Other Commentary
Posts that aren't specifically related to games
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Bailing on Survival Mode in Kendis’ playthrough
As of hitting level 32 in Kendis' run, I'm officially bailing on playing her in Survival Mode. Main reason for why: it takes a lot of the fun out of the College of Winterhold for me. :( More deets as to my reasoning in the post.
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Alternate possibilities for the Blessings of Nature quest
Some thoughts about how I'd rearrange the Blessings of Nature plot in Skyrim, since I have _issues_ with how the game implemented it.
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How to do game captures on the Steam Deck
A writeup of how I got video capture working on my Steam Deck's desktop mode, using a program called OBS Studio.
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Some thoughts on the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim
Here, have a writeup of my thoughts about the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim thus far, now that I've finished most of a playthrough with it! Picoreview: would recommend, but there are bits I'm ambivalent about too.
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Morrowind doesn’t work on my Win11 ARM VM
The very definition of a niche case: trying to run Morrowind in a Windows 11 ARM VM on an M1 MacBook Pro. Unsurprisingly, I GOT PROBLEMS! Namely: I can't get the game to see my controller. Anybody got ideas?
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Some thoughts about ESO+
Some thoughts about the ESO+ subscription service, and why I'm not going to commit to paying for it yet, and what I may be doing in the meantime while I think about it.
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Update on my ability to play ESO on my Mac
Turns out I CAN launch ESO on my new MacBook Pro--sorta kinda. Further experimentation is required. This is a post to geek out about my plans for that.
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Gaming surprise of the week No. 2: new M1 MacBook Pro!
I have a shiny new M1 MacBook Pro, so here's a quick post about what this means for my gaming ambitions!
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Mostly Final Configuration of Morrowind Steam Deck Buttons
Geeking out about my (probably) final configuration of Steam Deck controller buttons for playing Morrowind.
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How to fix misnamed save files in Morrowind
Played Morrowind on the Steam Deck tonight, only to discover that boy howdy am I not good at naming Morrowind's save files with the Deck's on-screen keyboard. This post describes what I had to do to fix it.