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February 1, 2022 Julian Kennedy 0

The finest thing about a hobby is that you can’t do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don’t. – Dorothy Draper […]

Stoic Challenge: Your Wrong. Let me tell you why.

January 31, 2022 Julian Kennedy 0

01/31/2021 Stoic Boot Camp Version Your challenge is to understand someone or something you don’t understand. Take a position you really disagree with and understand […]

Games to Buy Week of March 10th, 2020

March 19, 2020 Julian Kennedy 0

The big find this week is the excellent Langrisser I & II. We discuss whether games are too hard with Nioh 2 and Neon City […]

Crackdown (2007) Review

October 12, 2019 Julian Kennedy 1

Crackdown scores high in that hard to define fun factor category Crackdown (2007): 7 out of 10: Crackdown came to prominence because of Microsoft’s decision […]

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