Over the past 2 weeks I’ve come into the possession of quite the atypical piece of gaming tech — a PAL format PlayStation 3 console. This is odd, of course, because I’m in the United States and we aren’t exactly in a location where a PAL system has any real use. Still, it came through …
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What’s Coming For February 2020 On Xadara
I can sum up this entire article in one word — Change. That’s really, in its most base form, what’s coming to this site over the next month. As I prepare for the 13th anniversary of the site being started, I’m once again coincidentally put in a place where I feel some change is due, …
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It’s that time again — the annual birthday post. It’s funny, what people tell you is true — the older you get, the quicker the years go. Ah well, that’s the nature of life, is it not? Change, as well, is the nature of things. The world, and our lives, are ever changing whether we …
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I Still Haven’t Opened My PlayStation Classic. Seriously.
Loyal readers may recall back on Amazon Prime Day I ordered a PlayStation Classic. After nearly a month it finally arrived and I just let it sit there and not get opened. That hasn’t changed at all. Yep. Over 5 months have passed, and I’ve still not bothered to even open it and mess with …
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I Honestly Can’t Stand What The Gaming Scene / Gaming Culture Has Become
I’ve been a “gamer” my entire life. For clarity, I define “gamer” as simply someone who enjoys video games. While one can refine and sub-divide that (what types of games someone likes, how often they play, to what extent they “care” about the subject) that’s not important here. What is is simply the idea of …
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Sorry PlayStation Fans, Instagram Likes Only Matter For, Well, Instagram
I know, I’m late on this. It’s been a week, whatever. I still wanted to write about this one. Last week when Sony unveiled the PlayStation 5 logo it was met with, shall we say, mixed reactions. The internet quickly mocked the fact that it looked just like the previous PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 …
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Blocked For A Reason – 2020 Edition
Back in early 2016 I wrote an article titled “Blocked for a Reason.” The article covered the subject of blocking people on social media – in simple form, the reason behind such (at least for me) and what it actually means when that event happens. I thought it would be good, since it’s been nearly …
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Finally Getting Back Into The Groove Of Writing About Gaming
I really didn’t want to end today without having written something. I’ve been on a bit of a hot streak recently with posts here, but today work really demanded my all and since I’ve gotten home I’ve felt like nothing but trying to relax. Still, I want to keep the momentum of this hot streak …
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Better Late Than Never
I’ve mentioned before about the massive backlog I have of articles to write, Many of them are so far gone from being important that they just aren’t worth it. Others are, at most, a week old and are still relevant enough. The internet, however, seems to want to run on its own time — a …
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What’s Coming For 2020 On Xadara
Here we go, the first post of 2020 and of course it’s the obligatory “What’s Coming” post. You can’t say I’m not starting off optimistically, right? Right, let’s begin. First thing I’d say is it stands right now I’m hoping to keep up with my post schedule. It really has made things better on a …
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A Look Back At 2019 On Xadara
Well, that’s it. The final post of the year, the one where I take a look back at the previous 365 or so days and ask myself “was this all worth it?” Okay, not really, but I like to see what all happened over the past year. As I kind of “go with the flow” …
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2009 Me Would Have Hated 2019 Me
Earlier this year I realized something — in a great many ways I’ve pulled a complete 180 from who I used to be a decade ago. Namely in opinions about some topics, preferences for some things and general interests. It’s kind of funny to think back, but given the stuff that can happen to a …
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A Week Of Transition
Here we are, the final day or so of 2019. While I’m not one to get into the whole “new years resolution” thing (mostly due to the arbitrary nature of years, more on that in the future maybe (joke not intended)) I am one to take the opportunity of such an event to shake things …
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Christmas Memories – Sega Game Gear, 1994
Another Christmas has come and gone and, being the nostalgic person I am, I realized much like Christmas of 2018 marked 25 years since I got my Sega Genesis as a kid, this Christmas marked 25 years since I got a Game Gear, Sega’s very awesome (and very battery hungry) portable console of the early …
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The Darkest Part Of Every “Apocalypse” Scare – The Scams And Lies
Today happens to be December 21st. Many of you may recall back in 2012 (that’s 7 years ago now) everyone was talking about this whole “Mayan Apocalypse” thing, as one of their calendars happened to end on that date. Well, it actually didn’t, as it was misinterpreted, and the Mayan calendar naturally had beginning and …
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