Watch Dogs and Wildstar

It's a pretty busy time for gaming with Watch Dogs being released and Wildstar's early access beginning today.  Usually, I would be pretty excited.  A lot of my Twitter and gamer friends are enjoying both games.  I normally can't resist...

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Project Venice: A Home

Since I am taking a whole new approach with this game, it requires a new home.  I want to avoid getting limited by quotas this time around too.  There are a lot of solutions, like Amazon's EC2 and Heroku plus a myriad of other cloud products....

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Comfort Zone

I am very attached to my routines and comfort zones.  It's probably one of my biggest flaws.  It's something I have been actively working at in my offline life, so I figure it is something I should also work at online.  Project Venice...

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Starbases and Research in Ascent

One of the first things you can do in Ascent is purchase your very own starbase.  It is surprisingly affordable, only costing 10,000 credits.  You pick up the deed for one on SS Plato in the Apollo system using the contracts board.  Once...

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ESO Update

I managed to log into ESO a few times this week, but did not really accomplish anything.  I advanced a couple of quests, but that's about it. I'm just not in any rush to advance, which is odd.  During beta, I really wanted to get to level 10...

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Project Venice

If you have been a reader of this blog for a while you probably know that I like to work on programming projects.  Sites with Benefits ( formerly Project Murdock ) was my last project and it is in a pretty good spot.  So I've been looking...

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Mining in Ascent

Another one of the activities in the space MMO, Ascent, is to mine asteroids.  You can get all sorts of minerals through mining, as each type of asteroid has a different makeup.  Currently, only two systems in Ascent have asteroids:  Vulcan...

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Gaming Update

It's been a long time since I've really provided an update on my gaming actives.  I know you have all been wondering, so here goes.  Overall,  my gaming time has shrunk considerably.  The primary reasons are work and family.  I...

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Shards Online Kickstarter

Shards Online is not your everyday MMO.  It emphasis player made sandbox content to an extreme extent.  That doesn't mean this is just a 'roll your own MMO' toolkit, there will be official 'shards' too.  However, players can opt run their...

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Running the Numbers

I am now the proud owner of a Grain Farm in Ascent.  It produces grain at the rate of 207 per day.  So what does that really mean for me financially?  In the Ceres system, grain can be bought for 100 credits per ton.  This is low...

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New Webpage

I am many things, some good and most bad.  One thing that is fimly in the bad column is any kind of design work.  I am much more of a functional person in all aspects of my life.  I have no style to speak of.  Enter Sites with Benefits....

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Building in Ascent

Last week, I covered the basics of trading in Ascent.  Through trading, I upgraded my ship to a Unicorn and built up a nice reserve of around 200,000 credits.  One of the tutorial rewards was a deed on the planet Ceres and a Grain Farm blueprint....

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End Game Worries

I am still enjoying my time in ESO despite the lack of time to actually play it lately.  Other commitments have conspired against me.  I'm still only level 8 and not even to my Daggerfall main city yet.  At this rate I'll reach 50 sometime...

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