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Is it “Resident Evils” or “Residents Evil”?

“Spooky Game Month” is over, with a final tally of 5 games and one lengthy DLC: Silent Hill f Resident Evil (2014) Resident Evil 2 (2019) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Resident Evil 4 (2023) Resident Evil 4 (2023) Separate Ways … Continue reading

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Resident Evil Zero: Yeah, this ain’t happening.

After having a generally good time with the remake of the original Resident Evil, and a frankly excellent time with the remade versions of Resident Evil 2 and 3, the next logical step would have been to move on to … Continue reading

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I may have a new rhythm game obsession.

So, yesterday my wife and I joined some friends to celebrate one of our friends’ birthdays.  They are comfortably settling in to the post-40 club but, like us, refuse to grow up. So we went to Round 1 and threw … Continue reading

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The Seasonally-Appropriate Games Continue

OK, so since my last post I’ve played the modern remakes of both Resident Evil 2 and 3, after which I finally went through the story for the NIKKE collaboration.  It was probably 20 hours worth of controller time to … Continue reading

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In which, I play seasonally-appropriate video games.

I don’t normally treat “spooky season” as a reason to do anything other than eating my own weight in pumpkin spice-flavored snacks, so it’s not common for me to bust out the horror games this time of year. That said, … Continue reading

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Why do I do this to myself? Adventures in Apple Mail.

Sometimes, I manage to shoot myself in the foot badly enough that I feel compelled to document it, mostly out of the hope that someone, someday, will find themselves in the same situation and may be sent here by a … Continue reading

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One more homelab post. It works, and I’m not sure why.

There is a particular sort of despair that hits you when you have finally solved a problem, you are looking at all of the notes you took during the process and all of the sources you reviewed looking for solutions… … Continue reading

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Practical Applications of Withered Technology

Another day, another adventure / experiment in self hosting something. I’ve recently gotten a new job, so I’m faced with the bleak prospect of transitioning from a happy unemployed life into one where I need to at least pretend to … Continue reading

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Cracking open the EDID black box.

OK, so.  History time! I’m typing this while in front of a high-resolution monitor.  It displays a picture that is 5120 pixels wide and 2880 pixels high, and it can update the screen up to 60 times per second.  I … Continue reading

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In which, I am annoyed by copy protection

I’ve mentioned a few times recently that my wife has been coming up with reasons for me to create scripts.  Mostly, these are because she wants to have local copies of fan-translated Chinese novels. Personally, I don’t have a lot … Continue reading

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