Face to Face with History
Last night I had a weird experience. I was suddenly face to face with my own History. Recently I’ve been reading the book Three Before Breakfast, its about the first major naval success of submarine...
View ArticleA Dream Come True: Mount & Musket
For a number of years now, I’ve wanted to take part in a firing line of muskets, whether it be the American Civil War as one of Joshua Chamberlain’s 20th Maine, or in the Napoleonic Wars under the...
View ArticleDigitanks Upgraded!
I just had to pipe up about the recent update to Digitanks, a turn based game of neon tron-like artillery conquest. The latest patch version 1.1, really picks up the presentation. Digitanks Artillery...
View ArticleHomage to HMS Conqueror
With my recent interest in the Falklands conflict, I picked up Mike Rossiter’s book ‘Sink the Belgrano‘ following the progress of the War and detailing the decisive action taken by the nuclear...
View ArticleSea of Fire
Just finished watching the film Sea of Fire, a candid account of HMS Coventry‘s fate in the Falklands Conflict. The film manages to successfully meld veteran accounts with an engaging...
View ArticleLegions of Steel – pew pew die
My geneseed is genetically coded to like Space Marines games. Ultimate Space Commandos. Space Army Men. Templars of Space. In a hardened steel nutshell, military tactical operations in a futuristic...
View ArticleNorthern “Affordable” Inferno
Firstly, I have to mention the price point of Warfaresims Northern Inferno (NI) stand alone expansion for Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations (CMANO). It’s astoundingly good value for what you get....
View ArticleDecisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
I’m currently taking baby steps into Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa (DC:B). You’d have thought, given my background with VR Designs previous games, that I would have slipped easily into DC:B. But I...
View ArticleStar Trek Serendipity & Synchronicity
As I approached my half century of being, I eagerly slipped into a free to play game that nuzzled at my attention like a needy pet. The game was Star Trek Online. It was a game I’d visited early on...
View ArticleSweet Pause
Its been what seems like an eternity since I posted anything up to SFG. It wasn’t a planned sabbatical. It sort of developed through my involvement with other projects this year. As sweet old Bilbo...
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