Category: Computer/Console

  • Atlas 1.5

    Atlas 1.5

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    Halfling13

    Switching topics over to the video game arena, today is the release of the long awaited Atlas 1.5 “MegaUpdate”. If you are not familiar with Atlas, it is a survival sandbox game with a pirate theme – and one that continues to hold the attention of our family. Up until recently, we were playing on…

  • Sunset over the bay

    Sunset over the bay

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    Halfling13

    Living in Ohio, we don’t get much time at the beach, which is part of the attraction of the Atlas game we have been playing. Since every land is an island, there is lots of ocean and beach time. So much so, with the graphics, I can almost smell the salt-water at times. In particular,…

  • The short lived Hedwig’s Revenge

    The short lived Hedwig’s Revenge

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    Halfling13

    I have been slacking off over this last week and not posting a daily note. I could claim it was work, but in reality it is distractions caused by video games. In this case, the new pre-release game Atlas (aka, Ark: Survival 2). An ocean-based game of pirates and adventure on the high-seas, I have…

  • Starting the New Year with a bang

    Starting the New Year with a bang

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    Halfling13

    I have been enjoying the recent changes to mining in Elite Dangerous, in particular the seismic charges and particularly rare materials in the ice rings of various planets. My son and I have mined quite a bit in recent days. I opted to capture one such effort this morning, in the icy rings of the…

  • Asteroids of the Frey System

    Asteroids of the Frey System

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    Halfling13

    Continuing my efforts with Elite: Dangerous (it has been distracting me a lot recently), here is a view from the rings of Frey 4, in the Frey system.  This particular location is a resource extraction site, popular with pirates (and thus good for combat), but it is also rather peaceful when you just stop and…

  • Elite: Dangerous

    Elite: Dangerous

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    Halfling13

    Making a return to a game that I have played off and on, with a bit of renewed interest.  Fortunately, Elite is a bit older now, and my graphics card, though dated, can run the game very well on Ultra.  Teamed up with my son, and potentially soon my other son, we are exploring the…

  • Ark: Extinction

    Ark: Extinction

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    Halfling13

    By this point, the new expansion for Ark: Survival Evolved will be released, and hopefully our custom server will be running the new Extinction content.  The wife is rather eager for the new material – she has plans of taming and crafting the new materials in the fresh land to explore.  Personally, I am fairly…

  • Conan continues

    Conan continues

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    Halfling13

    Obviously I have missed a post or two recently, as I have been sucked into the world of Conan fairly heavily.  The more we play, the more we find details and pieces that are unexpected.  Unlike our previous survival game, Ark, this game goes into a lot more detail, especially with regards to the combat…