Tom Clancy's SSN – A Certain Point of View, Too

On Books & Reading: My TBR Stack – Any Progress Yet?

Jun 7, 2022

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in Books, Fire & Steel: The End of World War II in the West, James D. Hornfischer, Military History, Peter Caddick-Adams, SSN (Tom Clancy novel), U.S. History, Watergate: A New History, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960, World War II (1939-1945)

Greetings, Dear Reader. It is late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. It is a warm, humid day here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature is 84°F (29°C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 80% and the wind blowing at 2 MPH (3 KM/H) from the north-northwest, the heat index…

Old Gamers Never Die: A Discussion on ‘Stalking the Red Bear’ in the ‘Cold Waters’ Submarine Sim

Sep 23, 2021

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Killerfish Games, Red Storm Rising (1986 novel), Red Storm Rising (1988 game), The Hunt for Red October (1984 novel), Tom Clancy (author)

Background Cold Waters, the submarine warfare simulation released a few years ago by Killerfish Games, is one of my favorite computer games of all time. Aside from the coolness of its state of the art graphics, sound design, and exciting gameplay, I like Cold Waters because it has what I call a “Tom Clancy technothriller…

Old Gamers Never Die, or: Discussion on One of the Tougher ‘Cold Waters’ Missions

Sep 12, 2021

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Killerfish Games

Conn, Sonar: New contact bearing 0-4-5, designated Sierra 1. Conn, Sonar: New contact bearing 0-4-7, designated Sierra 2. Make depth 1-2-0 feet, aye. Conn, Sonar: Sierra 1 is classified as…escort. Set course 0-4-0, aye. Conn, Weps: Tube 1 loaded. Part One: A Bit of Background If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know…

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On Books & Reading: My TBR Stack – Any Progress Yet?

Old Gamers Never Die: A Discussion on ‘Stalking the Red Bear’ in the ‘Cold Waters’ Submarine Sim

Old Gamers Never Die, or: Discussion on One of the Tougher ‘Cold Waters’ Missions