Space_man's Ramblings

Per "Site Admin Lelldorianx's" request, this blog is about EVERUTHING! Includes: games, game industry, indie games, D&D, board games, programming, hardware, engineering, physics, beer, funny quotes, bad paint drawings and everything else.
Jul 10

Retrospective: Morrowind

Space_man Posted by: Space_man |
Tagged in: myblog

Alright, enough blog posts about APB recently.  Here's something different.  This story takes place - uh... a long time ago - in Morrowind (duh) on the original Xbox (unfortunately, those loading times sucked).

I traveled north from Vos, on some long forgotten mission.  As I neared the sea, a fantastic Deadric ruin appeared on the horizon.  I was a spellsword, primarily a mage but often reliant on my powerful summoned dagger.  I had stolen a full set of priceless glass armor from the Mage's Guild by magically picking the lock, slowly loosing loyalty with them as I rose in rank with House Telvani.  I felt unstoppable as I neared a mysterious Deadric ruin for the very first time.

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Jun 11

On Dungeons and Dragons

Space_man Posted by: Space_man |
Tagged in: gaming

(Or: The Sun is Very Dark: Tale of a D&D N00bie)

A couple years ago, I became interested in playing dungeons and dragons.  There were a few reasons for this, perhaps the first was Site Admin Lelldorianx - sorry, can't keep typing that -  STEVE talking about playing D&D each week.  When Wizards of the Coast released the Penny Arcade D&D podcasts (RIP Aofel) my interest peaked.  Without ever having played, I was missing a key part of being a gamer.  As a result, last summer I played my first D&D encounter online with Steve as the DM.  It was a simple encounter without much story, a kobold ambush, but it was definitely fun, and lasted long into the night.  He promised a full campaign, but the summer ended, and neither of us had the time.

 

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Jun 06

Space_man's Ramblings

Space_man Posted by: Space_man |
Tagged in: myblog , gaming

Yesterday your favorite site admin came up to me.  Well, actually, he messaged me on steam chat.   The conversation went something like this:

"Hi Space_man!" he said.

"Hi site admin Lelldorianx" I said.  "How are you doing?

He replied, "The blog on my website isn't working properly.  Could you help me troubleshoot it Space_man?"

"Ok site admin Lelldorianx" I answered.

Subsequently troubleshooting took place and the blog was fixed.

"Wow, you fixed it site admin Lelldorianx!" I said.  "Maybe I should make a blog now!"

"Yes, Space_man, commence blogging" he replied.

"Ok" I said.  "But what should I blog about?"

"EVERUTHING IN UNIVERSE" he replied.  And he was right.

 

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