March 2021 archive

27
Mar
2021

It’s the little things here people, seriously.

categories: personal; word count: 188 words

I finally managed to get a copy of my favorite graphics program back on this computer (Jasc’s Paint Shop Pro 9… yes, I enjoy working with a program that is that old, don’t laugh at me), because I am now relying on backing up programs that are this old and installing them by copying and pasting them from USB sticks. Truth be told, I’ve used this program for so long that it does everything that I want it to do, and I’m reluctant to make any major changes when this does everything that I need it to do. I just had to find the USB stick that had the files for it on there, and as soon as I did, copy and paste them over to where they were supposed to go. That’s a neat little trick that you can do with old programs, one that I really like doing…

I can see why program manufacturers have made it more difficult to do that, what with the honor system.

I also got some video footage of some… earlier parts of the winter weather storm that we got last month.

26
Mar
2021

Since I haven’t actually mentioned this sooner…

categories: MMORPGs; word count: 174 words

I found out that Diablo 2 is coming out… remastered, or whatever you want to call it.

Soon after I found out about that, I put down a pre-order on it since you can do that for the PC version.

I grew up on Diablo 2, and Bub spent the first few years of his life sitting on my lap playing it alongside me much to his extreme amusement. Enjoying it again can’t be all bad, especially if it will have improved graphics and other alterations to make the gameplay experience that much better… I just hope that Blizzard finally decides to scrap online-only play. I know that they did so for Diablo 3‘s Switch port, for which I am extremely thankful, but I do hope that this is done around the table for Diablo 2 as well. Sometimes we just want to play a game for the sake of enjoying it without online interference. That’s not too much to ask here.

And speaking of nostalgia, I remember the ill-fated auction house that Diablo 3 used to have.

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