Today marked the 40th anniversary of the launch of Columbia on the first mission of the Space Shuttle Program, STS-1. It’s a little hard for me to think that it was that along ago, or that the program would go on for just over 30 years, ending in July of 2011 after 135 missions. Of […]
As is obvious to anyone visiting this site I’ve been quite distant from it, and quite a bit of social media, over the past few months. This has been a way for me to clear my mind, or at least, an attempt to. I’ve been focusing heavily on other projects and shying away from the […]
While I was at work today the phone rang, as it regularly does. After all, I work in a video game sales and repair store — people are always calling wondering what we have, how much a service costs, or just wanting some advice on something. It’s a fun job, for the most part, and […]
5,113 days ago I decided that I should register a domain name and select a hosting provider for a website to host what was, at the time, nothing more than a collection of music game related files and some discussion forums. That site was the very one you’re on, www.xadara.com, and in that time things […]
It’s been a while since we looked at an AVGN episode, so why not jump back into the craziness with the next episode, Hong Kong 97?! This is one of those fan request type episodes, but a good one given Hong Kong 97 was, at the time at least, one of the more mysterious games […]
Ha! I’m not going to be late for this months Games with Gold overview! Oh no, this one’s coming out on the first, and it looks like another interesting enough month of games that I’ll likely consider playing but never get around to enjoying, because I never play anything anymore yet I still insist on […]
Well, February was a complete wash as well. 2 whole articles in the past 28 days. That’s it. 2. I couldn’t be bothered to write a damn thing for the site, not even getting to the “Games with Gold” article on time! Much the same as January, I’ve been busy with some other projects combined […]
Wow, could I be any later with this entry? Seriously, this is two weeks overdue, but I’d rather cover it now than just skip it completely! In a funny case I originally delayed this due to Microsoft announcing the games lineup earlier than I expected, but not having a video released until right near the […]
Ah, February has proven to be as dead a month here as January was. This isn’t for lack of desire, simply lack of time: I’ve simply been too busy with work and various other projects to actually write new entries. It hasn’t been a waste, however – I’ve made quite a bit of progress on […]
Alright, January was a complete wash – a whole 6 entries over the month. Why? Well, I’ll get to that in a follow up entry, but simply put I was damn busy with things and it was such a chaotic month on a whole that all I could do was sit back and watch the […]
Here we are, another birthday for me. This one was certainly a more introspective one than previous years for a few reasons. For starters, the way the past year has been for the world has obviously been a rather unique situation — never before have those of us alive today faced an event quite like […]
Okay, January was supposed to be a pretty damned productive month for me, and it certainly has been, but not in so far as this website. I’ve certainly been neglecting things, but not for lack of caring — I’ve been far too busy to actually focus on Xadara for the past few weeks. Hell, I’m […]
Last week I was planning to ease into the year with some “lighter” subject matter, ranging between some tech projects I’ve been working on to things a bit more serious but still nothing too extreme — some light social commentary. Then Wednesday happened – the Capitol “Siege” that has somehow been the most hilarious yet […]
Pardon the relative silence, I’m right in the middle of a very busy week. Still, I felt like posting this relatively short entry to share that I’ve got some interesting phone equipment coming in which will certainly make for some quality text and video content — at least, for the more traditional telephony inclined kind […]
Every year I like to share the thoughts of my partner in crime, Prince Watercress, regarding the previous year and the upcoming one. His ceaseless stream of Let’s Plays and wrestling recaps are nothing short of incredible in their sheer volume and detail, and he’s really carved out a niche for himself – he handles […]