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| Screenshot of the Commander's Position in the Panther IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad |
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| Screenshot of the Commander's Position in the KV-1 IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad |
I've had this game for a long time, couple of years at least. When I got it my machine didn't really have the cojones to run the game, it IS a resource hog, comparatively speaking. My Razer laptop could run it but that poor beast died before I could really get to this game. Okay, I have a LOT of games for the computer.
My current laptop has the cojones to run the game but, and this is a big but, the laptop heats up quickly when playing games of this sort and I don't really want to burn up another laptop. Laptops are deuced useful when traveling dontcha know? But the smell of hot electronics bothers me. A lot. Can't imagine why. (Bit of snark there, I used to work avionics and the smell of hot electronics meant there was something we had to fix ... Which is exactly why I don't like that smell.)
My current desktop machine has lots of power and lots of cooling fans, seven to be precise, and the CPU is liquid cooled, not quite like a Maxim machine gun but you get the idea.
I'm still getting to know this new machine (so far I love it) and I do that by playing games on it. It's who I am, it's what I do. Can't command armies in the field but I certainly can on my computer. Best of all, no one gets hurt for real.
A game I am anxiously awaiting is Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815). The following screenshot might tell you why ...
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| Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815) |
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| Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) |
So that's what I'm up to, as for material for blog posts the well does seem to be running dry. Maybe it's me being lazy (or tired, I stay up way too late playing these damned games) or perhaps I need a break.
Might take a couple of weeks away from the hurla burla of the internet, I'm starting to need it. Failbook is driving me nuts (too much political shit) so I'm cutting back on my time spent over there. I'll read friend and family posts about their families and vacations but not much more. It's getting out of hand. (And don't get me started on the number of bloody ads Failbook inundates us with.)
Anyhoo, enjoy your Sunday. See you ...
Uh, scratch that, be back on Tuesday with something, I dunno ...
Maybe inspiration will hit, you never know.
I try not to hit the sack after shutting down the laptop for the night or watching the local newscast (mainly for the weather guesser), grab a book and read for ten minutes to calm the mind after screen time. Seven fans....uff da Sarge. I bought a laptop stand that has a fan in it and is adjustable for height/angle.
ReplyDeleteI have one of those as well, it helps somewhat but for the higher powered games the beast still heats up fast.
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ReplyDeletecouple of things: liquid cooled computers are the bomb for games. No way I can use a flight sim on a regular computer and be anything close to real. OTOH, my liquid cooled desktop? Almost like being in the plane. 2nd, dump the book of face. Seriously, constant anger splashed onto a screen, which is what their algorithms deliver, is not good for heart or soul. I dumped it 3 ish years ago and find life is far far better. Stay frosty, RAS
Good points on the liquid cooled machines. As for Failbook, kids use it for posting pictures of the grandkids, so I stick with it for that. The rest I mostly ignore. Just friends and family but yes, their algorithms deliver pure, unrefined garbage.
DeleteComing up with something to write is a lot harder than people think it is. It is not just the actual idea, it is the writing and editing (hopefully) and the struggling through the "this sounds terrible" (or its corollary, "This is terrible"). It takes a fair amount of replenishment of materials for good ideas as well, whatever the activity one uses to recharge and gather ideas (books, games, digging a hole, etc.).
ReplyDeleteDo what you enjoy and works. You have certainly earned it.
Lately it's been more of a struggle than usual!
DeleteAlthough not a gamer myself, I do enjoy your reviews of the games, and your travel commentaries, weather updates, and all the other human stuff. The fiction is always superb, but like fine dining, it is a treat to be anticipated and savored, but drive thru or mess hall chow will get us through life just fine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we really don't need a lot of the crap over on effbook or in the news. We don't have actual daily paper newspapers here any more, only their on line version, and some sort of weekly print edition, for which I refuse to pay for them to print fake and inflammatory propaganda. I do check their news most days, and might read 3 or 4 stories. I have pretty much given up on commenting on them as the commentariat seem to be rabid ignorant Marxists, even in this basically pretty conservative state.
This is my really busy time of year, or I would pen something to offer as filler material for slow days.
Thank for all you do to entertain and enlighten your imaginary friends.
John Blackshoe
I really appreciate the folks who stop by here. We'll get through this slump somehow.
DeleteSarge - Latching on JB's comment, I do enjoy your's (and the other Chanters) comments on things like games and books and videos. I never have enough time to cover all the things, and it is interesting to see what others are interested in.
DeleteThe Book Of Face is almost a total black hole at this point. I kept it for years so my parents could see what I was doing; with their passing, there is little enough that is truly vital there. Interestingly, my children and others their age do not post there, so it is not as if I will be getting the same sort of updates. I would probably close it entirely, but there are a couple of friends I have that use Messenger as their main communication tool.
Much the same here. It is useful to a certain extent.
DeleteI get you on the oversaturation of politics on FB. I've oft-wailed about the left and their policies, hypocrisy, and corruption, usually pitting it as one side or another, but I've recently modified those differences. With the recent release of those rapestein files, the overwhelming preponderance of evidence about the absolute corrupt depravity these elites were engaged in, it's now more like good vs incomprehensible, unspeakable, horrifying evil. And it's not just weirdos, but politicians (on both sides) that have covered for them, participated with them, and enabled it all to happen with a blatant blind eye. If you don't know what I'm talking about, there are details out there, but maybe you don't want to know- you're probably better off if you don't.
ReplyDeleteI have always felt that both sides were corrupt yet there is a small speck of good on either side. But it pales in comparison to the evil that has been done, in our name. By both sides. Power corrupts, it always has and no doubt always will.
DeleteTrue, maybe a little less corrupt on the right, a little more altruism? No? Well dammit. Fine, it's the lesser of two evils I guess. Figuring that out is tougher these days though.
DeleteMaybe, but not among the party faithful. Loyalty to a political party too often comes before loyalty to the people.
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