January 29 – Ken is looking over my game
and I’m trying to scrape up funds to make this year’s CSWExpo…
January 1, 2012 - Happy New
Year! Fall Blau prototype on its way to Ken. No
money in the till…
Dec 16 – Fall Blau
counters are in! Physical copy has been assembled… just need to burn all the
files to CD and ship it off to Ken. :-)
Nov 6 – With video driver (285.62), I
get a slightly lower score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14037. Computer is taking forever to find files… AV
keeps popping up with renewal notices. Wonder if there’s a connection. Nobody
showed, but Fall Blau testing continues! Playing
through the campaign scenario and everything is pretty smooth. Now have to go
back and check if the changes broke anything before I send it off…
Oct. 16 – Fall Blau
testing will be wrapping up this month. Our next Game Day (29th)
will be the last showing before I get ready for submission.
Sept 23 – Fall Blau
test tomorrow. Work continues on a Vassal module. Obama promised Hope and
Change… Well, what has changed is
there is no hope anymore!
August 21 – With video driver (280.26), I
get a slightly higher score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14102. Fall Blau testing
yesterday! Played through three turns and everything went pretty smooth…
July 30 – With video driver (275.33), I
added memory for a 4 GB total, now I get a higher score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080
(8xAA/8xAF) = 13998.
July 23 – Things are slowly returning
to normal after surgery. Big Steam sale kept me busy while recovering... Fall Blau debut today.
:-)
June 28 – Major health issues… in and
out of hospital. All things on hold…
June 25 – New video drivers (275.33), I
get a lower score, again... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 13703.
WTF!!!!
June 16 – Doctor’s test scheduled for
Saturday, so Fall Blau will have to wait until next
month.
June 9 – Counters are here and I’m in
the process of punching them out. Again I must deal with illness and doctor’s
visits. Should have everything ready for our local Game Day next Saturday…
May 26 – Patiently waiting printed
counters for Fall Blau. So I can continue final testing before submitting to the
publisher. :-)
April 24 – New video drivers (270.61), I
get a monstrously lower score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 13735.
WTF!!!!
April 18 – I’m now testing the Caucasus
scenario in Fall Blau for balance. Next,
will run through the August 1942 campaign start. Sells
on Steam yield Sacred 2 and Bioshock 2. First one… meh… second one… basically same as first except you’re a
Big Daddy. Graphics don’t look any better either…
March 30 – Saturday I went with Emily to
see Sucker Punch… Good Flick! We both
liked it. – Latest version of Fall Blau is
looking very solid, will have to make some components one of these days.
March 13 - Tweaking a new version of my Fall Blau which uses an "overrun" type mechanic. Having a Zun Tzu gamebox for testing is a real god-send. Love this program! Still happy with Windows 7, except Service Pack 1 did slow things down a bit... :-/
February 12 - Uploaded a new version of my Fall Blau Zun Tzu gamebox for testing. Love this program! ...and Windows 7 isn't bad either. ;-)
January 24 - Finally upgraded to Windows 7! Almost done re-installing all my programs, as you can't migrate from XP... and so I put everything on a new hard drive. My spare was fixin' to die anyway (after only a year and 4 months)... so goodbye Hitachi Deskstar and hello Samsung!
January 1, 2011 - Happy New Year! Sad year for the singleplayer PC experience... and a horrible year, period. <sarcasm> Thanks Obama & Dems! </sarcasm>
Dec 29 - Posted a complete ZunTzu gamebox for testing of Fall Blau game. Everything is rolling along...
Dec 9 - Posted a ZunTzu gamebox for testing of Fall Blau scenarios. Hopefully someone will come forward to help...
Nov 12 - New video drivers (260.99), I get another lower score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14158. But better than the last one...
Oct 29 - Late Fees make it even harder to pay the bill the next time around. Soon they'll all be debt collectors... :-(
Oct 9 - Fall Blau test copy will be completed and work progressing on VCS Kharkov. Wish I could actually pay all the bills this month... :-(
Sept 23 - Hopefully, there will be a Fall Blau playtest Saturday, progress continues in that direction. Nobody wants or has time for a LAN... :-(
Sept 4 - Why do new case fans only last 2-3 months? >:-(
August 17 - Damn fan on the A/C... >:-( Love having more go out than coming in.... aargh!
August 7 - New video drivers (258.96), I get another worse score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14202. WTF!!!!!
July 10 - Rainy Summer after a real hot Spring...
June 30 - Always nice of places to wait until I have no money to start having major sales! ...yes, I'm looking at you, Steam. :-(
June 20 - New video drivers (257.21), I get another slightly better score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14242. Yeah!!!!!
June 10 - Ready to print out another playtest kit of Fall Blau... Kids out of school now!!!
May 29 - Memorial Day weekend, yeehaa! Taking some much needed vacation... Prince of Persia - Good Flick!!!
May 25 - Now on Facebook... well, the world is still spinning the same way. meh
May 20 - WTF, LEGO Rockband, charging $10 just to transfer songs I already paid for... Rip-Off!!!
