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An Article About Mog

December 10, 2023November 28, 2023 Medic 0 Comments cat, mog, pet, random

The other day, while writing an article about my new cat in Sea of Thieves, I realized that I’d never written an article about my oldest pet. I’ve written a couple of articles about Ringo, my second pet, but one of them was to announce his passing, back in 2022. It turns out, I never discussed Mog, my first and oldest pet. Mog, also known as Captain Virgil Mogtastic, randomly turned up one sunny day when I was 20 years old, back when I lived in the middle of nowhere. He was a very small, very skinny cat with horrible… [Continue Reading]

Ringo the Cat, sitting by the ship merchant

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A Kitty in the Sea of Thieves

December 9, 2023November 27, 2023 Medic 0 Comments cat, pet, ringo, sea of thieves

The other day, I finally gave in and bought a pet in Sea of Thieves. I’ve wanted a pet in Sea of Thieves for a long time, but I’ve been holding off for a long time, while i slowly earned enough Ancient Coins in order to be able to afford one. Ancient Coins in Sea of Thieves are the premium currency, and are actually pretty expensive, considering that the game itself is often €40. That being said, most people get Sea of Thieves for free or for cheap via the XBox Game Pass, so Microsoft and Rare have to make… [Continue Reading]

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On Trying To Get Back Into Drawing Again

December 8, 2023November 26, 2023 Medic 0 Comments art, drawing, ramble, rant

I’ve been trying to get back into drawing again. Now I’m more settled down in my life, I have the ability to find my pens and pencils and actually sit down and draw stuff. But doing so has been more… frustrating than I’d like. I’m supposed to be actually good at art and things like that, but lately, I’m really just not feeling it. A small problem is, well, I’ve had to get new pens and pencils and sketch books. Most of my sketch books and pens seemingly disappeared during the move, and I never got around to getting new… [Continue Reading]

The Little Stormcloud, pledged to the Calcium Kings guild

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Little Quality of Life Things I want in Sea of Thieves

December 7, 2023November 25, 2023 Medic 0 Comments cosmetics, quality of life, sea of thieves

Sea of Thieves actually has a lot of decent accessibility features. You can use text to speech, have subtitles and turn on a lot of useful little things, like holding or tapping to interact with objects. However, there’s always a few little things that I feel like Sea of Thieves needs, that are more gameplay-orientated. Markers for skeleton ship loot Skeleton and ghost fleets are both world events, and when you kill a ghost ship, you get a couple of wraiths circling where the loot drops. When you defeat a skeleton ship though, that loot just bobs up and down… [Continue Reading]

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On Giving Up Chocolate

December 6, 2023November 24, 2023 Medic 0 Comments chocolate, food, ramble, rant

Four weeks ago (three at the time of writing), I gave up chocolate entirely. Being diabetic, I didn’t eat much chocolate anyway, but I always kept some around the house in case of low blood sugar, and I would definitely treat myself to chocolate on the weekends. I also ate probably a bit too much sugar-free chocolate. However, I’ve given it up, and, honestly, things aren’t that bad. The reasons why I gave up chocolate are two-fold. Firstly, it’s bad for me. I shouldn’t be having any chocolate in the first place, and I do very much need to lose… [Continue Reading]

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Vision – The One Thing I Never Got About League of Legends

December 5, 2023November 23, 2023 Medic 0 Comments league of legends, stealth ward, vision, ward

There are two things I’ve never really understood in League of Legends. The first is how to jungle efficiently. Jungling in League of Legends has changed a lot over the years, with different monsters and buffs and items, but I never learned how to farm properly and when the best time to gank, help a lane or whatever. The other thing I never understood was vision. Now, when I used to play League of Legends, I mostly played support. And support was generally in charge of applying vision to the map, as well as protecting the ADC and stopping them… [Continue Reading]

Two friends using Party Play in Pokemon GO

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Party Play Is Pretty Good Now

December 4, 2023November 22, 2023 Medic 0 Comments friends, party play, pokemon go

With the end of the Season of Adventures Abound, we got an event revolving around Adventures Abound’s biggest feature, Party Play. Party Play allows you to team up with up to three other trainers, see each other on the overworld, do research tasks together and take on bosses more easily than ever. The event, Party Up!, celebrated the feature and also brought back the new generation 9 Pokemon and the new shinies from the season. When Party Play originally came out, it was a bit underwhelming. Not only did it come with a bug which could delete all your saved… [Continue Reading]

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On Just Driving Around the City

December 3, 2023November 21, 2023 Medic 0 Comments Saints Row

In real life, I’m not really a fan of driving. I find it tedious and only drive because I have to. While it is nice to drive and listen to music, the cost of petrol is a large deterrent, and I don’t really like driving around for no reason. Now, in a video game? That’s not a problem. There’s no petrol to worry about, and I can listen to whatever I like. The game I normally do this in is Saints Row the Third. After I completed the main game, I spent a lot of time just driving around the… [Continue Reading]

Now for Something Completely Different

On Phone Call Scams

December 2, 2023November 21, 2023 Medic 0 Comments banking, internet security, online safety, random, rant, scam, security

The other day, I got my first scam phone call in a loooong time. Living in the EU, I an generally protected from scam phone calls, mostly because the EU does actually try to protect people’s data, and it’s easier to get off call lists. However, this phone call came via WhatsApp, with a region code clearly not from anywhere in Europe. Curious, I answered it and was met with someone with a heavy Indian accent. They claimed that they were calling from my bank because my card had been declined. I asked them what bank and what card, and… [Continue Reading]

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The Thieves Guild Lacks Real Thieves

December 1, 2023December 7, 2023 Medic 0 Comments Skyrim, thieves guild

After a discussion with a friend about the politics of Skyrim, I decided to load up the game and give it a go. Well, I didn’t just load up Skyrim, I opened up Mod Organizer, used it to load SKSE, which then loaded Skyrim. It took a couple of attempts, but after I disabled a bunch of mods, I got Skyrim working and realized I’d installed a mod that had simplified every texture. I also discovered that I only had one save and it was pretty new, left at Diplomatic Immunity. I decided I was just going to roll with… [Continue Reading]