Diablo IV: progress – or Immortal MK II? Foreword There’s an open beta weekend next week so that you can try yourself for free for a couple of days, but here are my thoughts for you to consider before handing over cash to pre-purchase: I am a ‘fan’ of Blizzard games but NOT a fan …
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Stardew Valley for dummies “Things I wish I’d known at the start” Intro first The best things about Stardew Valley are its depth and its integrity. In terms of gameplay and narrative, some of the topics touched on are really quite profound, like Pam’s anger issues and her relationship with her daughter, the wild man, …
How to get the two-handed burning sword in Baldur’s Gate You know when you see the cambion waving that sword about that you want it. You may be a mage and not even want the ever-rude Lae’zel on your team, but you want it anyway! Well, you can’t have it, at least not in a …
Scary PayPal scam This turned up in an account today and was a tad alarming due to its nature and unexpected appearance. { Logging into PayPal and seeing “You have sent £877.77 to … ” } Well, if that doesn’t make your heart beat a little faster, eh? (We cancelled and reported it, of course). …
Email scams keep on coming Scammers, like all con artists, are sociopathic parasites, leaching from the unwary, stealing, conning, whatever it takes to make coin. They don’t care who they hurt, financially or mentally. It’s all about them, what they can get, and – they believe – if you fall for their scam, it’s your …
Funny motor insurance claims were made famous Jasper Carrott in the 1980s Humourous insurance claims, especially motor ones, were made famous by comedian Jasper Carrott when he introduced them to his acts in the 1980’s. What’s especially funny is that they were all apparently true. I would imagine there’s far more around than the hundred …
A recent article on psychology asked whether ‘One Factor Explain All of These Psychological Disorders?’ And proceeded to argue it was compelling. I would completely disagree and believe it’s a case of an academic had an idea and went out to find evidence that fitted nicely into the box he’d made.
WordPress 6.1: Jetpack just killed my site It’s somewhat unsettling to log into your site following a patch (in this case WordPress 6.1) and find it’s crashed. All the other sites I checked look fine, so its not as simple as ‘this’ killed my site. Fortunately, I can go through the control panel to disable …