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Starcraft 2 and Civilization 5

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Josh

This year’s going to be an excellent one for strategy gamers like myself: Starcraft 2 is set to come out at the end of July, and Civilization 5 is due out in September. I got a chance to try the … Continue reading →

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War Games

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Josh

I’ve long been a fan of war games, particularly World War 2 games. Red Orchestra, Company of Heroes, Day of Defeat, Hidden and Dangerous 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein1 – all of these hover at the top of my list … Continue reading →

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Josh Vs. The Video Card

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Josh

If you’ve worked with computers for a while, you’ve probably heard some standard things about maintaining your system. Defrag the hard drive regularly; keep your virus definitions up-to-date; uninstall stuff you’re not using to free up space; update your drivers, … Continue reading →

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64squar.es – Chess meets Web 2.0

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Josh

I believe it was on MetaFilter a few days ago that I learned of 64squar.es, a new chess site. I’ve been playing a few games on it over the past few days, and I really, really like it. I’ve played … Continue reading →

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More Red Orchestra Guest Passes

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Josh

I posted back at the beginning of June about having two guest passes for Red Orchestra Ostfront. Well, for whatever reason, I now have 2 more. They showed up in my Steam account a few days ago. If you want … Continue reading →

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Two bits of game news: one good, one bad

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Josh

(Note: If you’re not into gaming, you’ll perhaps find this post exceedingly boring; it’s not at all like most of my other Sys13 entries. You’ve been warned. If you aren’t a gamer geek, you might want to turn back – … Continue reading →

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2 Free Red Orchestra Ostfront 41-45 Guest Passes

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Josh

One of the games I play, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, was updated on May 31st. With that update, all owners of the game received 2 guest passes for Red Orchestra, available over Steam. Seeing as the friends of mine who … Continue reading →

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Make a nation, today!

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Josh

An online nation, that is, at NationStates.net. NationStates is a political “sim” game, where you guide your nation by choosing a stance on different issues. You can also emulate real nations by “dismissing” the issue, which is a just what … Continue reading →

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I’ve been drawn into magic again.

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Josh

No, I’m not casting spells; at least not real ones. By “magic”, I mean Magic: the Gathering, of course. I’ve recently been pulled into the game again by my older nephew (don’t ask). The last time I played was probably … Continue reading →

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Tabletop games are actually a lot of fun.

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Josh

This past weekend there was a Viking boat work party which I attended. We didn’t get a great deal of work done on the boat, but that wasn’t really in the planning anyway. We did some dimensions-wrangling on the plans … Continue reading →

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