Author Archives: 40 Bit Gaming

One of the things I miss about pre-pandemic life (you know, the before fore times), is game night. Breaking out Carcassonne or Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan (my game choices aren’t exactly deep cuts), sitting around the table with friends, forging alliances, and strategically stabbing them in the back. Misty watercolor memories… IfContinue reading “Humong us”

Nostalgia is a tricky thing. A properly placed pop culture reference from the past can serve as a kind of Shibboleth. Like Darmok at Tanagra, people who get it, get it. And that’s great! But too many references, too much nostalgia, and you run the risk of being stuck, of being an OK boomer whoContinue reading “G.I. No”

Though I haven’t watched it since probably 1982, I’m gonna go ahead and guess the movie The Jerk has not aged well. But I was thinking about the all I need scene from that movie, and how it’s a pretty good metaphor for Division 2. In it, a destitute Steve Martin starts out defiantly proclaimingContinue reading “Summit Kind of Wonderful”