May 12 - L4D2 and some CSS at the LAN. Plus some Rockband on the PS3... loads of fun!
May 2 - New video drivers (197.45), I get another slightly worse score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14191. WTF!!!!!
April 26 - New game for the LAN... Left 4 Dead 2! Awesome, zombie killing fun...
April 10 - I agree, we don't need all those nukes... nice round number of 350 sounds like plenty!
March 31 - Battlefield Bad Company 2 is the last PC game I will buy. Finished the single player in 6 hours. Now that they have removed all LAN support from new games and forced a console world on everything, there is no longer a reason to support them. There is no way to measure up to a $50 price tag any more. We will enjoy ourselves with BF2, CoD:MW, and Source games like DoD & CS, from now on... actually this will save me money in the long run. "Fargin' Iceholes!"
March 27 - First effect of the F**king Obama Healthcare Law... Must pay full price for drugs that work or shift to generics which may or may not work, because insurance will no longer cover Brand Name medicines. Thanks Dems/Obama... hope those 30 million are happy while you screwed the rest of us!
March 26 - New video drivers (197.13), I get a slightly worse score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14222. Here we go again!!!!!
March 20 - Weather scared everyone away... :-(
March 11 - Trying for a LAN during Spring Break...
Feb. 19 - Everyone's sick or nonresponsive... so maybe we'll try next month.
Feb. 15 - Record snow on Thursday... Looking forward to possible LAN party this weekend.
Feb. 1 - New video drivers (196.21), I get a slightly better score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14236.
Jan. 30 - New monitor only lasted 12 days... going on second one (third, if you count the Samsung that was a Fry's return item and all they had, that I sadly found out why) now. LAN party tentatively scheduled...
Jan. 16 - New monitor Acer 24" LCD, I get a slightly worse score... 3DMark05 - 1920x1080 (8xAA/8xAF) = 14201. But much better picture!!!
January 14, 2010 - Happy New Year! Both daughters now with me again... maybe we can get the LAN parties back on track.
Dec 22 - New video drivers (195.62), I get a slightly worse score... 3DMark05 - 1280x1024 (4xAA/8xAF) = 14969. WTF!!!!!
Dec 5 - Typical, the first Lego IJ is much better than the new one. They tried to go "open world"... it just kills any desire to progress. Sad.
Nov 12 - Netflix on the PS3... cool. Finished both Lego games and just waiting for Indiana Jones 2 to come out next week. Plenty of console Kool-aid drinkers bought MW2... good for them!
Oct 26 - Lego games for the PS3 are AWESOME! At least one company has realized that you don't need the most photo-realistic graphics to have a good game that people will enjoy... finally getting some use out of this thing! :-)
Oct 22 - Signed petition against Modern Warfare 2... no dedicated servers is a slap in the face of PC gamers! They've sold out and gone to the console kiddies... cancelled pre-order and await a hacked version. >:-(
Oct 8 - New video drivers (191.07), I get a slightly better score... 3DMark05 - 1280x1024 (4xAA/8xAF) = 14976.
Oct 7 - Having fun with Titan Quest... again! :-)
Oct 2 - Played FEAR 2 again and now progressing a little farther. Counting the days until Modern Warfare 2! :-D
Sept 25 - PS3 analog sticks are more sensitive, makes it almost impossible to play games. Racing games use trigger buttons with no ability to change bindings. Basically, a $300 Blu-Ray player and/or PAPERWEIGHT!!! Very disappointed...
Sept 4 - Downloading some demos for my new PS3. HDMI cables enroute to plug into new HDTV, moving officially into the 21st Century...
Sept 2 - New patch for Battlefield 2 removes CD check! Adds booster packs and new map... fun for the LAN! ...Woohoo.
August 29 - With the new video card and latest drivers (190.62), I get a slightly better score... 3DMark05 - 1280x1024 (4xAA/8xAF) = 14863.
August 10 - Sara is back! QuakeCon is this weekend, so any LAN will have to be next month if at all...
June 3 - Always a fight between TIME and MONEY. Either have one or the other, never both...
May 19 - Still fleshing out the changes brought about by the testing. Sadly, I can't attend the CSW Expo...
April 19 - Randy and I went out to lunch because LAN party was scraped. I don't see too many more LANs until Sara comes back in August. I have a possible publisher for Fall Blau and have scheduled some playtesting at our Game Day in Frisco, May 2...
March 11 - Good progress with my wargame project...
March 3 - Lack of interest and schedule conflicts... maybe in April.
March 1 - LAN was skipped in February due to various things. Maybe we can have one this month... no guarantees!
Feb. 15 - Swept up by the buzz for another sequel... FEAR 2. Another waste of money, but at least it's not going to EA!!! :-)
Jan. 26 - LAN was simple and small. Some WWI skirmishes via Wings of War minis... I'm getting close to hitting rock bottom.
Jan. 7 - Looks like we will set the first LAN of the new year on the 24th.
January 4, 2009 - Happy New Year! Great game in San Diego... Go Chargers! No Manning/Manning Super Bowl this year... :-)