For my birthday, I bought myself a new PC monitor (one of those fun rationalizations you can make as an adult). It’s a 27” Alienware 1440p OLED, and on paper it’s arguably a downgrade from my current monitor (a 28” 4K Samsung Odyssey G7). But the use case is more complicated and I’ve been craving a new monitor for many reasons, which I’ll share below.
I love PC Gamer. I remember the excitement of getting a new issue with a CD-ROM to explore, trying to understand the tech articles, and being exposed to the incredible variety of games on PC. I still have a print subscription (and it’s still well-worth the cost, even without the CD-ROM).
Thanks to Retromags, I was able to flip through the premiere issue (May/June 1994). I captured some highlights, which I will let speak for themselves.
I’m incredibly excited for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Midnight. I have the Collector’s Edition and everything!
I can’t wait to revisit Silvermoon, check out the new Delves, and see what Xal’atath’s next moves are.
I have six characters at level 80 that I could use to check out the new expansion content… and yesterday, with three days to go before early access begins for the expansion… I, like a fool, created a new character.
“DOS For Dummies” was the book that launched the series, which has covered everything from tech to pregnancy. I have a fondness for their computer-related releases from the 90s, with the iconic yellow covers and weird triangle head dude.
Last year I started picking up 90s PC books whenever I’d come across them for a buck or two at thrift stores, and this 2nd edition of DOS For Dummies is a definite highlight. Let’s take a look inside.
I wrapped up Act V: Lord of Destruction on normal difficulty, which is essentially the end of the beginning of Diablo II. I continued playing the new Warlock class and, as wasthecase in Acts I-IV, it was not terribly difficult.
Act III is the longest of the original four Diablo II acts, but with my newWarlock, it honestly flew by. There was little friction as I continued my approach of allowing my summoned Goatman to tank while I ran around getting potshots in and picking up loot.
On Valentine’s Day I made a big purchase at Micro Center, in the form of a recordable CD / DVD / Blu-ray drive and a 5TB portable hard drive (and some BAWLS).
If you’ve been keeping track at home, you may have noticed that I haven’t added to the PlayStation First-Party Project lately. That’s because it’s dead. I didn’t end it out of malice or anything, but rather just that fact that I simply wasn’t feeling it.
