I don’t hide the fact I’m a bit of a packrat, especially when it comes to data archived on computer systems both local to me and remote. Earlier in November I wrote about finally cleaning up my email inboxes of mail that, in some cases, has been archived for over 15 years. That’s, in some …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 114: Alien 3 – Episode Review
I know, I know – it’s the beginning of December, but the Halloween 2013 episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd is what’s next in the queue, so it’s what we’re looking at today. The episode opens with a plug for Monster Madness, the annual Cinemassacre Halloween event which would have been underway when this …
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What’s Coming For December 2020 On Xadara
It’s the end of 2020. One more month to go, one more chance to make up for what was otherwise lost time this year. I’ll make this one quick, as it’s pretty much the same overall idea as last month – stay the course. That is to say, I’m just going to keep on writing …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 113: Tiger Electronic Games – Episode Review
It’s time to scrape the bottom of the barrel. In this episode, the Nerd takes a look at games produced by Tiger Electronics. As is discussed in the episode, any kid who grew up in the late 80’s or early 90’s will certainly remember these things and just how terrible they were! Before the episode …
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Obligatory Turkey Day Post
A yearly tradition…
December 2020 Xbox Live Games With Gold
December is almost upon us, which not only means we’re almost done with the year but we have one more set of games coming with Xbox Live Gold. The peanut gallery has weighed in with some strong dislikes on this video, but what do I have to say about the selection? Let’s find out. The …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 112: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure – Episode Review
Here we have a far more normal AVGN episode – in this case, a look at the NES game Bill & Ted’s Excellent adventure. Amazingly, this episode is so straightforward there honestly isn’t too much to say about it. James of course addresses that it is based on the quite popular film but, like most …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 111: Toxic Crusaders – Episode Review
Here we have what has to be one of the weirdest Angry Video Game Nerd episodes, which is saying a lot given the history of this series. In this episode James takes a look at a variety of games based on the Toxic Avenger character or, more critically, the Toxic Crusaders cartoon based on the …
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6 Months Of Final Zone BBS
I didn’t realize until the other day that I’ve been running a Bulletin Board System for the past 6 months! To be fair, this particular “version” of the board didn’t start until June 6th of 2020 – the previous few weeks the system was running on a Raspberry Pi as a “test” board, but in …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 110: Ikari Warriors – Episode Review
Here we have what is, by far, my favorite episode of the entire series: Ikari Warriors! This is apparently a game James has had a problem with since he was a kid, and this is his chance to finally tear into it. He wastes no time either – beyond a few side comments early on …
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15 Years Of Xbox 360
On November 22nd, 2005, the Xbox 360 launched to quite the celebration, both in the gaming scene and in the Mojave desert via an event known as “Zero Hour.” If you had told me then that 15 years later I’d be writing this article about the event, I’d have probably thought you were crazy. I …
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We Now Return To Your (Non)Regularly Scheduled Program
A couple of years ago I set out on a goal to have a more regular publishing schedule here on Xadara. The idea was Monday through Friday publishing which would result in around, if I posted an entry per day, a little over 20 entries a month. On the surface it was a fine idea …
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Seems Like I Can’t Catch A Break With These Mac mini’s…
The same night I did repairs on my Core 2 Duo Mac mini, nicknamed “Lion” I found out there was a bit of an issue with my other Mac mini, the Core Duo system I used as a basic file host and affectionately dubbed “Miniserv” for its role as a Mac mini “server.” In this …
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Trump Lost. Fucking Deal With It.
I generally try not to get too political here, but given that 2020 has been one hell of a year on virtually all fronts I figured now is as good a time as any to just kind of let loose with what I’ve been wanting to say on this subject. That is, the way the …
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I Have No Idea How This Screw Got Here
Yesterday I took one of my Mac mini’s (Lion, for those curious) to work again so I could do a bit of a deep clean on it. Something was rattling around in it and I didn’t want to turn it back on (it’s been out of use since the Spring) without getting whatever it was …
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