Gaming

A new PC build? It’s been a long, long time since I did a from-scratch PC build, but for this Xmas I’ll be doing two for the family. Yes, it has come to this time. These are for people used to a Switch/PS4 console gaming environment, and have only really used Raspberry Pis and general laptops for computing or PC styl;e gaming. Expected usage will be: 1080p gaming (Minecraft, Apex Legends/Fortnite etc.), some desktop homework, browsing, programming with Scratch, some image editing and for one, some introductory 3D modelling and rendering with Blender. ...

Whilst sorting through some files on my archive server following a recent drive swap, I was cleaning out a few duplicate files and directories from the 2005-2010 era, when I stumbled upon a folder called ‘rtcw-saves’. Yes, it was a folder of saved games from the 2001 game ‘Return to Castle Wolfenstein’. This game is so old they even open sourced the code back in 2010. I then had a look through my CD spindle (remember those?) where I keep old install discs (anyone need Mac System 8 disc?) and there it was, the original install CD from 20+ years ago. ...