Category: Computer and Video Games
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Action in the South Atlantic! (A ‘Sea Power’ After Action Report)
LONG REACH Sixteen hundred miles from friendly air power, an American carrier force fought its way into a Soviet stronghold, destroyed it and left the city around it standing By Catherine M. HollisTIME CorrespondentDecember 1986 At 50 feet above the South Atlantic, a Tomahawk cruise missile has very little horizon. There is water ahead, water…
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Thoughts and Musings for Saturday, October 10, 2026
Saturday, October 10, 2026 – Orlando, Florida It’s a steamy, summery Saturday afternoon in Central Florida — the kind that makes you wonder if the calendar is lying. As I write this, it’s 90°F (32°C) under mostly sunny skies, but the humidity has muscled the feels‑like temperature up to a sweltering 100°F (37°C). Technically it’s…
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Steel, Fire, and Blood in the Sunda Strait: A ‘Sea Power’ Narrative
Steel, Fire, and Blood in the Sunda Strait By David Reynolds, TIME Correspondent, Darwin July 22, 1985 DARWIN — The men of Task Group 77.3 arrived in Australia’s Top End looking less like victors than survivors. Their ships bore the scars of a week-long gauntlet through one of the most contested waterways in the world,…
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Notes from a Fighting Admiral: A ‘Sea Power’ Update
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in Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, M1 Tank Platoon (1989 PC Game), MicroProse Software, Naval Warfare Simulations, Regiments (2022), Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Steam, Strategic Command series, Strategic Command WWII: World at War, Strategy Games, Triassic GamesWednesday, July 29, 2026 – Orlando, Florida “I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way.” — John Paul Jones Why Pacific Strike ’85 Stands Out One of the things I love about Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age (MicroProse/Triassic…
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A Hot Florida Weekend and a Cold War Victory
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Summer 2026, Summer in Florida, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), Triassic GamesSunday, July 26, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a scorching midsummer day here in Central Florida. We’re in the middle of a particularly brutal heat spell—official temperatures in the high 90s, barely any rain, and a stubborn drought that refuses to break. I’m in good health for a 63‑year‑old man, but even so,…
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The Strait of Fire (A ‘Sea Power’ Pacific Strike ’85 Campaign Episode)
TIME Magazine — July 15, 1985 THE STRAIT OF FIRE U.S. Task Group Battles Through Palawan as Asia Erupts By Tony Lau, Staff Correspondent, Singapore Bureau The first hint that Southeast Asia had become the newest front in the widening global conflict a month after its outbreak came not from the burning skyline of Singapore…
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Old Gamers Never Die: The East China Sea Boils Over in Pacific Strike ’85 (Sea Power Campaign)
TIME Magazine — July 8, 1985 Issue A Sudden Clash Off Okinawa: America’s First Victory in a Spreading Pacific War By Michael Harrington | TIME Pacific Bureau, Tokyo When the shooting finally stopped off Okinawa late on the night of June 26, the U.S. Navy had won its first clear victory in what is rapidly…
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An Unstructured Sunday
Sunday, March 15, 2026, Orlando, Florida Ah, spring in Florida. According to yesterday’s forecast, today was supposed to be a rainy, even stormy Sunday, with menacing clouds and thunderstorms brooding over Central Florida. But as is often the case in the subtropics, the atmosphere had other plans. As I write this, it’s 79°F (26°C) under…
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Blame It on the Clock
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Creative Writing, Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Life in the United States, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring in Florida, Strategic Command series, Strategic Command WWII: World at War, Strategy Games, Strategy Games, The Jim Garraty ChroniclesSunday, March 8, 2026, Orlando, Florida Normally, I tap out these posts in the late morning, coffee in hand and ideas (mostly) awake. But the first day of Daylight Saving Time has, as usual, thrown my internal clock for a loop. On this warm and muggy Sunday, my energy and creativity are hiding somewhere—probably still…
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Spring’s First Breath and a Slow Sunday
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Spring in Florida, Triassic Games, Writing a First Novel, Writing as a CraftSunday, March 1, 2026, Orlando, Florida Hello, friends! Today marks the first day of meteorological spring—though astronomical spring won’t officially arrive until the vernal equinox at 10:46 AM on March 20. Still, I’m more than ready to bid farewell to the winter of 2025–2026. And in true Central Florida fashion, spring is easing in with…
