Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Plea
This is part one of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story.
Hades II
TL;DR: Hades II is like Hades, with a better story and more complex gameplay. I wrote a review of Hades in 2021. I hadn't expected to like a rogue-lite so much. Hades II requires good twitch reflexes. In general, I'm lousy at such games. The only reason I spent time with Hades is the story was engaging.…
A Windows hater buys a Windows machine
... or the origin of Jarvis. This is the follow-up post to the teaser I posted about three months ago. Why? Let's deal with the obvious question: I have a long-documented antipathy towards the Windows operating system. Why did I buy a Windows machine? If you've followed my blog posts, or looked at the tag cloud, or…
Unnecessary PS5 repairs – NOT!
...or how I disassembled and reassembled my PS5, and lived to tell the tale. NO I DIDN'T! Three days after I wrote the following article, my PS5 "crashed and burned." I won't go into details, but almost certainly the cause was a flaw in my repair. I've given up and ordered a PS5 Pro. I purchased my…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 4 of 4
This is part four of a four-part article that begins here. Observations In preparing this essay, I became aware of how much my process resembles that of making a movie: composing each shot; understanding the properties of the camera; consider what's in-frame; location scouting for the background in the images; organizing the cast (not all characters are…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 3 of 4
This is part three of a four-part article that begins here. Poses Let's deal with the obvious: Those four pictures are the same image with different captions. There's no operative difference between that and something like this: Ah, that's better. I picked the name "Tav" because I was trying to hide. The name "Tav" was so common,…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 2 of 4
This is part two of a four-part article that begins here. Position Remember when you learned about co-ordinate systems back in high school? BG3's Photo Mode lets you put that knowledge to good use. There are two coordinate systems to keep track of. Warning for the math-adverse: If your head starts spinning, just scroll to the Composition…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 1 of 4
Forward This was originally a single long essay. I've split it into four parts to make it easier on folks using phones to read it. If you see something like "I discuss this below" it refers to the entire article, not just the page you're reading. CW: There's at least one photo in the overall essay with…
007 First Light
TL;DR: I never should have purchased this game. The last time I opened a "semi-review" with those words, it was for Expedition 33. It was a negative review. While I maintain that I shouldn't have purchased 007 First Light, this is going to be a positive review. Why? Let's start with the obvious question: Why shouldn't I…
BG3 – Playthroughs and fanfic
A picture with a blue border around it is a link. Click on it to learn more. Or forget less. This may be one of those posts that's of interest only to me. I'll try to make it worth the reading anyway, for the pictures if for nothing else. In my previous Baldur's Gate 3 post, I…
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