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Savage Empire: Into the Woods
I haven't gone particularly far in Savage Empire yet, but I'm finding myself with a decent amount to say already, so I'm just gonna run with it anyway.If only learning languages were always this...
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I suppose it's a good thing I'm not particularly far in Savage Empire yet, as my computer decided to fail to boot on me this morning. So we'll see how long it takes to get everything straightened out.
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Savage Empire: Reporting for Duty
From mild computer issues compounded by a bad cold at the start of the month, to getting my wisdom teeth extracted at the end of it, with Thanksgiving somewhere in the middle, all against the backdrop...
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Savage Empire: Team Efforts
Welcome to 2016, folks! Let's kick things off with a little Savage Empire, shall we?Neither, actually...Last time, I'd reunited our little ragtag group from Earth after finding Jimmy Rafkin among the...
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Savage Empire: Shufflin' Around
I don't feel like I really accomplished much in this particular session (corroborated by the fact there's fewer screenshots from this session than normal), but hey, it's been a while since I last...
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Savage Empire: All Over the Map
Y'know, it's been an interesting venture attempting to balance actual play sessions with finding the time to scribble my musings about them. I've had a lot of days lately where I've found myself...
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Savage Empire: Forging Alliances
As if to prove my newfound zeal for the game like I mentioned last post, I spent most of a Saturday evening tearing through the Valley of Eodon - buckle up, don the pith helmets and break out the...
View ArticleA Brief Update
Hoo boy, it's been a while. As those of you who listen to Spam Spam Spam Humbug may be aware, a few months ago I landed a new job. While it's been great in a lot of respects, it often takes me a long...
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Savage Empire: Courting Trouble
When last I left our intrepid heroes (ages ago - I suppose this really is a valley stuck in time, isn't it?) I was preparing for a trip to Tichticatl, the grand capital city of the Nahuatla. There, I...
View ArticleLinguistic Asides: Reflections on the UDIC 25th Anniversary Bash
It's been a while since I last did anything over here - judging by the date of my last post, over a year at this point. I think it's high time that I did something about that. My last session of Savage...
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Savage Empire: The Bugs in the System
When last I left off, I'd just taken my first steps into the underground domain of the original inhabitants of Eodon Valley, the Kotl. And I'm beginning to sense something of a trend here. First it was...
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Savage Empire: Closing Thoughts
It's taken me some time to figure out how to pull all my thoughts on Savage Empire in something resemebling a cohesive manner. Some of that probably has to do with the fact my playthrough of the game...
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Martian Dreams: Opening Thoughts
I think the best way to encapsulate my initial thoughts on Martian Dreams is via a remark from a conversation I had during the UDIC 25th Anniversary Bash. Unfortuantely I don't remember who said it, so...
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Martin Dreams: One Small Step
Weren't you like level 7 in Savage Empire?My adventure on Mars began the same way most of my travels through the Ultima series begin: wrapping my brain around the control scheme and figuring out what...
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Martian Dreams: Prickly Situations
After a quick jaunt back to the 1895 landing site - I'd bumped into one too many sextellegers and was in dire need of Dr. Blood's services, not to mention I'd forgotten to take down the coordinates the...
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Martian Dreams: Making a Power Play
Forget all roads leading to Rome. Now that I had an affidavit certifying my mental stability - signed in triplicate - in hand, all my leads seemed to point me in the direction of Olympus. There were at...
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Martian Dreams: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These
When last I left off, I'd just been granted access to the remains of the destroyed Dream Machine in Olympus. But Legrande had demonstrated a certain degree of trepidation about the matter - it was...
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Martian Dreams: Growing Pains
Irregular as my sessions have been lately, it seems like every one of them needs to begin with a few moments spent reorienting myself not just to the controls and what I was doing in my last play...
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