I hate going a full week without posting, but that happens from time to time when I have nothing fun or exciting to write about. Both of those should be qualified a bit – things I fun fun or exciting. I have been writing about un-fun and boring things from you, the gentle reader’s perspective…
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2017 I HAS REVIEW – Q4
Good news is my site is back up! My tinfoil hat edition is that one day I get a notice from WordPress – sign up for paid backups now! I said no. Next day, a standard, Jetpack update broke my site for a week. Quite the coincidence, right? I am so sad that now I…
2017 I HAS REVIEW – Q3
Q1 post here and Q2 post here. Continuing wrapping up last year’s blogging and gaming efforts with the July to August calendar quarter. July 2017 Post Count: 3 Games: Fortnite, Paladins, Battlenet (early backer) Other Media: None Themes: Against the grain, Feedback, Early Access Mood/Content: Largely absent! Summer I like to be in, on and…
2017 I HAS REVIEW – Q2
This is building off of my first post reviewing this blog and the year 2017. Q1 Post here April 2017 Post Count: 9 Games: Andromeda, Hearthstone Themes: Nostalgia, Exploration, Satisfaction Mood/Content: Fully immersed in Andromeda the entire month. Everything about this game improved on the first series. Yes, everything. The gameplay, the RPG elements, the abilities,…
Cup Runneth…
Over. Definitely Over. I’m a lucky person in pretty much all areas of my life – professional, personal and digital. It is never lost on me the need and suffering in the world. Still, there is much beauty and hope. You just have to believe. And act. In my online world here, at I HAS…
Things are Looking Up: EQ2, PC Gaming
I spent the weekend thinking about gaming, and playing a bit. I kind of realized that I don’t envy being a developer trying to make games right now. I read somewhere that Battlefront 2 probably “only” sold 1.2 to 1.5 million boxes in it’s first month of sales – and is considered a complete failure.…
Blinking and Missing the Moment : Brian Kesinger
The world is a giant, strange place full of good, bad, and everything in between. Most importantly, and often the source of many of those emotions, are people. There are billions of us on this planet and we are all making our own way through our versions of what our lives should be. My point…
Caught in the Cookie Jar : Developers
Destiny 2 has not been a favorite of mine for many reasons, and not going to rehash those at this time, but it was for purely game reasons. They have, unfortunately, stooped below the game-level issues I disliked. Literally slowing XP gains secretively on Bright Engram boxes. You know, those same boxes that you can…
So You Are Saying There’s A Chance
Gevlon wrote a pretty sarcastic piece (I think it was meant to be sarcastic!) calling for the end of all randomization in gaming to counterbalance the future of loot box mania (which is already here, and not going anywhere). I do appreciate that some people – and “gamers” in particular – appreciate some certainty. This is…
Blog Therapy – Drafts Folder Purge Part 5
I still have pesky drafts sitting in my ‘Posts’ folder from waay back in 2015. I am continuing to examine and decide whether to finish off the post, or delete it to the blog-void permanently. My other posts in this series are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. What I am, and Not, Playing (4/30/2015) Back during…
Blade Runner 2049 – Commentary
Heads up, there will be some spoilers here, so I am going to insert a nice big graphic about Blade Runner that I stole from the internet, and then discuss openly. You have been warned. I don’t typically review movies – I leave that to the experts – because my general expertise and thoughts after…
Straws, Backs and Camels Part 2 : Consoles
My first post about the last straw – losing it on a company was about Electronic Arts. That was way back in 2010. My self imposed EA exile lasted all of almost a year, but I caved in when Dragon Age 2 launched. (Dragon Age is one of the best RPG games out there, ever.…
Destiny 2 – What Could / Should Have Been
I think the Aggronaut and I are the main discussors of all things Destiny in this corner of Blognation, (Adding Dragonchasers to this short list) so I won’t continue to link to him on each post but chances are you are already reading him anyway. We are on different paths of our initial enjoyment of…
Happy Early Blog Birthday to I HAS PC
9 years old this Sunday. August 27, 2008 was my first blog post. Since I don’t blog on the weekend and haven’t had many exciting things to share lately I figured I would write my happy blog-day to me post a couple days early. Usually it’s late, or forgotten (oh, hello wedding anniversaries, real birthdays, doctors…
Post Vacation Post
Not sure if you noticed, but I was gone for two weeks. Add to that, my site went down. I was pretty sure it was a foreign oppressive regime – North Korea or Maybe Russia – but my tech guy claims it was just some update error. Maybe the foreign oppressive regime put that there.…
The Oracle Speaketh!
Sometimes, I get it right. Every once and awhile I go read an old post – this is normally because someone else read it and it got a hit and I try to see what lead them to that post. Here is the paragraph from what I wrote in 2008 A side thought to this…
13 Reasons Why
I do not watch a lot of TV. I find I get interested in some shows and find them really well done, and get engaged in early seasons. Eventually, and pretty much always, writers on the show change, TV studios realize they have a hit and do everything they can to stretch out what might…
Aha Moment, Diversity
I have always been sympathetic to ‘liberal’ social causes. First, I am Canadian and we have a supportive society with a distinct world view. We are just friendly people, for the most part, to use the stereotype. Most of this came from attending a liberal arts university that back in the 90’s was considered ‘gay…
Where to Next?
With Andromeda fresh in the books as the most satisfying gaming experience I have had to date I have 3-5 years to kill before the sequel. Plenty of time to try other games. Thanks to all the slot information I learnt from https://www.slotsformoney.com this site – I could use it here to try my luck.…
When Real Life Collides
My Google suggested posts news feeder pulled up this beauty of a picture of the Andromeda galaxy. The real one, not the one in Mass Effect. It’s stunning. Here is a link to the article
I Hacked My Own Blogroll
Well, that was a pain in the ass. I loved my WP Social Blogroll plugin. It updated who and when blog posts were written from my links. Whenever I need a break from work, or whatnot, I can log into my site and see if any blogs I follow have written any updates. It was…
Change of Plans
I am going on vacation (again, yes, lucky me) someplace warm again (Cuba) Â to escape the cold, Canadian winter. Well, it’s mostly been mild here this winter for the most part but supposed to get a deep freeze next week which coincides with my escape that much better. My plan was to finish off the…
#NOGOODWAY
Today the #NOGOODWAY campaign launches. Here is the video: And the Facebook page, explaining it. https://www.facebook.com/nogoodway I find the video game community is particularly bad at using the R-word inappropriately, as part of everyday gaming language in forums, online, etc. I see it used too frequently. Which is why I am glad  I have a gaming…
Changing Gears
Fixing I HAS PC My web site has been loading like crap after I replaced my broken social blogroll links. I love that feature – it is one of my favorite things about having this blog, the quick, easy view of when my favorite blogs have been updated.  I have disabled it for now, and will…
Rescue Time
In my last post I talked about how Tuesdays were a fun day in Azeroth, and made some claims about my play time. Prior to that thought I had already installed “Rescue Time” on my laptop which logs all of your activities while actively using your laptop. I assumed that doing everything I had planned…