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March Video Games
Only Civ this month as I’ve been focused on my semester work. Civ V ( 29 hrs): Mesa Bros: It was my oldest game that didn’t yet have any war, but Germany broke the peace. In general, my style seems to be OK with AI warfare. Usually I can ramp up my units quickly enough…
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Listening Trends 2014 Q1
I started 2014 with a bunch of music I’d acquired in 2013, but which I still hadn’t listened to. So I created a playlist with a high weight on unplayed music from Q4 2013 to Q1 2014. I changed my Amarok settings so that instead of populating the next 11 items, it would populate the…
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drop the bomb productions
I’m moving my videos from drupal to here. It is just too much work without much payoff to maintain it as its own site. More to come here in the future. Legal Stuff All the clips on this site are copylefted to drop the bomb productions and its sole member, Eric Mesa. Where others have…
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Five Iron Frenzy and Reel Big Fish Concert in Silver Springs, MD
On 6 Nov I went to my 2013 concert. Because of time and money concerns, Danielle and I typically go to a maximum of two concerts a year, and usually just one concert. I was completely unable to resist seeing Five Iron Frenzy in their first tour since breaking up nearly a decade ago. I…
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2013 Video Games Report and Game of the Year
Civilization V (48.5 hrs): As is usually the case, spent a ton of time with Civilization this year. Played about 3.5 hours less than last year, but had way more fun by playing with Dan and Dave. Things have gone a little slower recently because we’ve all been away for the holidays, but I actually…
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Dec 2013 Video Games Report
Civilization 5 (5 hours): Still haven’t caught up on the blog posts. Still entirely consists of games with Dan and Dave. Dan gifted me the latest expansion pack during the Winter Steam Sale, so I may fire up a solo game. Time will tell – I still have a ton of indie games from Humble…
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September Video Games (Includes LIMBO Review Part 1)
Civilization V (8 hours) – Keep following the tags (Civ V: Lefties and Civ V: Mesa Bros ) or check out my Saturday posts (although this week I didn’t have one) LIMBO (3 hours) – Here is my review of the game up to what I finished in September: The order in which I play…
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Solo Empire, Pyramids, and Republic (1600 BC – 1300 BC / 2560 BC)
If I may step out of the fictional narrative mode I’ve been using for a few weeks now, I have to say that it’s a shame these two games are my first Civ games in somewhere between 6 months and a year. Unfortunately, I didn’t listen to my brain for the first half dozen or…
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Will we actually finish this time? (4000 BC)
Ever since the play by email (PBEM) feature in Civilization IV, I’ve tried to play multiplayer games with my brothers. It’s pretty ridiculous in this day and age that Civilization has Nintendo-level abysmal support for asynchronous play. The games often take 40 hours to complete solo and even longer when playing live so asynchronous play…
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RIP Alvarez Guedes
I just found out from my brother that Alvarez Guedes died. I have almost the same story as the person who wrote the linked article. I’m not sure if I’ll expound on it in a longer post, but I wanted to pass along the link. He was an awesomely funny dude, my favorite comedian, and…
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July Video Games Report
Lucky reader, you get (at least) two posts today! Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (4 hrs) – I finally started playing Ass:Rev nearly 7 months after I got it as a gift. I’d been putting off playing it because it’s a lot easier for me to play computer games at night than it is to play with…
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I Guess It’s My Turn Now
We were raised with the constant reminder that we needed to care for our parents when they got old. They spent countless hours and money to raise us – it’s the least we could do. We always said, “Yes” or “Of Course”. It’s funny, I always thought I appreciated what my parents had done for…
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Leaving the Kids at Home While You Go Party
Unfortunately, my work situation dictates that Scarlett does not have any local grandparents; one set’s in NYC and the other’s in Tampa. Scarlett’s current age necessitates being taken care of by someone who’s raised children, so Danielle and I don’t get to go out to the types of places you’re not supposed to take kids…
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June Video Games Report
Costume Quest (7 hours) – I completed the main Costume Quest and then continued on to the DLC. The game continued to be charming and I enjoyed playing it as well as the simple story arc of the brother and sister realizing they didn’t hate each other that much. Gameplay-wise the game is not…