Tag: video game

• Cotton Planters

  I’m still playing a lot of Colonization Classic. There are four skills that can only be learned from the natives. So I speak with every village and city to see if they train one of those four, and if it’s one I still need then I send a free colonist or an indentured servant to…

  Mark

  June 10, 2026

  collaboration, rant

  ahistorical, Colonization Classic, cotton planters, lucky breaks, native skills, Stephanie, video game

• Productivity and Spoons

  I slept in because I’ve been staying up late playing a really good video game. It gives me spoons. When I have not been on the game today I have made sure all my chores got done. My last load of laundry is in the dryer. Cats have been fed and diapers have been changed.…

  Mark

  April 20, 2026

  collaboration, witness

  chores, dad and mom, good day, playing, productivity, spoons, video game

• No one seems to mind

  I haven’t been on social media much in the past couple of days. I’ve been spending the time I usually reserve to argue with strangers on the internet with one of my favorite video games. The internet has (to not much of a surprise) gone on without me. If you know where I am and…

  Mark

  March 4, 2026

  holidays, rant

  peace, social media, internet, arguing, video game, enjoying, reach me

• Monster Rancher 2

  In the late nineties we had a PlayStation. There was and is a game called Monster Rancher 2. Stephanie and I played it relentlessly when she was pregnant with our middle child. If you’ve never played it, it had a peculiar gimmick. The PlayStation would read CDs and CD-ROMs to generate a monster. Some CDs…

  Mark

  December 21, 2024

  Uncategorized

  gimmick, Monster Rancher 2, PlayStation, pregnant, relentlessly, sale, Steam, unlock, video game