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Fun Endgame Content on Diablo III

In a game where I spent countless hours killing demons, I found a delightful "special" area called Whimsydale in Diablo III. It was accessible via a magic portal from a Rainbow Treasure Goblin. I was completing bounties when I found him. WhimsydaleIt had a lot of treasure in it. I

3D Printing

Is 3D Printed Terrain the Future, or just a passing Fad?

I have to admit, I bought my second 3D printer (an Ender 3 Pro) with the sole purpose of using it to print terrain for a Pathfinder game that I am the GM for. However, after buying, downloading, as well as designing my own terrain, I feel that something is

Gaming

A short review of Destiny 2

Blizzard is providing Destiny 2 as a free download this month. So, since I was a Destiny addict, I decided to give it a try. I played it for about 8 hours yesterday. I got through the introduction and got into the main story. I have to say, it plays

Electronics

My first arcade cabinet project - part two

I did some more troubleshooting today and I have to admit that I'm a little embarrassed. I took the power supply and harness out of the cabinet so I could work on it on my bench. I hooked it up to power and there was nothing. I then looked at

Gaming

My first arcade cabinet project - part one

I woke up early Saturday morning so I could get started before it got too hot (it still smells bad from having the dead rat in it, so we're keeping it in the carport to air out). I plugged in the cab and the speakers made a crackling sound for a few seconds and then went silent.

Electronics

Pac-Man Fever - My newest electronics project - Part 1 - Maggie and the dead rat

Every story has a beginning. The story of how I acquired my first arcade cabinet is no exception. It started when I was contacted by an old high school friend on Facebook. She told me that she was selling off her vintage 1980 Pac-Man arcade cocktail table. The price was

Gaming

Easy and inexpensive bases for paper and cardboard RPG miniatures

I print my own miniatures for use with Pathfinder. I buy the PDF version of the Pathfinder pawns and print out the pages that I need to use, cutting and gluing the pieces as necessary. However, I was having trouble finding decent bases for them. The bases that are for

Gaming

The Adventure Begins

We just had our second gathering to play Pathfinder (Pathfinder is based on the D&D 3.5 Edition Rules). We started playing the Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path last weekend. I'm the gamemaster (Dungeon Master) and I've had a blast. It takes a lot of preparation

Programming

One input, two different results

As if to give life to itself, two separate careers started as a simple "choose your own adventure" game on early 1980's home computers. The setting In the early 80's, myself and my best friend Joshua had home computers. Unfortunately, they were not the same model. He had

Programming

One day, work and school will no longer feel like "work"

When I was in my early twenties, I used to imagine a future where work and school were no longer considered "work". I envisioned a scenario where kids and young adults would simply sit at a desk and "play" a "game" all day (and

Gaming

Game Review - Destiny for XBox One

There are an enormous number of game reviews for Bungie’s Destiny game written by professional journalists who get paid for writing game reviews, so I will try to give a personal approach to my review. When Destiny was first released, I remember it being touted as the newest game

Gaming

Game Review: Ori and the Blind Forest

One of the reasons I chose the XBox Bundle that I did (besides the 1TB hard drive) was because of the games it included. One of those games was Ori and the Blind Forest. From the very start, I was hooked. It has a great story and challenging gameplay. Getting

Gaming

Game Review: Valiant Hearts: The Great War

One of this month’s Games for Gold on XBox Live is Valiant Hearts: The Great War. I downloaded it last night and started playing. The game takes you through the lives of four characters during World War I. It is a combination of puzzles and action sequences. The graphics

Gaming

I Finally took the plunge and bought an XBox One

I’ve been a very happy owner of XBox since the first one was released. I bought the original XBox and the XBox 360 on release day. I have watched the dashboard change from its original layout to the latest layout. Original XBox Menu My XBox 360 is so old

Gaming

Playing ESO and Getting more mileage from my Dell XPS 420

I bought my desktop PC in 2007. I bought a Dell XPS 420 with 2 GB of RAM in it. It’s a quad core Pentium i5 running at 1.2 GHz. A few years later, I upgraded the video card to an NVidia GTX 550 Ti and upgraded the

Gaming

X-Wing Miniatures Game

I finally bought my own copy of the X-Wing miniatures game yesterday. Laurie was kind enough to play with me last night. It turns out she really enjoyed the game so I’ll probably get to play more of it in the future. There’s an active community of X-Wing

Gaming

First Gaming Systems

When I was a kid, our first home gaming machine was the Telstar Pong console. I think it had four “games” and three levels of difficulty (the size of the “paddle” got smaller). Oddly enough, I still have this thing, though I cut the video cable off of it for