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Ask a hundred WoW players which expansion was the best and a good chunk of them, without hesitating, will say Wrath. I'm one of them. I've played every expansion since, and none of them ever quite got back to what Northrend felt like in 2009.
Part of it was the setup. TBC pulled me in, but Wrath was the first expansion I got to walk into on day one, already max level, already ready, no old-world slog standing between me and the new stuff. You picked a boat to Howling Fjord or a zeppelin to Borea…
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My word I'm having so much fun delving into the newest incarnation of EverQuest. Yesterday I advanced myself to level 16 and explored a bunch of old zones that I really just kind of ignored before . . . because I could. When I started, I was a high elf locked in the whole Greater Faydark area and grew up being lost in that whole area over there.
Now I'm playing as an Iksar in the Deserts of Ro in some strange zone called New Sebilis. WHAT? That zone isn't listed in my EverQuest Atlas: The Maps o…
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A while back I wrote about having a slight addiction to my Kindle Paperwhite, and well truth be told I’m still believing that I have a very strong addiction to it now. Last time I ever talked about the genres that I really enjoyed it was mostly Paranormal Romance, and... Continue reading
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What do you get when you cross Super Smash Bros. with I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream? The answer is Dead by Daylight, an asymmetrical horror game where 4 survivors attempt to escape a deadly game of cat and mouse against a killer. They do this by repairing generators which are needed to power up some gates that will allow them to leave the lethal playground, and then do it over and over again. For eternity.
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Ubergeek Kelly's World- Life, technology, science, rants
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This is my response per the August 4th Group project prompt from Krikket => https://nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog/2026/07/23/blaugust-2026-calendar-weekly-prompts-group-projects/
Arguably you are looking at my first blog: (Ubergeek) Kelly’s World, first introduced in April of 2003. I’ve talked about my blogging history in previous Blaugust events, but this time I’ll try to aim a bit more specifically at the when and what of things.
Not a blog: Geocities (1996 – 2003)
My first stable online ‘home’ w…
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Cheerful fumbling
It’s a damp early morning, the house clearly recalls the past hot day better than the cooler night. I’m playing a four chord song on my piano: my voice leading is clunky, the rhythm is uneven, and I couldn’t be more pleased to spend five minutes like this, skill-taste gap be damned.
Even though I’ve played piano and other instruments in the past, it feels like starting over again. They say that to be an expert at anything, you need to practice for 10.000 hours. Well, I’ve only…
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August is here and so is blaugust. I stumbled upon that post in bluesky and since I want to write more, I figured I’d join. I’m already four days behind so I need to ramp up. In order to meet the goal of 31 posts, I’m going to try to do two posts a day. This aim-for-the-moon strategy has served me well in other side-quests (ha! there’s another topic).
Since I need to write A LOT, I’ll start by listing all the ideas I have in my backlog here.
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One of my favourite notebooks (pictured above) that I own is bound in leather with cotton pages and I have such an urge to try painting on them. I haven’t yet, though I have tried drawing on them. I’m hoping when my new ‘White Nights’ watercolour paint shows up this week, I’ll get brave enough to give it a shot.
The pages are made to look aged on purpose, and it is such a tactile way of writing on them. At first I didn’t know what I could possibly write that would be ‘worthy’ of such a book – bu…
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I can't say I had any plans to do the Community Builder thing for Blaugust this year. The very fact that I'm calling it "the Community Builder thing" suggests a distinct lack of empathy with the concept. I'm not a great one for achievements or badges or titles, although I do quite like a title in a game. I'm not that struck on socializing either although I'd say I was social enough. Emphasis on "enough". Just enough. Not more.
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Quick housekeeping note: Reply notifications are now enabled in the comments. If you’ve commented in any of the previous days comments have been active, I have replied, but you probably didn’t see them. From now on you should be notified about replies if you leave the box ticked.
My earliest console gaming memories are on my granddad’s Master System. Since getting into retro handhelds, I’ve been revisiting the Sega Master System games from my childhood. Check out Part 1 for more!
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Usually post my streaming schedule on Mondays, but again was a bit of a busy Sunday and Monday, so I posted it late and why not share it here also, get some plans and recaps posted from time to time. Easier for people to navigate all the content on different platforms and in different formats this way plus easier to catch some of that live when it comes to streaming. Can always find my streaming schedule on Twitch (feature that barely anyone uses I feel).
