Category: Computer Games
-
Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 10, 2021, or: Closely Watched Laptops
Greetings, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, May 10, 2021. Currently, the temperature outside is 89˚F (32˚C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 58% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 10 MPH (16 KM/H), the heat index is 94˚F (34˚C). The forecast for today calls for…
-
Musings for Friday, May 7, 2021, or: Keeping Tabs on a Wayward Laptop
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida as I sit here at my desk, gathering my thoughts and trying to come up with blogging greatness. Right now the temperature is 83˚ F (28˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the northwest at 10 MPH (17 KM/H) and humidity…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, May 6, 2021, or: Keeping Tabs on My New Laptop & Change is Afoot for My Blog
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s almost midday on Thursday, May 6, 2021 here in New Hometown, Florida. It is hot and muggy outside on this mid-spring day; the temperature outside is 86˚ Fahrenheit (30˚ Celsius) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 71% and the wind blowing from the west at 4 miles per hour (6…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, May 4, 2021, or: Confessions of a Serial Package Tracker & May the Fourth Be With You
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Currently, the temperature outside is 79˚F (26˚C) under sunny skies; with humidity at 88% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 6 MPH (10 KM/H), the heat index is 77˚F (25˚C). It’s gonna be a hot day, folks…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 2, 2021: or, Of Laptops, Old (Dead) and New…..
Greetings, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, May 2, 2021. It’s hot and muggy outside; the current temperature is 85˚F (30˚C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 65% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 8 MPH (13 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 89˚F (32˚C). Today’s forecast…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 28, 2021, or: A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That Revisited
Hi there. It’s just past noon on Sunday, March 28, 2021, and here in New Hometown, Florida it is a warm, sultry day. Currently, the temperature is 84˚F (29˚C) under mostly cloudy skies; with humidity at 66% and the wind blowing from the south-southwest at 14 MPH (22 KM/H), the heat index is 86˚F (30˚C).…
-
Old Gamers Never Die: ‘Discovery’ of New Missions in ‘Cold Waters’ Teaches Me that Reading (Manuals) is Fundamental
One of the things I miss about buying computer games with physical media (CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs in particular) is getting a printed manual in the same box as the game and – in some instances – keyboard overlays. For those of us who cut our gaming teeth in the 1980s and early 1990s, most computer…
-
Old Gamers Never Die: ‘Cold Waters’ – One Campaign, Two Endings
Hello there, Dear Reader. It’s late afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Right now the temperature is almost summerish: 81˚F (27˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the west at 10 MPH (17 KM/H) and humidity at 53%, the heat index is 82˚F (28˚C). Today’s forecast calls for…
-
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…
-
Old Gamers Never Die: or, Undersea War is Hell in ‘Cold Waters’ South China Sea Campaign
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, February 22, 2021. It’s a mildly cool day outside; the temperature is 73˚F (23˚C) under partly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the southeast at 14 MPH (22 KM/H) and humidity at 78%, the feels-like temperature is 72˚F (22˚C). The forecast…
A Certain Point of View, Too 