Hi! I’m an old reclusive Gen-X software developer who writes twice a month about games or projects I’m working on or what’s happening in the world. Not AI-generated since 2012, despite what ZeroGPT says. Except the images. All the images are AI-generated now because it’s way too much of a hassle to find images for blog posts.

What's Wrong With Nioh

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I simply have no choice but to rant about Nioh for some number of paragraphs. (1777 words.)

Another FFXIV Free Login

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There’s a lot of buzz about Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion, and now I see it’s that time again when Square Enix is letting lapsed Final Fantasy XIV accounts login free for a couple of weeks. (697 words.)

Categorizing Boss Fights

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I was thinking about why some boss fights are fun challenges and other boss fights drive me absolutely crazy with needless frustration. (1000 words.)

The Surge - The End

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It’s the last stretch for The Surge, as Warren finishes out his first day on the job. I hated the last zone in The Surge (the Nucleus) so much I almost uninstalled the game with only a couple hours left to play, but I powered through it because I’d gone too far to throw away so many videos. :) (1134 words.)

The Sound of Your Own Voice

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I saw a tweet the other day that reminded me of a topic of interest to me for decades, and I’m almost positive I’ve never written a blog post about this, so it’s finally something new to write about: The sound of your own recorded voice. (1393 words.)

The Surge - Research and Development

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The continuing adventures of Warren on his first day on the job at CREO. We’ve now reached the point in the story where I no longer remember what happened, didn’t write anything down, and don’t have enough time to re-watch the videos to figure it out. Soooooo. Yeah. Vague, one-sentence summaries! (562 words.)

The Surge - Resolve Biolabs

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The continuing adventures of Warren hacking and slashing his way through the Resolve Biolabs to reach his ultimate goal of … who knows? Warren doesn’t really have any motivation. Just an unquenchable thirst for hacking up robots and zombies. (Though he might have a secret backstory.) (663 words.)

PC Build Surprises (2021 Edition)

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I put together my new PC build over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. There’re always some surprises when you build a PC: Things that don’t go according to plan. Here’s some of mine. (1566 words.)

The Surge - Central Production B

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The continuing adventures of Warren rending his way through his first day on the job at CREO. (698 words.)

The Surge Begins

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The 42-part adventure in The Surge begins, a game that was fun except for the boss fights, and the last zone, which was an ordeal to finish. (476 words.)

FFXIV and Technical Debt

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I blurted out some tweets yesterday morning about Final Fantasy XIV which I think need some further clarification. (830 words.)

Firewatch Week

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Firewatch and other games I’m currently playing: ie. The Surge, Hellpoint, and Greedfall. (535 words.)

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