I am out of the game. Over the last few years, the specs – and costs thereof – have skyrocketed for computer parts, which has led to my refraining from upgrading, or building a new gaming rig. It is outright ridiculous. Once upon a time, I could build a solid gaming computer for under $1500,…
So, my podcasting setup is a bit… janky, you might say. For years, I have been making most of my content on a laptop, from the comfort of my living room recliner. No fancy studio. Only the most basic of gear. Well, I’m getting ready to fix that, after a fashion. What I’m thinking of…
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So much for saving money the next couple of months! It all started with a smell. Specifically, the smell of very hot electronics, which I found rather disturbing, since I was writing on my three year old laptop, which has been running very hot of late. Now, I usually buy new laptops every three years…
So, I have this Samsung Chromebook, which I picked up “Renewed” off of Amazon back in June. It is a spiffy little computer, overall, good for light web-surfing and other such simple tasks. Other than the fact that it no longer is eligible for operating system updates from Google (wish I’d known about that before…
If you’ve been following the Past Shows made in “Lord of the Rings Online” this week, you may have noticed a common theme: The game keeps crashing, closing the livestream very abruptly. This last weekend was merry Hell, trying to play LOTRO for any consistent amount of time, as the game would freeze up, then…
So, hey! We have a podcast here now! You see, I have been doing an audio podcast about all things Gaming, called “Pixels & Dice”, for over a year now. I had been hosting it over at my other gaming website, GamingStuff.website, but nobody goes there anymore, so… Anyway, I decided it would be best…