2024-04-21 23:18
TWO WEEKS off work started with helping my wonderfully talented, wood turning father-in-law setting up at his local Craft Fair in Logiealmond. I have been 'helping' him for about twenty yea… Read More
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Twitch blogs, games content and random internet musings. Blog of influencer and self confessed old gaming git; playing games since 1980.
2024-04-06 12:57
Today is the start of my quest for visibility, and it's a tricky beast. I have been around the internet long enough to know SEO is a thing - implementing it (or REMEMBERING to implement) fo… Read More
2024-03-31 23:12
I have to confess, I am the absolute best at procrastination - I have been making pieces of jewellery for six months now, and I have lost count of the number of times my better half politely… Read More
2023-12-31 12:20
"If something is worthwhile, it's worth doing well" is an old adage I may have mangled and one I am completely failing to live by at the moment. Ah, the perils of self-learning a new art fo… Read More
2023-12-09 15:00
Learning to craft silver pieces without formal tuition throws up all kinds of insights, contradictions, highs and lows. The past few weeks it's been mostly the joy of filing, sanding, buffi… Read More
2023-11-25 18:14
I started learning the art of silver smithing this year and have become hopelessly addicted. Attending my first class has sent me down numerous rabbit-holes of discovery - join me as I lear… Read More
2023-11-12 11:27
It's time. For better or for worse, I am going to dip a toe into the conflict in Gaza that threatens to widen into a conflict that will devour the Middle East and have repercussions around… Read More
2023-10-21 13:51
Le Matin's obituary for ,Jean Paul Sartre included "...this man who dared all on his own to insist that the only important action was justice for the oppressed, that the violence of the colo… Read More
2023-09-23 10:42
Recommended Listening: ,The Specials "A Message to You Rudy"
Life is punctuated with different goals and achievements as we move from the cradle to the grave -it helps us force time into… Read More
2023-09-09 11:31
The morning after the night before is always an interesting people-watching day with some rare sights, interesting street 'art' and fascinating wildlife scavenging amongst the human detritus… Read More
2023-08-27 12:51
Getting old sucks, especially as all those dire warnings about your teenage unhealthy lifestyle you ignored from your parents come home to roost. But with technology progressing at a faste… Read More
2023-08-09 11:43
Two years from celebrating half a century on this rotating galactic life-boat and I have finally bothered to play Minecraft - a clear fifteen years after my kids. Two late nights and some w… Read More
2023-08-02 15:19
Recommended listening: ,Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
Daily life in the big cities seems programmed to make inhabitants and visitors paranoid, wary and on-edge. Is it little wonder that London… Read More
2023-07-22 12:26
Recommended listening: ,'Sale of the Century' Sleeper
According to Bard AI, you can lead a Bohemian lifestyle and raise kids comfortably - what would your alternative career be? Are you… Read More
2023-07-16 16:41
Do you have a 'bucket list' and just when and why did it become a thing? Is it healthy concept and what is on yours? Let's have an unreasonable and ridiculous discussion...
Yesterday, I d… Read More
2023-07-08 14:56
[Trigger warning: Discussion of death and alcoholism]
The interesting thing about being sober in a society that largely evolves around finding ways to forget the society we have created, i… Read More
2023-06-11 13:17
While the state of the world can feel as oppressive as a weighted blanket made of elephant shit and orphan tears, you can always rely on the younger generation to make you focus less on givi… Read More
2023-05-28 20:42
If someone tells you, 'all politicians are the same' or that there is no point in voting as it 'doesn't change anything' then they are part of the political problem many democracies now fac… Read More
2023-05-21 11:55
Recommended listening: ,Dmitri Shostakovich
We all create a universe every day that is highly personal and shared to different degrees. Our perceptions create the world we inhabit and in… Read More
2023-05-15 11:19
We all need food and water to live, it's the fuel that lets us live, breath, function, (pro)create and die within our designated operating life-cycle. So why do so many of us do it so badly… Read More
2023-05-11 18:09
Skynet us imminent and we are all going to die is exactly what everyone is currently shitting themselves about, rather than the planet expelling humanity as the troublesome infection it has… Read More
2023-05-07 13:36
Come ye hither and gather round as I lean forward in the virtual pulpit on this most auspicious Sunday... apparently. I've had my one regulation vanilla latte for the week and have some caf… Read More
2023-04-08 13:41
Will Scotland ever become an independent country? A quick conversation with a Yes Scotland activist today gave me pause to contemplate whether the best chance in my lifetime had passed and… Read More
2023-03-26 15:55
I worry about getting old, but not for the usual reasons. I don't overly worry about the usual things like, will I end up on some local council report as an infirm codger, scaring the resp… Read More
2023-03-19 14:36
Knowing who you are in times of rapid change can be a tricky beast. If, like me, you are someone who naturally avoids conflict, then you probably balk at taking firm stances on things... in… Read More
2022-06-25 13:09
Or how Covid19 finally got me after artfully dodging it for two and half years. Throughout this post, remember we stayed away from others and followed all Scottish Government guidance regar… Read More
2022-06-25 13:08
Or how Covid19 finally got me after artfully dodging it for two and half years. Throughout this post, remember we stayed away from others and followed all Scottish Government guidance regar… Read More
2022-06-05 13:55
IT'S BEEN a beautiful sun-kissed long weekend in Scotland. I don't usually take bank holidays off, choosing to save the day for when I need it - such as work irritating me beyond my toleran… Read More
2022-04-17 15:35
GOOD day/night cycle to you all! It's been a while but I am back to the blog with all those damn good intentions of being regular with it but, who knows? I have new time-sinks thay might d… Read More
2021-02-28 13:21
Striking out for exercise (within government guidelines) and peace to think had unexpected consequences. Staying in and playing games would have been safer..
