Category: Silent Service II
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Book Review Redux: ‘Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan’
Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan By: Clay Blair, Jr. Publisher (Reissue): Naval Institute Press Year of Publication: (Original) 1975, (Reissue) 2001 Genre: Naval Warfare, World War II (Pacific Theater), U.S. Navy, Submarines, Submarine Warfare 🚢 Silent Victory: A Masterclass in Undersea Warfare and Strategic Reckoning Few weapons reshaped the course of 20th-century…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Some Thoughts on ‘Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age’ (Early Access)
I’m an avid enthusiast of naval combat simulations. My journey began in the spring of 1987, when my uncle Sixto gifted me my very first computer, an Apple IIe. The first game I eagerly added to my collection was Destroyer, a 1986 single-player simulation of a Fletcher-class destroyer crafted by Epyx Games. Set in the…
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Exploring Naval Warfare in ‘Sea Power’
Gaming Chronicles: Naval Warfare and Strategic Simulations Greetings, Constant Readers! It’s the weekend, which for me is the only time during the week when I can devote some time for gaming. I haven’t played anything on this sunny but cool South Florida Sunday, and I haven’t decided if I want to do that later. But…
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Tempus Fugit (Countdown to the Big Six-Oh Edition): Then (1973) & Now (2023) Revisited
“We don’t really grow up. Our toys change with time.” ― Nitya Prakash In February of 1973 – around the same time that Sam Ervin, a Democratic Senator from South Carolina, was named Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark became the first Christian organization to officially accept gay marriage…
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Gamer’s Thoughts (A Haiku)
Joystick, keyboard, mouse Monitor screen glowing brightly. Just one more game-turn!
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Old Gamers Never Die: Completing My First Operation in MicroProse’s Real-Time Tactics Game ‘Regiments’
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in Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Crusade in Europe (Command Series game), M1 Tank Platoon (1989 PC Game), MicroProse Software, Red Storm Rising (1986 novel), Red Storm Rising (1988 game), Regiments (2022), Silent Service II, Ultimate General: Civil War“Winning isn’t everything–but wanting to win is.” ― Vince Lombardi I did it. I won my first victory as a combined arms field-grade commander in Regiments. As you know from previous posts in the Old Gamers Never Die series, I recently bought this cool new game developed by a small European studio, Bird’s Eye Games,…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Confessions of a Digital Armchair General
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in Blogging, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Crusade in Europe (1985 game), Crusade in Europe (Command Series game), Family History, Gaming, Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Silent Service II, Steam, Strategic Command series, Strategic Command WWII: World at War, Strategy GamesChildhood Dreams vs. Cold, Hard Reality When I was nine years old and my mom allowed me to dream about careers that were realistically out of my reach because I have cerebral palsy, one of my “I want to be X when I grow up” roles that I wanted most was “professional military officer.” Even…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Rainy Saturday & Stalking Japanese Carriers in ‘Silent Service II’
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. It is a dark, stormy, and gloomy early summer day in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 81°F (27°C) under alternating bouts of rain and cloudiness. With humidity at 79% and the wind blowing from…
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Old Gamers Never Die: Running Silent, Running Deep on a June Afternoon
Well, I still have not watched either The Longest Day or Saving Private Ryan, even though I have the family room TV to myself since The Caregiver is spending all day at the Tampa Bay area hospital where her current beau is waiting for a donated liver for a transplant. I thought about it a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, March 9, 2021, or: Of Subs and Scripts
Hello, everyone. It’s midafternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 76˚F (24˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the east at 14 MPH (22 KM/H) and humidity at 42%, the feels-like temperature is 75˚F (24˚C). The forecast for today calls for mostly sunny skies…
A Certain Point of View, Too 