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The man versus machine-theme continues with the Planeswalker Decks from Aether Revolt. Planeswalker Deck “Chandra, Pyrogenius” went into the world of vehicles, while “Nissa, Nature’s Artisan” focused on the idea of energy counters. Well, Aether Revolt brings another pair of … Continue reading →
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Subtitle: For the Moments That Feel Like Too Much
Weight, like for many others, is a struggle for me.
I love a sweet treat. I married into a family that loves sweet treats. Unsurprisingly, my toddler loves them too.
I can fight it sometimes. Can I go healthy for a few meals? Sure. Eat healthy when I’m in a good mood and stress-free? Absolutely.
But when it really matters is in the hard moments. When I’m irritated. Bored. Anxious. Then the cravings come. It can be tempting to just say, “Whatever,…
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On the last day of GenCon, my friend asked me how I’d rate my first-ever gaming con experience from one to ten, and I mentally scored each event I attended before giving an average score overall. I ended up somewhere between three and four overall, which kind of felt like a huge waste of money. There are a lot of missteps I took like taking risks on events based on their descriptions which ended up not being accurate (ex: a “LARP-lite” experience ended up just being a series of childish carnival…
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Weekly Whaaa…?
I use the ISO weeks from Monday to Monday, so ISO Week 2026-W31 is the week of 2026-07-27/2026-08-02.
Backyard Bounty of the Week
Over the Fourth of July weekend we picked up a few herbs and other plants for our backyard container garden.
It’s now a (notably smoky) month later and the pepper plant (named Pablo, naturally as it’s a poblano) has already doubled in size. It’s now at least a foot above the tomato cage it’s been climbing like a ladder. We’re letting the two delicious-l…
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Poise
This word brings a fun topic to today's post. Poise deals with balance and equilibrium. As a game developer, this is one of the biggest focal points for my TTRPG — and honestly, for just about everything I do in general.
Technically I could roll straight out of yesterday's post about stature, since I was already dabbling into playtester classes there. But I won't. Instead I want to talk about how I'm approaching the whole balancing-abilities-without-breaking-things problem. Especially sinc…
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When the events I share on my weeknotes are few and far between, it’s often because I wrote a lot of posts already talking about stuff that was interesting to me during the week, so, yeah it happens sometimes! In any case, this is some of the other stuff that happened between July 28 and August 3, 2026!
📅 In case you missed it, I joined Blaugust for 2026, a month long event where the point is to write and participate as much as you want! Of coures, I’m going for the full 31 posts, though there a…
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If you can't tell, I've been trying to scratch an itch. What is this itch exactly? To be honest with you, I don't know the specific answer to that. I just know what I've been orbiting and circling:
I love trying to solve the existential problem that is our (read: humanity's) relationship with technology. I love contributing to the digital commons and using my web development skills to give back and try to create things that are useful to others. I love asking the question "what do we owe each ot…
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I’m usually not focused solely on MLB but with the trade deadline passing today and my Angels suffering one of their worst seasons ever, it was a big thing on my mind. For the first time in at least a decade, the Angels actually made some rational and reasonable moves at the deadline and got rid of players that could help other teams while brining in some young talent for their farm system.
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Woah. I only just experienced Path of Fire within the past year or 2, despite it being out for almost 9 years now. But it’s new to me and I played it, so that’s something.
Yesterday’s post was a stark reminder to me that, yes, I’ve been blogging on this site now for 14 years. 14 years! Over that time I’ve had a ton of changes in my life from jobs to cars to kids to my hair turning grey and yet here I still am. Tapping away into the void. It’s pretty obvious I’ve become more jaded over the years,…
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It’s almost been a week since Everquest Legends officially released. I have a bad habit of waiting to long to start writing about a game and it feels like I’m about on that cusp for this one. I’ve been playing almost everyday, making slow but steady progress.
I come to EQL without the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia. In 1999, I was in second grade and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t even aloud on the internet. The most I used the family computer for at the time was playing with MS paint and pretending…
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vibrant digital acrylics as part of Peggy Dean's retreat, reflecting on personal feelings and the pursuit of a perfect day amid humor and pets
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I joined Blaugust this year again. This site was mainly a blog before, so I'm giving it a new go this year with a fresh look.
This year will be a bit slower, as I am more than often pretty beat and tired; Europe is undergoing one of the worst heatwaves I've ever witnessed: Hot temperatures above 35°C all day, reaching highs like 40°C and not really cooling down during the night... a rather unpleasant unexperience.
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Today, I appreciated the small things by taking a walk in nature during the work day, but I actually stopped to touch grass this time. Well, moss. I touched moss.