Yesterday was our regular Disc… Read More
2021-02-17 18:26
As statements go for a blog title, this is hardly an "OH MY - YoU'Ll NeVeR BeLieVE!" clickbait title- in fact it is pretty fecking obvious.
Today I fell down a particularly pleasing interne… Read More
2021-02-14 17:09
So - you think this is a blog-post about my personal life? A deep insight into my marriage? Eh, no. Get a grip.
I'm going to talk about my dark and seductive mistress who lurks in darken… Read More
2021-01-31 15:26
Well, it's been a long time since I have written anything here and my-oh-my, a lot has changed in the world. We have this thing called a pandemic and all those end-of-the-world humankind-ki… Read More
2020-06-30 14:58
I remember a few years ago watching a documentary about Detroit, the once beating heart of the American automotive industry, and how trees and plants were reclaiming desolate factories in th… Read More
2018-09-01 08:02
It's that time of year again. Yes, when I make my one and only (ish) train journey for the year to meet up with a large selection of the members of The Sovereignty. For this journey I alwa… Read More
2018-07-20 14:49
Last night (19th July 2018) I had the honour of being part of a team of streamers on Twitch, raising money for the excellent Special Effect. This small, UK based charity help people with di… Read More
2018-07-08 17:21
Twitch brought in some changes this week which means raids, hosts and premieres don't count towards viewer figures any more in the path to partnership. A good summary of the changes can be… Read More
2018-06-23 13:44
Good day/night cycle to you! This week has been 'one of those'. A week where games were just not cutting it. A dark and gloomy place indeed.
Streaming games on Twitch is fun but it's al… Read More
2018-06-10 16:45
https://youtu.be/reBwjqOhu-gWell - it's been a busy couple of weeks and, honestly, I have a mutitude of things to write about- I am definitely not short of blog subjects! But I thought I wo… Read More
2018-05-19 12:27
(I have played this game with a gifted, NDA free steam key from 505 Games for full disclosure! #ad)
I first described Memories of Mars as Subnautica without the water. Others have called i… Read More
2018-05-12 13:36
So my replacement chair finally arrived and survived the ficticious angry, office furniture hating courier. The box was a litle banged up and didn't seem taped shut too well, so I fully exp… Read More
2018-05-07 17:33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azr5eOKiXCAI finally managed to order a replacement for my broken, ailing computer chair that so horribly contributed to my wrecked spine, as per my previous… Read More
2018-04-28 15:10
Yes! I have arrived! I have managed to unlock the hallowed achievement of miserable, excruciating, can't-put-my-own-socks-on back pain through three decades of dedicated, slouched gaming… Read More
2018-04-21 13:34
Life is often hectic, unrelenting and indistinguishable from a vaudeville act and last week definitely qualified as one of those, hence the title. Not a review? I'll get onto that bit.
Mos… Read More
2018-04-17 16:01
https://youtu.be/G_in-YHZ7YsI am pleased to confirm that Paradox Interactive have kindly given this Old Gamer a review key for their upcoming mech-mashing strategy game. I may have squeed a… Read More
2018-04-12 14:06
So, my troublesome (not cheap) gaming PC failed to boot to desktop yesterday. To say it felt like a punch to the gut or having a limb in plaster is an under-statement! As I said in my prev… Read More
2018-04-09 13:21
I have spent the last 72 hours in the Highlands of Scotland and I have thoroughly loved dropping out of the Twitter, Discord, Twitch (repeat) grind. Mostly.
It's true that the highlands are… Read More
2018-04-02 20:13
There is an eclectic convention, run by Dan Grubb (Fantastic Books Publishing) which I first attended last year. This year, the location for Fantasticon 2018 is Cleethorpes (rather than it'… Read More
2018-03-30 17:15
Blood Bowl was a board game first released back in 1986 by Games Workshop and beautifully mashed together their Warhammer Fantasy universe with American Football. Fast forward to 2009 and t… Read More
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