Latest Blog Posts for Winterdrake

• Good and bad news (and some other stuff)
  on Nov 19, 2012 in Android games Books Internet iOS Games MMOGs My Projects Retro Gaming Video Games ZX Spectrum Games Isaac Asimov Julian Gollop Mike Singleton Strategy The Lord of the Rings Online
  First, the good (great, in fact) news: Julian Gollop, author of Chaos, Laser Squad, and the original X-COM: UFO Defense (known in Europe as UFO: Enemy Unknown; note that the recent Firaxis remake combines the two names) has announced that … Con...
• Good and bad news (and some other stuff)
  on Nov 19, 2012 in Android games Books Internet iOS Games MMOGs My Projects Retro Gaming Video Games ZX Spectrum Games Isaac Asimov Julian Gollop Mike Singleton Strategy The Lord of the Rings Online
  First, the good (great, in fact) news: Julian Gollop, author of Chaos, Laser Squad, and the original X-COM: UFO Defense (known in Europe as UFO: Enemy Unknown; note that the recent Firaxis remake combines the two names) has announced that … Con...
• Now playing: The Bard’s Tale II – The Destiny Knight
  on Sep 22, 2011 in Amiga Games Retro Gaming Video Games The Bard's Tale
  First, sorry for not writing here for a long time. Some big career changes happened (whether good or bad, the jury is still out, but I’m mostly optimistic), and I haven’t had quite a lot of free time, though I … Continue reading ...
• New ‘disposable email’ service: Mail60
  on May 11, 2011 in Computers Email Internet Linux My Projects discardable email disposable email email Mail60 mailbox
  Mail60 is a ‘disposable email service’; perfect for receiving confirmation emails from places you don’t trust not to spam you in the future. Mail60 mailboxes are automatically erased after 60 minutes, so you can simply create one, u...
• Upgraded to Ubuntu Natty, and nginx troubles
  on May 4, 2011 in Computers Linux blank pages Natty Natty Narwhal nginx PHP php-fpm Ubuntu
  Just upgraded my home server (where most of my sites are, though this blog is not among them) from Ubuntu Maverick (10.10) to Natty (11.04). The upgrade itself went without any trouble(1), but, after the new OS version came up, … Continue readi...
• New project in development
  on May 4, 2011 in Email Internet My Projects Winterdrake (the site)
  You may have noticed that there haven’t been any news posts here for more than a week. No, I’m not “bored” with my favorite subjects (as if I could); the reason for that is that I’ve been relatively busy with … Con...
• Violence Fight: the quarrelers! (2 of 2)
  on Apr 20, 2011 in Arcade Games Humor Video Games Assassination Ken (Hands) Lee Chen Ron Max Taito Tony Won Violence Fight
  After getting to know Bat/Bad Blue, Ben “Fierce Eagle of Nevada” Smith and, last but certainly not least, Lick Joe, let’s meet the rest of Violence Fight‘s colorful personalities, shall we? First, we have Lee Chen, the fourth...
• Violence Fight: the quarrelers! (1 of 2)
  on Apr 19, 2011 in Arcade Games Humor Video Games Bad Blue Bat Blue Ben Smith Lick Joe Taito Violence Fight
  With such a great plot, you’re probably expecting the characters in Taito’s Violence Fight to be (ahem) colorful, interesting characters, and I believe you won’t be disappointed… Let’s start with the main character, me...
• Best plot in a video game EVER?
  on Apr 18, 2011 in Arcade Games Humor Video Games General Businessmen Mafia Reckless Drivers Taito Violence Fight
  So much examples of utter brilliance here! The fact that the competition portrayed in the video game was in vogue among “Mafia, reckless drivers (!) and general businessmen”! That the game was a struggle for “No. 1 Quarreler”!
• Bad Comic Panels #10: “Just like a woman! [...] you’re too scatterbrained and emotional!”
  on Apr 14, 2011 in Bad Comic Panels Comics Humor Marvel Comics Fantastic Four Jack Kirby Reed Richards Sexism Stan Lee Sue Storm
  Ah, Reed Richards. Few characters have been as consistently portrayed as sexist, in mainstream superhero comics. It’s probably because he and Sue were one of the first “real” couples in superhero comics: they were already dating in...

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