked way down to tempt the la…

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GTA Online’s casino gambling games have been quietly blocked in Australia

For some time now, Grand Theft Auto Online players have been able to enter the in-game Diamond Casino for a few reasons, one of which being the ability to play various gambling games. However, that…

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Not a Clean Get Away

Gate rats shooting my Epithal, causing the shields to flare as I warp off.

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R.E.P.O. Initial Impressions

I have a little over two hours into R.E.P.O., which I am just going to call REPO from here on out, so I am clearly not qualified to give anything like a comprehensive review.  But I have seen it in…

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Planning My Path to 50 Platinum Medals for Level 80 in Pokemon Go

One of the hard facts that came with the big level cap increase that hit Pokemon Go back in October is that, in order to get to level 80, you will need 50 platinum medals. I don’t need all of…

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Velator Taking on a Big Rock

The path to a career in mining starts out small

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TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2026 – Week Thirty with Splatoon Raiders and Avatar Legends

Coming into week thirty we had two titles queued up for release and one title from the week before looking for enough reviews to get on the board. As usual, we will kick off with where the scoreboa…

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Stardew Valley and Through the Winter and Into Year Two

My daughter and I had entered into Winter in Stardew Valley at my last update, and Winter does seem to involve a lot more fishing than I expected. As I mentioned previously, for our co-op game I ho…

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Friday Bullet Points about EverQuest Related Servers and Launches

Recently Daybreak dropped a bunch of information, including a few of producer’s letters and, were I looking for things to expand upon I probably could have turned all of that into at least th…

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AIR Training Facility in Exordium

A Probe corvette lined up to dock

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