Video Game Update December 2016

Well, video games have been a little weird for me this month.  I ended up playing Heroes of the Storm again, primarily to unlock the Oni skin for Genji in Overwatch, but with the nice side effect of also unlocking Zarya in Heroes of the Storm.  I see that they're in a new competitive season, so I might go get ranked in that. 
I think that I'll be finishing my Civ 5 game in the 1st 2 weeks of January. 

Life Update November 2016

So, here's the short version of how things went.  Basically, the bad stuff from September & October pushed back some important stuff to November, so all of this month has been catch-up in real life.  And, unfortunately, December is coming in less than an hour, which means that, after I finish catching up on real-life stuff, I've got to do Xmas stuff.  Per my other update, I'll also be pushing to catch up on webcomics.  Per an older update, I'll also try to write some extra posts in December to make up for shortages.  That's it for now, though. 

Webcomic Catch-Up Update: November 2016

Once again, real life got in the way this month, though in a different way.  I managed to finish off the Real Life Comics archive, up to and including December 10th, 2015, which is the last known episode.  I'm working on catching up on my reading of Maq #041, but I don't even remember what was going on at all, so there's going to be some overlap again. 
I'm definitely going to take a more thorough dive into the old webcomic pile in December and January.  I want to be able to finish catching up in February, or maybe March, so that I can then do a new catch-up right after that and then finally get to the point where I just read the webcomics every night - and actually remember what's going on in the ones where that's relevant.  That, after all, is the overall goal of this:  to get back to the point where I've got the routine relaxation every night of reading my webcomics. 

Video Game Update November 2016

So, in an odd turn, I felt compelled to play my copy of Civilization V.  I never did finish a proper game of it.  (I'm not counting my training-wheels game from when I first got it.)  I'm pretty far along in my current game.  My biggest opponent for any victory conditions is England, who's currently oppressing 2 other countries. 
This, unfortunately, means that I haven't played much Minecraft this month.  December is looking to be less busy, but still pretty busy, so I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to just Minecraft out again. 

Life Update October 2016

OK, I hate to be making a life update here, but here we go.  I'm looking ahead at November and December, and, while things look busy, nothing looks bad so far.  I expect to make 3 proper posts in November, and then make some extra posts in December, for the sake of my loyal reader.  :P  For the moment, though, I'm off to finish off my October in a Halloweenish way:  by watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and going to bed to be ready for the next work day. 

Video Game Update October 2016

So, recently, I dug up Minecraft.  It turns out that I haven't played in about 2 years.  I had to spend a fair amount of time trying to remember what I was doing in that world, but I was starting to get back into the swing of things.  Unfortunately, I got smashed by a bunch of mobs while I was trying to re-explore a cave, and I had no idea where I was, so I think that everything de-spawned by the time that I got to what I suspect was the general area of my death.  I also hadn't made a new backup since 2 years ago, so I'll be starting over; thankfully, I hadn't done much real work, so re-doing what I'd done won't be too bad. 

Webcomic Catch-Up Update: October 2016

I didn't do much webcomic catch-up this month, but I expected that, given a bunch of real life.  I'll try to do more catching up in the coming months, but that'll be harder with the upcoming holidays. 

Little Vampires:  I caught up through October 28, 2016, "Happy Halloween from Portmonster".  Hooray! 
Girls Don't Play Games:  I don't remember this one that well, but, when I checked on it earlier this month, the site was being revamped, so I couldn't access the archive, anyway. 
Real Life Comics:  It looks like this one died in late 2015, but I haven't caught up with the archive yet, either.  I'm pretty sure that I'm re-treading some stuff, but I don't remember where exactly I left off; I'm caught up through January 31, 2013.