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I'm not very good at taking time off. Even when I'm not working, I end up working. Part of that is being self-employed - the pressure always seems to be there - but another part is just poor discipline on my part.
This week, my son and I are home with the dog while my wife and our younger offspring are in Manchester for a music camp. Here's what we did:
Walked the dog
Took the van to get photographed to estimate for some repairs on body work damage
Went bouldering
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My Third Blaugust entry, In Which my Gardening Adventures Lead me to find a very pleasant suprise.
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Today’s post is part of the Blaugust 2026 Group project, which features a series of writing prompts set for specific dates throughout the month. The idea being that everyone who wishes to participate can write about the same subject, riff off each other’s posts and enjoy a shared experience. In many respect having a common writing prompt levels the playing field and provides a sense of common purpose among those who take part. Today’s group project prompt asks the question “tell us all about you…
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This was originally a recipe that I grabbed off the internet, so long ago that I don’t even remember where. It’s had a few modifications over time however and is now perfectly delicious. I present it to you here.
Ingredients
1kg of chicken breast (or thigh if you prefer the flavour)
500g of plain yogurt
Curry powder (I like to use Keens)
One large brown onion or two medium onions, roughly diced
One large capsicum or two medium, cut into small pieces
A jar of minced garlic
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I sit in my apartment. Thankfully healthy, back on a high fruit diet. Vegetarian for years, strict and proactive with it now. Back to bald hippy-dom (tho not totally bald).
Oldschool punk playlists being procured. Blogging. A stronger SDF presence.
Fitter. Happier.
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AH-- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I've written a couple thousand words today and yesterday which, don't get me wrong, were really fun write-ups but if I'm going to commit to the trials and tribulations I have lined up for me (more writing, in the spirit of BlAugust) then I need to tone it back.
Not only on a literal, word count scale but on a metaphysical level. I need my soul to rest. I'm too introspective. I put images in my last post, I haven't done that in a while! Have I gone mad? Do I have a temp…
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Kyle Orland at Ars Technica writes about the expanding trend of physical console game discs and cartridges that require internet connectivity to play, as tracked by the DoesItPlay organization:
Thus far, a full 27 percent of the physical releases they’ve tested require some sort of download to fix game-breaking bugs or obtain core game content that is not stored on the physical release itself. That ratio balloons to 34 percent for tested PS5 games and 50 percent for those on the Xbox Series X.
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You need to be a certain kind of beast to tackle the likes of NaNoRenO, Art Fight, game jams, even the 1 (sometimes themed) song of the day Instagram stories, and actually have a consistent portfolio to show for it-- I AM NOT that kind of beast. God knows I want it so bad. That routine. AH. DAMMIT. But hey, yeah, that's fine. I actually am just going to keep joining these repetitive challenges until it sticks because if there's something I love irregardless of the result, it's answering to a pro…
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I find myself creating this false dichotomy when it comes to where to post - should I put this on my blog or on my website?
For example, yesterday's coffee post. I could make that a blog post. But I also sort of want to make a page on my website all about coffee, because I love it so much and that sounds fun. Also, eventually that blog post will become buried and I like when I'm visiting other people's websites and they've got different pages showcasing things that they like.
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A Library Without Walls
My grandfather's library
I grew up among books. Both of my parents are avid readers. My sister is a book lover too. When she has time, she posts amazing articles about books and book series on plenty of different topics. It's easy for her: she reads at an incredible speed. Her blog, Katherine's Bookstore is in Hungarian, but even with a browser's translation, it's a treasure trove.
My maternal grandfather’s library always fascinated me. It was a space where every part of…
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Me and my SFF PC that travelled a lot in past 3 years
A bit late, but a very important post – introducing myself. I actually lost the “About me” page in the Backupocalypse that I mentioned before, so there’s no official introduction of me outside of a little paragraph in my Twitch channel description I guess. Will return that page with “official” introduction at some point, but today is a bit free format one, because I feel like it’s not going to be the first time introducing myself during annua…
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In my last post, I mentioned that I prefer playing Wholesome Games nowadays. I am aware that there is no one definition for what a Wholesome Game is.
I mostly use this term for games that give me a cozy comfortable feeling with no stress, which means usually no time limits. What I also love is games that do not focus on violence. Or one of my personal pet peeves: Solving any and all issues with violence.
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This past week, we found ourselves back at Heidrun Meadery.
The last time we were there was almost a year ago, in August celebrating my birthday, with Cocoa. It's one of our favorite places to spend a quiet afternoon, tucked beneath the trees with a glass of mead and our very own DIY charcuterie board.
I wasn't sure how it would feel to go back without her.
We brought her leash and tags with us and took a photo beneath the same tree where we had taken one with her last year. There was a quiet sa…
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So, I wasn't fully tuned in to this Everquest Legends release that happened just a few days ago. I mean, I saw the e-mail from Daybreak and skimmed a few blogposts (enough to know Tipa was playing). I even logged on to Twitch and watched several streamers play for about 20 minutes. I hate to admit this, but watching the Twitch streams bored me enough that I thought I wouldn't play the game (it just wasn't that exciting to watch despite the personalities). I'm blaming Tipa. Talking to her over Di…
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I literally have scores of blog posts about my film podcasting adventures that I’ve yet to publish. For nearly two years now, I have been co-hosting the Family Pictures Podcast, and we’re closing fast on 80 episodes. This spring I started a second podcast, Couch to 4K, with Mike Caulfield. It’s like watching and talking about movies is my new day job, and I love it. The only issue is I’m not feeding nearly enough of that back into the bavablog, and that pains me to no end. Somehow I feel that if…
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Brennan wrote about phoneblogging and I have thoughts! Mostly: If you took away my tablet and laptop so I had only my phone it would make no difference to my blogging or any other writing output.
I almost exclusively phoneblog. If I'm on my laptop or tablet when the mood strikes me to write then I will but I don't wait until then, or get them out deliberately.
I've written CSS on my phone and worked on my theme. I've researched, written, formatted, linked, and published so many posts entirely on…
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When it clicks, Copa City is fun, but often times, it struggles to get there.
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The original Tomb Raider feels like a grand adventure. It’s an atmospheric game that puts you in the shoes of globe-trotting thrill-seeker Lara Croft as she searches for an ancient artifact. You’ll face all kinds of foes ranging from dinosaurs to rival treasure hunters as you climb, jump and swim your way around long-abandoned ruins.
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At the end of July I went on holiday to Portmadog, Wales, staying at a caravan park with some family and my son. It had been a long day of travel full of concern about my son who was uncharacteristically deciding not to eat anything and who was later travel sick, causing us to pull over on a mountain pass road in Snowdonia.
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It’s customary for participants to write an introduction, mostly for new readers rather than for those who are regulars to this blog. But, either way, I hope you find it interesting, if not, funny. So, for new readers to this blog, here we go:
I’m a viviparous mammalian, carbon-based biped.
I’ve been a military analyst, air traffic controller, and a book and magazine editor.
And yes, I still love reading. I used to read mostly scifi and fantasy but over the years have diversified into crime fict…
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Since yesterday’s blog topic kind of bummed me out, I am electing to instead choose joy for today’s entry. And few things give me as much joy as seeing an MMORPG’s expansion get revealed, which goes doubly so for one that I’m playing. Thus I was watching the Berlin Fan Fest for Final Fantasy XIV with some pretty keen interest. Even if I had to get up at Awful O’Clock in the morning to watch live.
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Well, this is embarrassing...
Remember when I complained about not being able to remember my login details for Wuthering Waves? I wrote a whole post about it under the (entirely intentionally) click-baity title "Wuthering Waves Is Dead To Me Now." Remember how, in that post, I said "I've tried everything and every account I can think of and nothing works"?
Yes. Well. About that...
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August 3, 2026
In the southwestern USA, with its cacti, mountains, and deserts, there are certain stereotypical animals that everyone knows: the coyote howling at the moon, the scorpion scuttling on the sand, the roadrunner crossing the highway, the rattlesnake coiling up into a strike pose.
But what many people don't know is that this region is a biodiversity hotspot, meaning it has more plant and animal species than surrounding regions. The southwestern deserts have some of the most bee specie…
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I dropped back into consciousness at one point yesterday (I wasn't actually gone - consciously speaking - even though it feels like it at times, coughthxADHDthxcough) and quite viscerally realized it was August. AUGUST.
This fact hits me upside the head for a couple of reasons,
It means there are only 35 days until I begin the final home stretch gathering of practicum hours to finish this MA - and that is incredibly surreal and
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In The Average Fourth Grader Is a Better Poet Than You (and Me Too), Hannah writes:
When I was a child I believed that one day I might be allowed to cross into an alternate dimension by walking through a quilt hanging on my living room wall.
Reading this reminded me of the things I believed as a child...
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I was terrified of swallowing seeds because I believed they would grow in my stomach and sprout through my head. I also scrunched up my face whenever someone blew dandelion…